Blossom Dearie - Complete Recordings 1952-1962 (2014)

An idiosyncratic, girlish voice, snappy, flawless deliverance, and an irrepressible sense of light-hearted swing made Blossom Dearie one of the most pleasant singers of the vocal era. Her tenderness and glisten ensured that she'd never treat standards as the well-worn songs they often appeared in less competent hands. And though her reputation was made on record with a string of excellent albums for Verve during the '50s, she remained a draw with Manhattan cabaret audiences long into the new millennium.

Tracklist:

CD 1

01 Moody's Mood For Love (3:01)
02 Lullaby of Birdland (2:51)
03 Tout Bas (2:43)
04 Gina (2:37)
05 Plus Je T'emmbrasse (2:13)
06 Toute Ma Joie (2:43)
07 Les Lavandieres Du Portugal (2:15)
08 Mister L'amour (2:16)
09 En 1920 (2:35)
10 Embrasse Moi Bien (2:49)
11 Lettre a Virginie (3:06)
12 La Danse Du Baiser (2:38)
13 Mambo Italiano (2:10)
14 Old Devil Moon (2:32)
15 Autumn In New York (3:59)
16 Flamingo (3:07)
17 There Will Never Be Another You (2:07)
18 The Continental (2:42)
19 The Boy Next Door (2:50)
20 They Can't Take That Away From Me (2:34)
21 Moonlight Saving Time (2:34)
22 The Surrey With the Fringe On Top (2:56)
23 April In Paris (2:55)
24 Blue Moon (2:42)
25 Down In the Depths (3:27)

CD 2

01 Deed I Do (2:14)
02 Loverman (2:46)
03 Everything I've Got (2:29)
04 Comment Allez Vous (2:12)
05 More Than You Know (3:29)
06 Thou Swell (3:01)
07 It Might As Well Be Spring (3:11)
08 Tout Doucement (2:23)
09 You For Me (2:16)
10 Now At Last (3:23)
11 I Hear Music (2:07)
12 Wait till You See Her (3:22)
13 I Won't Dance (2:46)
14 A Fine Spring Morning (3:07)
15 Just One of Those Things (2:03)
16 Like Someone In Love (4:33)
17 Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (2:28)
18 They Say It's Spring (3:46)
19 Try Your Wings (3:26)
20 Bang Goes the Drum (and You're In Love) (3:24)
21 The Riviera (3:48)
22 The Middle of Love (2:35)
23 Plus T'embrasse (2:31)
24 Give Him the Ooh-La-La (2:41)
25 Let Me Love You (2:44)
26 I Walk a Little Faster (4:19)

CD 3

01 Tea For Two (3:24)
02 Surrey With the Fringe On Top (4:20)
03 Moonlight Saving Time (2:03)
04 It Amazes Me (4:19)
05 If I Were a Bell (3:08)
06 We're Together (2:06)
07 Teach Me Tonight (2:41)
08 Once Upon a Summertime (2:47)
09 Down With Love (1:42)
10 Manhattan (4:19)
11 Doop-Doo-De-Doop (a Doodlin' Song) (2:19)
12 Our Love is Here To Stay (3:10)
13 Lucky To Be Me (4:02)
14 Just In Time (3:33)
15 Some Other Time (3:57)
16 Dance Only With Me (2:58)
17 I Like Myself (3:31)
18 The Party's Over (4:22)
19 How Will He Know (2:54)
20 It's Love (2:50)
21 Hold Me, Hold Me, Hold Me (3:25)
22 Lonely Town (3:35)

CD 4

01 Guys and Dolls (2:52)
02 Confession (2:44)
03 Rhode Island is Famous For You (2:14)
04 To Keep My Love Alive (3:26)
05 Too Good For the Average Man (3:31)
06 The Gentleman is a Dope (4:19)
07 Always True To You In My Fashion (2:53)
08 Napoleon (4:19)
09 Life Upon the Wicked Stage (2:42)
10 The Physician (2:15)
11 Love is the Reason (3:37)
12 Buckle Down, Winsocki (1:49)
13 Little Jazz Bird (3:43)
14 Gentleman Friend (3:47)
15 It's Too Good To Talk About Now (3:08)
16 Chez Moi (3:09)
17 You Fascinate Me (3:32)
18 You've Got Something I Want (2:34)
19 Boum! (2:09)
20 L'etang (2:25)
21 Hello Love (2:49)
22 Someone To Watch Over Me (5:59)