The very best of Jerome Kern (1885-1945) is presented in a double CD set for a magnificent addition, the eighth, to Retrospective’s invaluable series devoted to the great songwriters of the last century. With Show Boat, Kern was the founding figure of the 20th century American musical, and creator of many of the most timeless of popular evergreens. He was unsurpassed in matching music to words. Our anthology The Song Is You (the title-song peerlessly performed by Frank Sinatra) delivers his 51 best songs on a single CD. Included are such wonderful numbers as All The Things You Are, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, The Way You Look Tonight, Long Ago And Far Away, Yesterdays, A Fine Romance, They Didn't Believe Me and Who?

Tracklisting:

CD 1 (1905-1933)
1. The Song Is You (Frank Sinatra)
2. How’d You Like To Spoon With Me? (Corinne Morgan & The Haydn Quartet)
3. They Didn’t Believe Me (Dinah Shore)
4. Till The Clouds Roll By (Bing Crosby)
5. Left All Alone Again Blues (Marion Harris)
6. Look For The Silver Lining (Marion Harris)
7. Whip-Poor-Will (Jessie Matthews)
8. Sunny (George Olsen)
9. Who? (George Olsen)
10. Make Believe (Allan Jones)
11. Ol’ Man River (Paul Robeson)
12. Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man (Helen Morgan)
13. You Are Love (James Melton)
14. Why Do I Love You? (Frances Langford & Tony Martin)
15. Bill (Helen Morgan)
16. I Still Suits Me (Paul Robeson & Elisabeth Welch)
17. Why Was I Born? (Frank Sinatra)
18. Don’t Ever Leave Me (Pearl Bailey & The Charioteers)
19. She Didn’t Say “Yes” (Ambrose, with Sam Browne)
20. I’ve Told Ev’ry Little Star (Mary Ellis)
21. Yesterdays (Leo Reisman, with Frank Luther)
22. The Touch Of Your Hand (Kathryn Grayson & Howard Keel)
23. I’ll Be Hard To Handle (Emil Coleman)
24. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (Ruth)

CD 2 (1935-1946)
1. Lovely To Look At (Eddy Duchin, with Lew Sherwood)
2. I Won’t Dance (Eddy Duchin, with Lew Sherwood)
3. Hand In Hand (Lew Stone, with Al Bowlly)
4. Pick Yourself Up (Fred Astaire)
5. The Way You Look Tonight (Fred Astaire)
6. Waltz In Swing Time (Percy Faith)
7. A Fine Romance (Fred Astaire)
8. Bojangles Of Harlem (Fred Astaire)
9. Never Gonna Dance (Fred Astaire)
10. Can I Forget You? (Bing Crosby)
11. The Folks Who Live On The Hill (Bing Crosby)
12. Just Let Me Look At You (Lew Stone, with Al Bowlly)
13. You Couldn’t Be Cuter (Tony Martin)
14. All The Things You Are (Tony Martin
15. That Lucky Fellow (Or Lady) (Benny Goodman, with Mildred Bailey)
16. Remind Me (Julie London)
17. The Last Time I Saw Paris (Noël Coward)
18. Dearly Beloved (Dinah Shore)
19. I’m Old-Fashioned (Fred Astaire)
20. You Were Never Lovelier (Fred Astaire)
21. Long Ago And Far Away (Helen Forrest & Dick Haymes)
22. Can’t Help Singing (Deanna Durbin)
23. More And More (Deanna Durbin)
24. All Through The Day (Frank Sinatra)
25. In Love In Vain (Helen Forrest & Dick Haymes)

Bonus Track:
26. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (The Platters)