Title: Complete Early Years 1955-58 Artist: Dakota Staton Label: Acrobat Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 824046330620 Genre: Soul/R & B Release Date: 2019-08-09 Number of Discs: 2
Dakota Staton was a jazz and R&B singer very much in the mould of Sarah Vaughan and Dinah Washington, whose style was sultry and sophisticated but who was extrovert and funky enough to share an R&B stage with the likes of Fats Domino and Big Joe Turner. She paid her dues on the jazz club circuit before signing to Capitol and released a number of singles and claimed Down Beat magazine's Most Promising Newcomer award before recording her No. 4 hit album "The Late, Late Show" in 1957. This great-value 57-track 2-CD set comprises all her recordings released as singles from her debut in 1955, along with all the tracks from her first four albums "The Late, Late Show", "In The Night", "Dynamic" and "Crazy He Calls Me". It features performances with some noted musicians and arrangers, including Nelson Riddle, George Shearing, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Jonah Jones, Hank Jones, Van Alexander, Toots Thielemans and Al McKibbon. It's a comprehensive presentation of her studio work during the first and probably most significant era in her career, and a great showcase for the talent of a noted vocal stylist.
Tracks: 1.1 My Heart's Delight 1.2 What Do You Know About Love 1.3 No Mama, No Papa 1.4 For the Rest of My Life 1.5 A Little You 1.6 Don't Leave Me Now 1.7 Abracadabra 1.8 I Never Dreamt (You'd Fall in Love with Me) 1.9 It Feels So Nice 1.10 A Dangerous Age 1.11 Weak for the Man 1.12 How High the Moon 1.13 Don't Mean Maybe 1.14 My Friend 1.15 You Know I Do 1.16 I Told You So 1.17 Trust in Me 1.18 The Late, Late Show 1.19 Invitation 1.20 The Party's Over 1.21 Blues in My Heart 1.22 Confessin' the Blues 1.23 Broadway 1.24 Summertime 1.25 Misty 1.26 A Foggy Day 1.27 What Do You See in Her' 1.28 My Funny Valentine 2.1 Give Me the Simple Life 2.2 You Showed Me the Way 2.3 Moonray 2.4 Ain't No Use 2.5 In the Night 2.6 I Hear Music 2.7 The Thrill Is Gone 2.8 I'd Love to Make Love to You 2.9 Let Me Off Uptown 2.10 Night Mist 2.11 Anything Goes 2.12 When Sunny Gets Blue 2.13 They All Laughed 2.14 I Wonder 2.15 Say It Isn't So, Joe 2.16 Too Close for Comfort 2.17 Little Girl Blue 2.18 It Could Happen to You 2.19 Some Other Spring 2.20 Cherokee 2.21 Crazy He Calls Me 2.22 Idaho 2.23 Can't Live Without Him Any More 2.24 Angel Eyes 2.25 No Moon at All 2.26 Morning, Noon or Night 2.27 How Does It Feel'
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