Ray Conniff - The Music Of (2015)

The man who popularized wordless vocal choruses and light orchestral accompaniment on a mix of popular standards and contemporary hits of the 1960s, Ray Conniff was a trombone player for Bunny Berigan's Orchestra and Bob Crosby's Bobcats before being hired as an arranger by Mitch Miller for Columbia Records in 1954. After he wrote the charts for several sizeable Columbia hits during the mid-'50s, Conniff became a solo artist as well, applying his arranging techniques to instrumental easy listening for the booming adult album market. The result, 12 Top Ten LPs and well over 50 million total albums sold, cemented his status as one of the top LP sellers of all time, but his increasingly watered-down and commercially focused arrangements gained few young fans by the end of the '60s. Though he continued recording and touring the world into the '90s, Conniff's albums slipped off the charts in the early '70s. Enjoy 50 of Ray Coniff's finest. So many great melodic moments, so many stories to tell and memories to revive - and all fashioned in a manner that was undoubtedly Ray's own.

TRACKLIST

CD 1

01. 'S Wonderful
02. Memories Are Made Of This
03. Dancing In The Dark
04. I Get A Kick Out Of You
05. Love Letters In The Sand
06. Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin'
07. September Song
08. Bali Ha'i
09. Three Coins In The Fountain
10. Rhapsody In Blue
11. In The Still Of The Night
12. The Surrey With The Fringe On Top
13. Hello, Young Lovers
14. Moonlight Serenade
15. Someone To Watch Over Me
16. Around The World
17. That Old Black Magic
18. The Way You Look Tonight
19. Theme From Romeo And Juliet
20. I'm An Old Cowhand
21. I Hear A Rhapsody
22. On The Street Where You Live
23. You Do Something To Me
24. My Foolish Heart
25. Young Love

CD 2

01. Midnight Lace - Part 1
02. I'm Always Chasing Rainbows
03. Love Me Tender
04. Some Enchanted Evening
05. Tammy
06. Oklahoma!
07. Unchained Melody
08. I Could Have Danced All Night
09. Begin The Beguine
10. No Other Love
11. People Will Say We're In Love
12. They Can't Take That Way From Me
13. Sentimental Journey
14. As Time Goes By
15. Sometimes I'm Happy
16. I've Told Every Little Star
17. Younger Than Sprringtime
18. A Wonderful Guy
19. Where Or When
20. Moments To Remember
21. Getting To Know You-I Whistle A Happy Tune
22. Stardust
23. Theme From Grand Canyon Suite
24. Only You
25. Early Evening; Theme From "The Ray Conniff Suite"