You're the Top: The Great British Dance Bands Play Cole Porter

Produced, compiled and transferred by Chris Ellis
Engineer: Peter Brown
Liner Notes: Brian Rust

Selections

Note: Date of recording follows the artist name.

Record One

• "I'm in Love Again" - Jack Hylton & His Orchestra [vocal: Jack Hylton, Billy Ternant, Chappie d'Amato] August 17, 1927
• "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)" - Jack Hylton & His Orchestra [vocal :Jack Hylton, Billy Ternant, Chappie d'Amato ] March 26, 1929
• "The Banjo That Man Joe Plays" - Jack Hylton & His Orchestra [vocal: Jack Hylton, Billy Ternant, Chappie d'Amato] March 26, 1929
• "What is This Thing Called Love" - Jack Hylton & His Orchestra [vocal: Sam Browne] March 26, 1929
• "Looking At You" - Jack Hylton & His Orchestra [vocal: Sam Browne] March 26, 1929
• "They All Fall in Love" - Jack Hylton & His Orchestra [vocal: Pat O'Malley, Billy Ternant, Chappie d'Amato] May 10, 1930
• "Love For Sale" - Jack Hylton & His Orchestra [instrumental] July 2, 1931
• "Night and Day" - Harry Roy & His Orchestra [vocal: ? Marjorie Stedeford] August, 1933
• "After You, Who?" - The BBC Dance Orchestra [conductor: Henry Hall; vocal: Les Allen] July 15, 1933
• "How Could We Be Wrong?" - Ray Noble & His Orchestra [vocal: Al Bowlly] September 13, 1933
• "It's Bad for Me" - Ray Noble & His Orchestra [vocal: Al Bowlly] September 19, 1933
• "Experiment" - Ray Noble & His Orchestra [vocal: Al Bowlly] October 12, 1933
• "Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable to Lunch Today)" - Harry Roy & His Orchestra [vocal: Harry Roy, Ivor Moreton, Bill Currie] August, 1934
• "Anything Goes" - The BBC Dance Orchestra [conductor: Henry Hall; vocal: Dan Donovan] May 30, 1935
• "All Through the Night" - The BBC Dance Orchestra [conductor: Henry Hall; vocal: Dan Donovan] May 30, 1935
• "I Get a Kick Out of You" - Harry Roy & His Orchestra [vocal: Bill Currie] May 24, 1935
• "You're the Top" - Jack Hylton & His Orchestra [vocal: Eve Becke & Pat O'Malley] June 6, 1935
• "Blow, Gabriel, Blow" - Nat Gonella & His Georgians [vocal: Nat Gonella & Chorus] July 15, 1935
• "Thank You So Much, Mrs. Lowsborough-Goodby" - Lew Stone & His Band [vocal: Lew Stone] January 26, 1935
• "Goodbye, Little Dream, Goodbye" - Jack Hylton & His Orchestra [vocal: Bert Yarlett] December 1, 1936

Record Two

• "Easy to Love" - The BBC Dance Orchestra [conductor: Henry Hall; vocal: Dan Donovan] January 23, 1937
• "I've Got You Under My Skin" - The BBC Dance Orchestra [conductor: Henry Hall; vocal: Dan Donovan] January 23, 1937
• "Swingin' the Jinx Away" - Nat Gonella & His Georgians [vocal: Nat Gonella] January 7, 1937
• "Rosalie" / "There's a Strange New Rhythm in My Heart" - The New Mayfair Orchestra [conductor: Ronnie Munro; vocal: Al Bowlly ("Rosalie")] January 14, 1938
• "In the Still of the Night" / "Rosalie"- The New Mayfair Orchestra [conductor: Ronnie Munro; vocal: Al Bowlly ("In the Still of the Night")] January 14, 1938
• "Who Knows?" - Billy Ternant & His Sweet Rhythm Orchestra [vocal: Sam Browne] February 12, 1938
• "It's D'Lovely" - Carroll Gibbons & The Savoy Hotel Orpheans [vocal: Anne Lenner & George Melachrino] September 7, 1938
• "Begin the Beguine" - Geraldo & His Orchestra [vocal: Eve Becke] May 3, 1939
• "Most Gentlemen Don't Like Love" - Jack Hylton & His Orchestra [vocal: June Malo] November 8, 1939
• "Get Out of Town" - Jack Hylton & His Orchestra [vocal: Dolly Elsie] November 10, 1939
• "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" - Jack Hylton & His Orchestra [vocal: Pat Kirkwood] November 17, 1939
• "I've Got My Eyes on You" - Carroll Gibbons & The Savoy Hotel Orpheans [vocal: Anne Lenner] May 25, 1940
• "Ridin' High" - Geraldo & His Savoy Hotel Orchestra [vocal: Len Camber & Ensemble] December 12, 1940
• "Do I Love You? Do I?" - Carroll Gibbons & The Savoy Hotel Orpheans [vocal: Anne Lenner] April 24, 1941
• "Let's Be Buddies" - Harry Roy & His Orchestra [vocal: Harry Roy & Chorus] May 30, 1941
• "Everything I Love" - Carroll Gibbons & The Savoy Hotel Orpheans [vocal: Edna Kaye] July 31, 1942
• "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" - Carroll Gibbons & The Savoy Hotel Orpheans [vocal: Edna Kaye] May 12, 1943
• "Could It Be You" - Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orchestra [instrumental] March 10, 1944
• "Hey, Good-Lookin'" - Carroll Gibbons & The Savoy Hotel Orpheans [vocal: Leslie Douglas] March 10, 1944
• "Don't Fence Me In" - Geraldo & His Orchestra [vocal: Johnny Green & Three Boys and a Girl] April 6, 1945

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