70: Seventieth Birthday Celebration

Editorial Reviews
Jazz Times
In this sampler, drawn from her work for Concord over the past 20 years, her work is given all the accoutrements, including appearances, with the Woody Herman band and the likes of Ed Bickert, Warren Vache, Scott Hamilton, John Pizzarelli, and even Keith Carradine, k.d. lang, and Linda Ronstadt. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Tracks:

Secret Of Life
Oh, What A Beautiful Morning
I Got Lost In His Arms
Come Rain Or Come Shine
One For My Baby
I'm Beginning To See The Light
But Beautiful
Just One Of Those Things
Thanks For The Memory
It's Only A Paper Moon
(Have) I Stayed Too Long At The Fair
Hey There
Long Ago & Far Away
Turn Around
Falling In Love Again
From This Moment On
For All We Know
Ol' Man River
(Our) Love Is Here To Stay

Customer Reviews:

"19 memorial performances from Rosie ~ our girl singer".......2001-05-23

Concord gives us samplings from our "Girl Singer", wetting our appetite for more of the same ~ 19 tunes spanning this legendary artist from her various albums ~ songbook collections, dedication and show tunes ~ showcasing composers such as Arlen, Gershwin, Hammerstein, Kern, Mercer, Porter, Rodgers, James Taylor, just to name a few.

It is difficult to select stand outs or highlights from this CD, but I'll try ~ "COME RAIN OR COME SHINE", "ONE FOR MY BABY", "JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS", "HEY THERE", "LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY", "FROM THIS MOMENT ON" and "OUR LOVE IS HERE TO STAY" ~ but must make mention of the touching arrangement for "OL' MAN RIVER" from the musical "Showboat", Rosie's interpretation and voice is so pure, you want it to go on and on, this is what makes her so special.

Hats off to ~ Allen J. Sviridoff (compilation producers) ~ Glen Barros & John Burk (executive producers) ~ and Concord Jazz for serving up such a wonderful birthday menu ~ and a special thanks to the person who invited us to her seventieth celebration, may she have many, many more ~ ROSEMARY CLOONEY!

Total Time: 70:33 on 19 Tracks ~ Concord Jazz CCD-4804-2 ~ (1998)

Wow! Rosie really tugs at heart strings........1999-06-17

I have bought 5 copies of this great CD for friends and we all love it! It brings back memories of the good old days of understandable lyrics and melodies. Thanks Rosie!

Wow! Rosie really tugs at heart strings........1999-06-17

I have bought 5 copies of this great CD for friends and we all love it! It brings back memories of the good old days of understandable lyrics and melodies. Thanks Rosie!

Disappointing.......1999-03-11

The problem that I have with this CD is that it appears to have been over-produced and over-arranged. Poor Rosie sounds as though she was singing from somewhere outside the room. She is absolutely smothered. Too bad, because this lady is a great performer and always delivers, but she just had too much competition this time.

fabulous.......1998-10-15

I can't imagine anyone not loving this CD. It's emotional, beautifully performed, perfect for a cool autumn evening or a cold winter's night.

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