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Everything I Have Is Yours
Compilation album by
ReleasedMarch 7, 1991
RecordedMay 20, 1947 – April 26, 1957
Length2:12:58
Label Verve
Producer

Everything I Have Is Yours is a 1991 compilation album of songs by Billy Eckstine, subtitled "The Best of the M-G-M Years". It was released by Verve Records as a double LP. [1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music [2]

The editors of AllMusic awarded the album a full five stars, and Scott Yanow wrote: "Although not as essential from the jazz standpoint as Billy Eckstine's earlier big-band dates, this two-fer features the singer at the peak of his powers." [1]

Max Morath, author of The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Popular Standards, listed the album as among "Billy's Best," calling it "fine." [3]

Track listing

Disc One
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1." Everything I Have Is Yours" Harold Adamson, Burton Lane3:13
2." Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)" Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer2:59
3." Blue Moon" Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers3:11
4."Mr. B's Blues"Billy Eckstine2:28
5." Temptation" Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed2:54
6."Somehow" Mort Maser3:13
7."Caravan" Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol2:50
8."Bewildered" Teddy Powell, Leonard Whitcup3:13
9." Body and Soul" Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour2:54
10." My Foolish Heart" Ned Washington, Victor Young3:03
11."Ev'ryday (I Fall In Love)" Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal2:57
12." I Love You" Cole Porter2:39
13."Dedicated to You" Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, Hy Zaret2:44
14."You're All I Need" Walter Jurmann, Gus Kahn, Bronislaw Kaper3:05
15." I Wanna Be Loved" Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Billy Rose2:56
16."You've Got Me Crying Again" Isham Jones, Charles Newman3:28
17." I've Never Been In Love Before" Frank Loesser3:01
18." I Apologize"" Al Goodhart, Al Hoffman, Ed G. Nelson2:52
19."As Long As I Live" Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler2:48
20."I Left My Hat In Haiti" Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner2:41
Disc Two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Here Comes the Blues" Wynonie Harris, Illinois Jacquet3:09
2." Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" Lew Brown, Ray Henderson2:43
3." Wonder Why" Nicholas Brodszky, Sammy Cahn2:53
4."I'm a Fool to Want You" Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf3:07
5." Taking a Chance on Love" Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John Latouche2:38
6." You're Driving Me Crazy" Walter Donaldson3:08
7." Early Autumn" Ralph Burns, Woody Herman, Johnny Mercer3:18
8." Tenderly" Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence3:42
9." One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)" Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer3:37
10." If You Could See Me Now" Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman3:24
11." Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern3:42
12." Laura"Johnny Mercer, David Raksin3:16
13."Mister You've Gone And Got the Blues"Billy Eckstine, Bob Russell3:31
14."Ill Wind (You're Blowin' Me No Good)" Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler3:38
15." April in Paris" Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg3:06
16."Coquette" Johnny Green, Gus Kahn, Carmen Lombardo3:07
17."Send My Baby Back to Me" Milton Delugg, Bob Hilliard2:56
18." How High the Moon" Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis5:20
19." St. Louis Blues" W.C. Handy6:18
20." Don't Get Around Much Anymore"Duke Ellington, Bob Russell2:31
21."Lost in Loveliness" Leo Robin, Sigmund Romberg2:57
22." Passing Strangers" Barry Mann, Rita Mann, Sidney Mitchell2:38

References

  1. ^ a b c "Billy Eckstine Everything I Have Is Yours: The Best of the M-G-M Years". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 885.
  3. ^ Morath, Max (2002). The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Popular Standards. Penguin.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Everything I Have Is Yours
Compilation album by
ReleasedMarch 7, 1991
RecordedMay 20, 1947 – April 26, 1957
Length2:12:58
Label Verve
Producer

Everything I Have Is Yours is a 1991 compilation album of songs by Billy Eckstine, subtitled "The Best of the M-G-M Years". It was released by Verve Records as a double LP. [1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music [2]

The editors of AllMusic awarded the album a full five stars, and Scott Yanow wrote: "Although not as essential from the jazz standpoint as Billy Eckstine's earlier big-band dates, this two-fer features the singer at the peak of his powers." [1]

Max Morath, author of The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Popular Standards, listed the album as among "Billy's Best," calling it "fine." [3]

Track listing

Disc One
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1." Everything I Have Is Yours" Harold Adamson, Burton Lane3:13
2." Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)" Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer2:59
3." Blue Moon" Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers3:11
4."Mr. B's Blues"Billy Eckstine2:28
5." Temptation" Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed2:54
6."Somehow" Mort Maser3:13
7."Caravan" Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol2:50
8."Bewildered" Teddy Powell, Leonard Whitcup3:13
9." Body and Soul" Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour2:54
10." My Foolish Heart" Ned Washington, Victor Young3:03
11."Ev'ryday (I Fall In Love)" Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal2:57
12." I Love You" Cole Porter2:39
13."Dedicated to You" Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, Hy Zaret2:44
14."You're All I Need" Walter Jurmann, Gus Kahn, Bronislaw Kaper3:05
15." I Wanna Be Loved" Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Billy Rose2:56
16."You've Got Me Crying Again" Isham Jones, Charles Newman3:28
17." I've Never Been In Love Before" Frank Loesser3:01
18." I Apologize"" Al Goodhart, Al Hoffman, Ed G. Nelson2:52
19."As Long As I Live" Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler2:48
20."I Left My Hat In Haiti" Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner2:41
Disc Two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Here Comes the Blues" Wynonie Harris, Illinois Jacquet3:09
2." Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" Lew Brown, Ray Henderson2:43
3." Wonder Why" Nicholas Brodszky, Sammy Cahn2:53
4."I'm a Fool to Want You" Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf3:07
5." Taking a Chance on Love" Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John Latouche2:38
6." You're Driving Me Crazy" Walter Donaldson3:08
7." Early Autumn" Ralph Burns, Woody Herman, Johnny Mercer3:18
8." Tenderly" Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence3:42
9." One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)" Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer3:37
10." If You Could See Me Now" Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman3:24
11." Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern3:42
12." Laura"Johnny Mercer, David Raksin3:16
13."Mister You've Gone And Got the Blues"Billy Eckstine, Bob Russell3:31
14."Ill Wind (You're Blowin' Me No Good)" Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler3:38
15." April in Paris" Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg3:06
16."Coquette" Johnny Green, Gus Kahn, Carmen Lombardo3:07
17."Send My Baby Back to Me" Milton Delugg, Bob Hilliard2:56
18." How High the Moon" Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis5:20
19." St. Louis Blues" W.C. Handy6:18
20." Don't Get Around Much Anymore"Duke Ellington, Bob Russell2:31
21."Lost in Loveliness" Leo Robin, Sigmund Romberg2:57
22." Passing Strangers" Barry Mann, Rita Mann, Sidney Mitchell2:38

References

  1. ^ a b c "Billy Eckstine Everything I Have Is Yours: The Best of the M-G-M Years". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 885.
  3. ^ Morath, Max (2002). The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Popular Standards. Penguin.

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