Thursday, March 15, 2012

Ballroom Date - Sammy Kaye

Ballroom Date - Sammy Kaye

Biography

Born: March 13, 1910 in Lakewood, OH

Genre: Jazz

Years Active: '30s, '40s, '50s, '60s

Sammy Kaye's band was a textbook example of "fragrant" dance bands: large groups whose arrangements rarely swung in the true sense, only were very popular among those who enjoyed overly impressible light pop and novelty tunes. Kaye began structure his reputation in college, then became a lucky venture on radio in Cincinnati. He moved to Pittsburgh and eventually became a public staple. His radio show Sunday Serenade was a cyclopean hit in the '40s and '50s. Kaye had numerous pop hits, some of them adapted notwithstanding Broadway...

Track list

Introduction
Baby Face
(There Is) No Greater Love
Blue Prelude
Who's Your Little Who'zis
In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town
Hawaiian Sunset / There's A Far Away Look In Your Eye / Mention My Name In Shenoygan
Ain't She Sweet
Temptation
Tea For Two
Come Dance With Me
Daddy
Wanderin' / Honestly / Don't Cry Baby
Best of the Big Bands: Sammy Kaye
Best of the Big Bands: Sammy Kaye
Top Hits of the 1930s
Vintage Kids Songs From The '30s, '40s & '50s
Remembering the 40's
Best of the Big Bands: Sammy Kaye
Fifty #1 Hits of the '50s
Best of the Big Bands: Sammy Kaye
Best of the Big Bands: Sammy Kaye
Best of the Big Bands: Sammy Kaye

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