Rosemary Clooney's performance at the Neal S. Blaisdell Concert Hall in Honolulu, HI, on November 16, 2001, backed by the big band Big Kahuna & the Copa Cat Pack and the...
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The rub concerning Rosemary Clooney is that, like Kay Starr, she was an excellent jazz singer who was unfortunately chained to novelty material that, equally unfortunately,...
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During her very rich Concord years, which resulted in a renaissance for the veteran singer, Rosemary Clooney was generally featured singing swing standards with a jazz...
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Rosemary Clooney orginally cut the 12 ballads (all picked by her) comprising Love for RCA Victor in 1961, arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle, leading an orchestra with...
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During 1956-57, the Rosemary Clooney television show featured the singer with arrangements provided by Nelson Riddle. Nearly four decades later, pianist/arranger John Oddo...
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From her productive Concord period, Mothers & Daughters is among Rosemary Clooney's strongest sellers. Though tenor saxophonist Scott Hamilton is missing, the selections...
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All the material on Songs from White Christmas (And Other Yuletide Favorites) was recorded in the mid-'50s, when Rosemary Clooney was at something of a peak. Her voice was...
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Although Rosemary Clooney worked with Nelson Riddle nearly every week for her '50s radio show, they were together for full LPs much less often -- only this record from 1961...
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This is an okay sampler celebrating both singer Rosemary Clooney's 70th birthday and her 20th year associated with the Concord label. Only two of the 19 songs are new, and...
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Rosemary Clooney's hookup with the Concord label (which began in 1977) resulted in a renaissance in her career and her being featured in much more jazz-oriented settings...
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Shortly after Bing Crosby's death, his good friend Rosemary Clooney recorded ten songs associated with Bing. Since she had such a wide range of repertoire to choose from,...
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The unidentified recordings on this budget compilation come from Rosemary Clooney's stint at Reprise Records, 1963-64. Nelson Riddle contributes arrangements and conducts...
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Although Rosemary Clooney had a major part in the famous film White Christmas back in 1954, this was her first full Christmas album and it was a big seller when it was...
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When Rosemary Clooney recorded for Concord in the '80s and '90s, her voice was noticeably thinner than it had been in the '50s. This isn't to say that she sounded bad --...
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Two of Clooney's late-'50s/early-'60s RCA Victor albums on one CD. Clap Hands! Here Comes Rosie! is an upbeat session from 1960 on which Clooney, superbly fronting a band...
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16 Most Requested Songs doesn't necessarily contain Rosemary Clooney's biggest hits -- "Hey There," "This Ole House," and "Mambo Italiano" are here, but "Memories of You,"...
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The first of three Bear Family sets of Clooney's complete recordings is uneven stylistically, although a big percentage of it is first-rate. The problem is that Clooney's...
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As is usual for Rosemary Clooney's very consistent string of Concord albums, this is a jazz-oriented set with the highly appealing singer interpreting veteran standards from...
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Rosemary Clooney's first album for the Concord label set the standard for her work of the next 20 years. Long associated with middle-of-the-road pop music, Clooney really...
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This CD differs a bit from Rosemary Clooney's previous Concord albums. For the first time, tenor saxophonist Scott Hamilton is not in the supporting cast and Clooney is...
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Fine '83 collaboration between Rosemary Clooney and the Woody Herman big band, although Herman is nearing the end of his great career. Excellent arrangements, steadfast...
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This Rosemary Clooney project (part of an extensive series she has made for Concord) has a more open topic than her songbooks. The show tunes on the set range from older...
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Depending on your point of view on Rosemary Clooney, Rosie's Greatest Hits is either the definitive album of her work or an early aberration best forgotten; complicating the...
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After hooking up with the Concord label in 1977, Rosemary Clooney had a renaissance. On this enjoyable set, she interprets ten of Irving Berlin's songs (including a couple...
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A special treat of this tribute to composer Jimmy Van Heusen is that Rosemary Clooney sings two songs ("The Second Time Around" and "Call Me Irresponsible") while...
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Rosemary Clooney continued her string of jazz sets for Concord in 1985 with this lyrical program. Clooney interprets ten ballads with the assistance of tenor saxophonist...
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Ira Gershwin himself approved of this record. Rosemary Clooney sings ten of his classic sets of lyrics, including eight songs written in collaboration with his brother...
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Rosemary Clooney's eighth album for Concord once again gives her the opportunity to interpret the music of a composer, this time Harold Arlen. With a superior sextet that...
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After a long period of indifferent recordings in the 1960s and early '70s, Rosemary Clooney underwent a renaissance after she began recording regularly for Concord in 1977....
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All of Rosemary Clooney's Concord albums are easily recommended to jazz listeners for, although she is not an improviser herself (preferring to state melodies fairly...
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This Rosemary Clooney recording differs from all of her previous Concord albums in that she is joined by the L.A. Jazz Choir (a 12-voice group) on half of the dozen...
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On this CD, Rosemary Clooney broke away from using a jazz combo with Scott Hamilton and instead is accompanied by a big band mostly arranged and conducted by her musical...
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Sony Music Special Products' The Essence of Rosemary Clooney may not be a sure-fire, definitive hits collection, but it does offer ten representative tracks -- "Half As...
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The Uncollected Rosemary Clooney, 1951-1952 reissues 14 sides of transcription material, all of it recorded in 1951 when she had just achieved her first measure of...
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Rosemary Clooney sings both old and new songs on this 1980 Concord album. With the emphasis on ballads (including "Just the Way You are," "The Way We Were," "Hello Young...
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For this CD, Rosemary Clooney sings 14 selections that had their greatest meaning during World War II but have since become recognized as timeless. She is joined by her...
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RCA Victor's version of a Rosemary Clooney hits compilation is contractually obligated to ignore most of her chart hits (those occurred during the Columbia years), but...
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Although she was adored by her pop audience for breezy material such as "Come On-a My House," Rosemary Clooney was in fact a fine jazz singer at heart (like Kay Starr), and...
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In 2000, Collectables released Ring Around Rosie/Hollywood's Best, which contained two complete albums -- Ring Around Rosie (1957, originally released on Columbia) and...
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Rosemary Clooney may have seemed to be a surprising choice to be featured with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, but this collaboration is extremely successful in spite of the...
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Rather than rely solely upon its back catalog as usual, Concord has gone the extra mile to make this Clooney career survey a must-buy, raiding the archives of various labels...
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Rosemary Clooney launched a solo career on the eventual Sony-owned Columbia Records label in 1950 after splitting with her sister Betty and the Tony Pastor Orchestra, and...
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This is an odd release by Rosemary Clooney, who's accompanied by keyboardist Buddy Cole and an unidentified rhythm section. Although the singer is in great form, Cole's...
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After finishing her period as one of the Clooney Sisters with Tony Pastor's orchestra, Rosemary Clooney became famous for her pop hits on the Columbia label in the early...
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The Girl Singer, Rosemary Clooney's volume in the Bluebird's Best series, spotlights her talents as a swinging post-big band vocalist between 1958 and 1961, when she was...
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Rosemary Clooney's signature voice was silenced forever on June 29 of 2002, but there are over a hundred records that bear her singular artistry. This collection of love...
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Although Rosemary Clooney recorded this Christmas material in the late '70s, it has all the bounce and cheer of her prime '50s recordings -- she doesn't have a big band...
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Vocalist Rosemary Clooney again teams up with arranger Nelson Riddle on this 1960 release. Although they had worked on Clooney's radio show a decade earlier, Rosie Solves...
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