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Wow! I first picked up this CD at pawn shop and am on my third copy - having given away my first two copies. Even though I am a hard core rock and roll fan, this is probably my favorite album. I have listened to it hundreds of times and love every song on it - even though I had never heard many of the artists. As soon as album begins with Mary Martin and John Raitt doing "There's No Business Like Show Business" from the 1957 television soundtrack of "Annie Get Your Gun," you know that this Capitol Sings collection of Irving Berlin songs is going to be unforgetable. As with the complete Capitol Sings series you have a collection of tracks from the pre-rock & roll Capitol vaults. I especially like the female vocal numbers: Margaret Whiting doing "Heat Wave" and the incomparable Judy Garland on the title track. Jo Stafford is only one of the singers I have rediscovered through this series, and for every song by Nat King Cole, Peggy Lee or Dean Martin you are going to find Sue Raney, Kay Starr and Dick Haymes. The Nat King Cole Trio's version of "What'll I Do" is hauntingly beautiful. There is also a previously unreleased track of Dinah Shore doing "The Song is Ended (But The Melody Lingers On). In short, The Capitol Sings series gives us all a sense of life before rock & roll. This is just plain wonderful.Read full review
If you like great artists singing great music you'll like this album
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