LEGENDS OF SONG - VOLUME ONE
HE IS HEARD BY MORE THAN 730,000 LISTENERS EVERY DAY, ACROSS 22 STATIONS. HE IS A LEGEND OF AUSTRALIAN RADIO. HE IS ALAN JONES A.O.!
Australia’s most popular talkback presenter, Alan Jones A.O. is a phenomenon. He’s described by many as the nation’s greatest orator and motivational speaker. Alan has the mind and capacity to make complex issues understandable to the largest Breakfast audience in Australia. This double CD compilation has been masterfully created by Alan and his audience, who both requested a definitive collection of the world’s greatest voices of all time.
On the process of putting these songs together, Alan remarks, “This is a remarkable, if not unprecedented, collection of glorious music that millions have enjoyed through the years. It is difficult to separate the artist from the art. Suffice to say this is a simple collection of beautiful music and beautiful singing. I am immensely grateful to Robert Rigby of Ambition Entertainment for working with his team to put it together for me. And I am especially grateful to my good friend Alex Coroneos for sharing his appreciation and understanding of the history of this kind of music. I hope you will enjoy it as much in the listening as we have in the compilation.”
CD ONE 1 DON’T BE CROSS - RICHARD TAUBER, 2 BECAUSE - MARIO LANZA, 3 ONE FINE DAY - JOAN HAMMOND, 4 FUNICULI, FUNICULA - BENIAMINO GIGLI, 5 TREES - JOHN CHARLES THOMAS, 6 OLD FATHER THAMES - PETER DAWSON, 7 VILLIA - GLADYS MONCRIEFF, 8 A STAR FALLS FROM HEAVEN - JOSEPH SCHMIDT, 9 THE FLORAL DANCE - PETER DAWSON, 10 PARLAMI D’AMORE MARIU - TINO ROSSI, 11 GOODBYE - JOSEF LOCKE, 12 THE TOREADOR SONG - LAWRENCE TIBBETT, 13 LA PALOMA - BENIAMINO GIGLI, 14 THE HOLY CITY - RICHARD CROOKS, 15 TRISTESSE - TINO ROSSI, 16 ROSES OF PICARDY - WEBSTER BOOTH, 17 WILL YOU REMEMBER - NELSON EDDY & JEANETTE MACDONALD, 18 THE LOVELIEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR - MARIO LANZA, 19 BLESS THIS HOUSE - JAN PEERCE, 20 NUNS CHORUS - ANNI FRIND, 21 ROSE MARIE - NELSON EDDY, 22 TALES FROM THE VIENNA WOODS - VIENNA BOYS CHOIR, 23 YOU ARE MY HEARTS DELIGHT - JUSSI BJORLING
CD TWO 1 MAMMA - BENIAMINO GIGLI, 2 RAMONA - GENE AUSTIN, 3 MERRY WIDOW WALTZ - GLADYS MONCRIEFF, 4 O SOLO MIO - ENRICO CARUSO, 5 FALLING IN LOVE WITH LOVE - ALLAN JONES, 6 TIRITOMBA - JOSEPH SCHMIDT, 7 CUBAN LOVE SONG - LAWRENCE TIBBET, 8 GOODNIGHT SWEETHEART - AL BOWLLY, 9 SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT - PAUL ROBESON, 10 BLUEBIRD OF HAPPINESS - JAN PEERCE, 11 OPEN ROAD - JOHN CHARLES THOMAS, 12 WHEN I GROW TOO OLD TO DREAM - NELSON EDDY, 13 ONE DAY WHEN WE WERE YOUNG - MILIZA KORJUS, 14 GALWAY BAY - BING CROSBY, 15 AH! SWEET MYSTERY OF LIFE - NELSON EDDY & JEANETTE MACDONALD, 16 OH, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNIN’ - JOHN CHARLES THOMAS, 17 IN A MONASTERY GARDEN - PETER DAWSON, 18 BELLS ACROSS THE MEADOW - RONNIE RONALDE, 19 I DREAM OF JEANNIE WITH THE BROWN HAIR - JUSSI BJORLING, 20 AVE MARIA - MARIO LANZA, 21 AS TIME GOES BY - DOOLEY WILSON, 22 LA VIE EN ROSE - EDITH PIAF, 23 LA MER - CHARLES TRENET, 24 WISH ME LUCK (AS YOU WAVE ME GOODBYE) - GRACIE FIELDS
