KAY STARR - Jazz Singer + The Fabulous Favourites! (2002) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

In 2002, EMI released Jazz Singer/The Fabulous Favourites!, which contained two complete albums -- Jazz Singer (1960, originally released on Capitol) and The Fabulous Favourites! (1964, also originally on Capitol) -- by Kay Starr on one compact disc. by John Bush
Tracklist
1 I Never Knew (I Could Love Anybody Like I'm Loving You) 2:47
Raymond B. Egan / Roy Marsh / Thomas Pitts
2 My Man 2:42
Jacques Charles / Channing Pollack / Albert Willemetz / Maurice Yvain
3 Breezing Along With the Breeze 1:57
Haven Gillespie / Seymour Simons / Richard A. Whiting
4 All by Myself 3:02
Irving Berlin
5 Hard Hearted Hannah 2:31
Milton Ager / Charles Bates / Bob Bigelow / Jack Yellen
6 Me Too 2:00
Al Sherman / Charles Tobias / Harry Woods
7 Happy Days and Lonely Nights 2:51
Fred Fisher / Billy Rose
8 I Only Wanted a Buddy - Not a Sweetheart 3:14
Stan Jones
9 Hummin' to Myself 2:57
Sammy Fain / Siegel Magidson / Monty Siegel
10 My Honey's Lovin' Arms 2:47
Joseph Meyer / Herman Ruby
11 Sunday 2:50
Chester Conn / Benny Krueger / Ned Miller / Jule Styne
12 (I Would Do) Anything for You 2:50
Alexander Hill / Claude Hopkins / Bobby Williams
13 Side by Side 2:52
Harry Woods
14 So Tired 3:06
Russ Morgan / Jack Stuart
15 Mississippi 2:31
Billy Simmons / Curley Williams
16 I'm the Lonesomest Gal in Town 2:44
Lew Brown / Harry Von Tilzer
17 Half a Photograph 2:50
Bob Russell / Hal Stanley
18 Comes Along a Love 2:13
Al Sherman
19 Bonaparte's Retreat 2:37
Pee Wee King / Redd Stewart
20 Wheel of Fortune 3:09
Bennie Benjamin / George David Weiss
21 The Rock and Roll Waltz 2:49
Shorty Allen / Dick Ware
22 Hoop-Dee-Doo 2:14
Milton Delugg / Frank Loesser
23 Allez-Vous En (Go Away) 2:29
Cole Porter
24 Foolin' Around 2:20
Harlan Howard / Buck Owens

ALISON RUBLE - This Is A Bird [2008]

Alison Ruble is a sublime vocalist with an adventurous spirit on her debut CD. Gifted with a rich alto and precise articulation, she blends elements of pop and folk into her infectious arrangement of Cole Porter's "So in Love," while her sublime, deliberate, and funky setting of "If I Had You" casts another chestnut in a very new light. Guitarist John McLean and Jim Gailloreto's playful alto flute provide sublime accompaniment for her warm vocals in "Skylark." Ruble also takes the standard "Lazy Afternoon" into new territory, blending McLean's folky guitar with Gailloreto's spirited soprano sax as the group gradually builds the tension to a soft climax. Ruble especially excels in duo settings, including a hip "It's Magic" with bassist Larry Kohut and a superb "This Nearly Was Mine" with pianist Jo Ann Daugherty. Only Burt Bacharach's monotonous "Always Something There to Remind Me" is a disappointment, as it pales when compared to the rest of the material on Alison Ruble's exciting debut as a leader. by Ken Dryden
Tracklist:
1 Interlude 4:08
Pete Rugolo / Bob Russell
2 So in Love  5:29
Cole Porter
3 If I Had You 4:30
Alison Ruble
4 Skylark 5:34
Hoagy Carmichael / Johnny Mercer
5 Always Something There to Remind Me 4:41
Alison Ruble
6 We Kiss in a Shadow 3:48
Alison Ruble
7 Lazy Afternoon 4:32
Jerome Moross
8 It's Magic 2:53
Sammy Cahn / Jule Styne
9 Something in the Way She Moves 4:48
James Taylor
10 The Night Has a Thousand Eyes 5:55
Alison Ruble
11 This Nearly Was Mine 3:08
Oscar Hammerstein II / Richard Rodgers
Credits
Acoustic Bass, Chapman Stick – Larry Kohut
Drums – Tim Davis (13) 
Guitar – John McLean (2) 
Percussion – Geraldo De Oliveira
Piano – Jo Ann Daugherty
Soprano Saxophone, Alto Flute – Jim Gailloreto
Vocals – Alison Ruble

ALISON RUBLE - This Is A Bird

 [2008] Origin / APE (image+.cue), lossless 

HELEN HUMES - Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness If I Do (1959-1990) RM / Mp3

Helen Humes had not recorded as a leader in seven years when she made the first of three albums for Contemporary, all of which have been reissued on CD via the OJC imprint. Humes, 45 at the time, was at the peak of her powers, although she never really made a bad record. Accompanied by Benny Carter (on trumpet), trombonist Frank Rosolino, tenor saxophonist Teddy Edwards, pianist Andrew Previn, bassist Leroy Vinnegar, and either Shelly Manne or Mel Lewis on drums, the singer is typically enthusiastic, exuberant, and highly appealing on such numbers as "You Can Depend on Me," "When I Grow Too Old to Dream," and "''Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do." She even sings credible versions of "Bill Bailey" and "When the Saints Go Marching In" on this easily recommended CD.  by Scott Yanow
Tracklist:
1 You Can Depend on Me 3:22
Charles Carpenter / Louis Dunlap / Earl Hines
2 Trouble in Mind 2:37 
Richard M. Jones
3 Among My Souvenirs 3:37 
Edgar Leslie / Horatio Nicholls
4 Ain't Misbehavin' 4:03
Harry Brooks / Andy Razaf / Fats Waller
5 Stardust 4:45
Hoagy Carmichael / Mitchell Parish
6 Bill Bailey 2:21
Hughie Cannon
7 When I Grow Too Old to Dream 3:34
Oscar Hammerstein II / Sigmund Romberg
8 A Good Man Is Hard to Find 3:06
Eddie Green
9 Bill 2:37
Oscar Hammerstein II / Jerome Kern / P.G. Wodehouse
10 'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do 2:24
Percy Grainger / Porter Grainger / Robert Prince / Everett Robbins / Clarence Williams
11 I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) 3:26
Duke Ellington / Paul Francis Webster
12 When the Saints Go Marching In 4:03
James Black / Traditional
Credits
Bass – Leroy Vinnegar
Drums – Mel Lewis (tracks: 3, 8, 10, 11), Shelly Manne (tracks: 1, 2, 4 ,7, 9, 12)
Leader, Trumpet – Benny Carter
Piano – André Previn
Tenor Saxophone – Teddy Edwards
Trombone – Frank Rosolino
Vocals – Helen Humes

PEGGY KING - When Boy Meets Girl / Wish Upon a Star [2003]

The Collectables reissue of two mid-'50s LPs by Peggy King reveals a singer who possessed a cute soprano voice with the character and subtle strength of Debbie Reynolds. The first of two concept LPs, 1955's Girl Meets Boy pairs King with Jerry Vale for a musical dissection of a love affair, beginning with King's sweetly innocent "The Boy Next Door" and continuing through "Would You Like to Take a Walk?" and "Let's Fall in Love." Felicia Sanders briefly catches the eyes of Vale with "I Wanna Be Loved" and "Temptation," but King of course wins the boy back and they celebrate with the closer, "Love Is Here to Stay." In similar company to Mel Tormé's Prelude to a Kiss and several other story-in-song LPs of the time, Girl Meets Boy leans less on jazz (or even jazz interpretation) than the musical scores that were lighting up the charts during the mid-'50s. Still, King carries the LP well, and Percy Faith's orchestration is appropriately grand, sweeping along at the pace of a promenade. The second record, 1956's Wish Upon a Star, finds King on the long road to fame, encompassing "When I Was Ten," "When You Wish Upon a Star," and "Hooray for Hollywood." Just before the title song is reprised at the end, King's character is discovered by an A&R executive while she sings a radio jingle for Hunt's Tomato Sauce, in the exact circumstances King is said to have been discovered by Mitch Miller. Between the theme of the LP and King's voice, listeners can barely stop thinking about Reynolds' role in the 1952 film smash Singin' in the Rain. by John Bush 
Tracklist:
1     The Boy Next Door    1:39
Ralph Blane / Hugh Martin
2     Would You Like to Take a Walk?    2:06
Mort Dixon / Billy Rose / Harry Warren
3     All I Do Is Dream of You    2:10
Nacio Herb Brown / Arthur Freed
4     Let's Fall in Love    1:49
Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler
5     You Better Go Now    3:16
Robert Graham / Bickley S. Reichmer
6     Goodnight My Love    2:32
Mack Gordon / Harry Revel
7     I Wanna Be Loved    3:25
Johnny Green / Edward Heyman / Billy Rose
8     Temptation    3:40
Nacio Herb Brown / Arthur Freed
9     Conflict    1:26
10     It's Easy to Remember    2:27
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
11     Just One More Chance    1:54
Sam Coslow / Arthur Johnston
12     Love Is Here to Stay    2:47
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
13     Part I: When I Was Ten (Beginning)    1:55
14     When You Wish Upon a Star    2:53
Leigh Harline / Ned Washington
15     When I Was Ten (Conclusion)    0:55
16     Part II: A Girl With a Band    0:36
17     Let There Be Love    1:49
Ian Grant / Lionel Rand
18     Part III: New York    1:27
19     Little Girl Blue    3:28
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
20     Hooray for Hollywood    0:44
Johnny Mercer / Richard A. Whiting
21     Part IV: Screen Test/Long Ago (And Far Away)    3:03
22     Part V: Nobody Asked Me to Sing    1:05
23     Ev'ry Time    3:17
Ralph Blane / Hugh Martin
24     Paret VI: Discovery/Hunts Tomato Sauce Jingle    0:59
25     When You Wish Upon a Star (Reprise)    1:11
Leigh Harline / Ned Washington

 PEGGY KING -  When Boy Meets Girl / Wish Upon a Star

 [2003] Sony . Colectables / CBR320 / scans