CCD 284 JIMMY WAKELY PLUS MOVIE FRIENDS (22 tracks) = F

WHEN I SAY GOOD NIGHT/THERE'S THAT SAME OLD LOVELIGHT IN YOUR EYES/I HEAR YOU TALKIN' <with Pat Buttram>/HOME TOWN RAG/UNDER THE ANHEUSER BUSH/PALE MOON/I WENT TO YOUR WEDDING/I LIKE THE WIDE OPEN SPACES/OLD SOLDIERS NEVER DIE (They Just Fade Away)/RAINBOW AT MIDNIGHT/WHEN IT'S HARVEST TIME, SWEET ANGELINE/MUSIC BY THE ANGELS (Lyrics By The Lord)/I'VE GOT NUGGETS IN MY POCKETS/LORELEI/BANDERA WALTZ/POT O' GOLD <with Foy Willing Quartet>/THERE'S A CLOUD IN MY VALLEY OF SUNSHINE <with Bob Hope>/A FOUR LEGGED FRIEND <with Bob Hope>/DID YOU WRITE A LETTER TO YOUR SWEETHEART <with Les Baxter chorus>/CRYIN' JUST FOR YOU/I'LL NEVER DO A THING TO HURT YOU/DON'T BE LONELY.

This album presents the more commercial side of Jimmy often with orchestras of Nelson Riddle, Paul Sells, Buddy Cole and Sid Feller. Most of the names mentioned here and listed along with the tracks are friends from his movies from the mid 40s to early 50s. This was when Jimmy Wakely climbed the charts.

More information can be obtained at

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wakely