Release Date: 08 September 2014
Label: Sepia
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5055122112686
Genres: Easy Listening Big Band
Description
On this CD twofer are two best-selling Lawrence Welk LPs, 'Last Date' and 'Moon River' plus six bonus tracks. The former reached No. 4 in the U.S. albums chart in 1960 remaining in it for 29 weeks while the latter album also peaked at No. 4 in 1962 and was in the charts for a staggering 48 weeks!
Apart from making best-selling albums of easy listening "champagne" music, bandleader Welk also hosted a popular TV show from 1955 until the 1970s. As a single the song "Last Date" was a Top 30 hit. Re-mastered in glorious stereo with 6 bonus tracks this 30 track CD of popular tunes from the early 1960s is a nostalgic musical trip down memory lane.
Tracklisting
Mario Lanza
Bing Crosby
Various Artists
Martha Raye
Various Artists
Judy Garland
Tutti Camarata
Bing Crosby
Frank Dupree; Jakob Krupp; Meinhard 'Obi' Jenne; SWR Big Band; SWR Symphonieorchester; Dominik Beyk
SWR Big Band; Marc Godfroid
Fats Waller
Billy Cobham and The George Duke Band
Count Basie
Tom Smith
Klaus Gesing, Ana Pilat, Latvian Radio Big Band
Maria Schneider
