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Johnnie Ray - Cry (Bear Family Box Set 5 cd's)


Johnnie Ray was an immediately recognizable vocal stylist whose histrionic sobbing and exaggerated "blue" notes won as many detractors as fans. But the sheer outrageousness of his performance style, which exhibited a dynamic physicality not seen again in a white singer until Elvis Presley came along, makes Ray a clear forerunner of rock & roll and an exciting entertainer who always seemed to be on the verge of losing control. Cry is a five-disc box set that compiles Ray's complete Columbia recordings from 1951-1956, including the major hits "Cry," "The Little White Cloud That Cried," and "Just Walking in the Rain." Those familiar with Ray's biography may be surprised at the number of gospel songs in his catalog, which display an outpouring of spiritual fervor as desperate in tenor as the dangerously unfettered sexuality of secular songs like "Such a Night." The fifth disc contains two complete live albums, the remarkable Live at the London Palladium (also available separately from Bear Family Records) and a later Las Vegas show. At the Palladium, Ray's lascivious oohs and ahhs on "Such a Night" drive the female audience members into a frenzy, and then, minutes later, he's singing .  » Read more
Tracks

Disc 1        Title Composer Time
  1  Whiskey and Gin Ray 2:46
  2  Tell the Lady I Said Goodbye Ray 2:41
  3  She Didn't Say Nothin' at All Ray 2:16
  4  I'm Just a Shadow of Myself Fine, LaMotta 2:28
  5  Give Me Time Wilder 3:11
  6  The Little White Cloud That Cried Ray 2:17
  7  Coffee and Cigarettes (Thinking It Over) Arthur, Hendler 2:37
  8  The Lady Drinks Champagne Jeffreys, Wilson 3:21
  9  Cry Kohlman 3:04
  10  Out in the Cold Again Bloom, Koehler 2:52
  11  Please, Mr. Su Frank, Getzov 3:01
  12  Here Am I Broken Hearted Brown, DeSylva, Henderson 2:51
  13  Paths of Paradise Ray 2:04
  14  Mountains in the Moonlight Ray 2:37
  15  Walkin' My Baby Back Home Ahlert, Turk 2:23
  16  All of Me Marks, Simons 2:10
  17  Don't Take Your Love from Me Nemo 2:20
  18  Don't Blame Me Fields, McHugh 2:24
  19  What's the Use? Bagdasarian, Foster, Goell 2:54
  20  Gee, But I'm Lonesome Bryant, Bryant 2:47
  21  A Sinner Am I Ray 3:03
  22  I'll Never Fall in Love Again Ray 2:58
  23  Faith Can Move Mountains Raleigh, Wood 2:42
  24  Don't Say Love Has Ended  Engvick, Wilder 2:08
  25  Love Me (Baby Can't You LoveMe)  Engvick, Wilder 2:03


Disc 2        Title Composer Time
  1  Mr. Midnight Lewis, Wendling 3:07
  2  Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone Clare, Stept 2:03
  3  All I Do Is Dream of You Brown, Freed 1:44
  4  Nobody's Sweetheart Erdman, Kahn, Meyers, Schoebel 2:15
  5  I Can't Escape from You Robin, Whiting 3:34
  6  Somebody Stole My Gal Wood 2:23
  7  Satisfied Carson 2:48
  8  I'm Gonna Walk and Talk withMy Lord Carson 2:20
  9  With These Hands Davis, Silver 3:13
  10  The Touch of God's Hand Nolan 2:45
  11  It's the Talk of the Town Livingston, Neiburg, Symes 2:55
  12  Ma Says, Pa Says Marais 2:49
  13  A Full Time Job  Teifer 2:10
  14  Glad Rag Doll Ager, Dougherty, Yellen 2:18
  15  Oh, What a Sad, Sad Day Green, Michael 2:16
  16  Sweet Evening Breeze Broones, Egan, Webster 2:24
  17  She Didn't Say Nothin' at All Ray 2:06
  18  Tell the Lady I Said Goodbye Ray 2:42
  19  Whiskey and Gin Ray 2:50
  20  An Orchid for the Lady Ager, Wever 2:23
  21  Let's Walk That-A-Way Twomey, Weisman, Wise 2:40
  22  Candy Lips Rose 2:07
  23  The Others I Like DeLugg, Hilliard 2:11
  24  Destiny Alstone, Goodhart, Spier 3:19
  25  Why Should I Be Sorry? Faith, Sigman 3:04
  26  As Time Goes By Hupfeld 3:16
  27  You'd Be Surprised Berlin 1:58


Disc 3        Title Composer Time
  1  Such a Night Chase 2:15
  2  To Ev'ry Girl -- To Ev'ry Boy(The Meaning of Love) Parker, Samuels 3:11
  3  Hey There Adler, Ross 2:55
  4  Hernando's Hideaway Adler, Ross 2:24
  5  Going, Going, Gone Kramer, Whitney 2:36
  6  If You Believe Berlin 3:00
  7  Alexander's Ragtime Band Berlin 2:27
  8  The Only Girl I'll Ever Love  Feiler, Parker, Samuels 3:03
  9  Thine Eyes Are as the Eyes ofa Dove  Sandry 2:40
  10  Papa Loves Mambo Hoffman, Manning, Reichner 2:21
  11  Paths of Paradise Ray 2:33
  12  Parade of Broken Hearts Merrill 2:09
  13  Ooh! Aah! Oh! (This Is Love) Lee, Seelen 1:57
  14  Flip Flop and Fly Calhoun, Turner 2:16
  15  Why Does Your Daddy Have to Go? Ray 2:35
  16  Taking a Chance on Love Duke, Fetter, Latouche 1:54
  17  My Love for You Lewis, Ray 2:31
  18  Song of the Dreamer Curtis, Eddie 2:26
  19  I've Got So Many Million Years (That I Can't Count Them) Hamblen 2:21
  20  A Heart Comes in Handy McCoy, Singleton 2:20
  21  Johnnie's Comin' Home Shanklin, Sherman 2:25
  22  Who's Sorry Now? Kalmar, Ruby, Snyder 2:16
  23  Love, Love, Love Jarrett 3:05
  24  Goodbye, Au Revoir, Adios Gallop, Wayne 2:35
  25  Because I Love You Price 2:25
  26  Walk Along with Kings Merrill 2:15
  27  Ain't Misbehavin' Brooks, Razaf, Waller 2:36


Disc 4        Title Composer Time
  1  If I Had You Campbell, Connelly, Shapiro 2:49
  2  In the Candlelight Ballard 2:52
  3  Look Homeward Angel Gold 2:47
  4  Weaker Than Wise DeLugg, Gallop 2:28
  5  Just Walking in the Rain Bragg, Riley 2:39
  6  Up Above My Head (I Hear Music in the Air) Tharpe 2:15
  7  Good Evening Friends Allen, Stillman 2:20
  8  How Long, How Long Blues Carr 2:27
  9  You Don't Owe Me a Thing Robbins 2:25
  10  No Wedding Today Demetrius, Engberg, Schroeder, Wayne 2:24
  11  Trouble in Mind Jones 4:47
  12  I Want to Be Loved (But Onlyby You) Churchill 2:27
  13  I Miss You So Henderson, Robin, Scott 2:59
  14  Every Day I Have the Blues York 2:56
  15  I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town Razaf, Weldon 2:46
  16  Sent for You Yesterday (And Here You Come Today) Basie, Durham, Rushing 2:26
  17  Pretty Eyed Baby Johnson, Moseley, Williams 2:20
  18  Shake a Hand Morris 2:45
  19  I'll Never Be Free Benjamin, Weiss 3:07
  20  So Long Harris, Melsher, Morgan 2:46
  21  Lotus Blossom Coslow, Johnston 3:46
  22  Lotus Blossom Coslow, Johnston 2:20
  23  In the Candlelight Ballard 3:12
  24  Up Above My Head (I Hear Music in the Air) Tharpe 2:13


Disc 5        Title Composer Time
  1  Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone Clare, Stept 2:08
  2  Glad Rag Doll Ager, Dougherty, Yellen 2:58
  3  A Hundred Years from Today Washington, Young, Young 2:58
  4  Somebody Stole My Gal Wood 2:53
  5  With These Hands Davis, Silver 3:24
  6  Walkin' My Baby Back Home Ahlert, Turk 1:59
  7  As Time Goes By Hupfeld 2:43
  8  Such a Night Chase 5:27
  9  The Little White Cloud That Cried Ray 2:03
  10  Cry Kohlman 1:55
  11  I'm Gonna Walk and Talk withMy Lord Carson 3:41
  12  Should I?  2:00
  13  Shake a Hand Morris 2:49
  14  Ain't Misbehavin' Brooks, Razaf, Waller 2:33
  15  As Time Goes By Hupfeld 3:01
  16  Coquette Green, Kahn, Lombardo 1:49
  17  Just Walking in the Rain Bragg, Riley 2:26
  18  Yes, Tonight Josephine Scott 3:08
  19  Yesterdays Harbach, Kern 3:21
  20  Up Above My Head (I Hear Music in the Air) Tharpe 2:13
  21  Don't Worry 'Bout Me Bloom, Koehler 3:26
  22  Medley: The Little White Cloud That Cried/Cry Kohlman, Ray 4:22
  23  I'm Gonna Walk and Talk withMy Lord Carson 3:22
  24  If You Believe Berlin 3:19
  25  Alexander's Ragtime Band, Pt.1 Berlin 5:53
  26  Alexander's Ragtime Band (Conclusion) Berlin 2:32



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