Heart Filled With Song/Choice

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Originally released by RCA in 1966, each of these albums was compiled using a different process - "A Heart Filled With Song" was the first time that John Gary selected his entire repertoire for an album and "Choice" features songs chosen by the likes of Richard Rodgers, Irving Berlin, Noel Coward, Hoagy Carmichae, Jay Livingston, Frank Loesser, Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer and others.

Tracks:

What Now My Love
Till
Fly Me to the Moon
Because of You
Without a Song
While We're Young
No Arms Can Ever Hold You
Yesterday
Shadow of Your Smile (Love Theme) [From the Sandpiper]
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Be My Love
If Ever I Would Leave You [From Camelot]
Georgia on My Mind
Tammy [From Tammy and the Bachelor]
I'll Remember Her
Charade
Somewhere
Luck Be a Lady [From Guys and Dolls]
I'll Be Seeing You
Love Is Here to Say [From An American in Paris]
I Ain't Down Yet [From the Unsinkable Molly Brown]
How Deep Is the Ocean?
Don't Blame Me
Younger Than Springtime [From South Pacific]

Album Description

Originally released by RCA in 1966, each of these albums was compiled using a different process - "A Heart Filled With Song" was the first time that John Gary selected his entire repertoire for an album and "Choice" features songs chosen by the likes of Richard Rodgers, Irving Berlin, Noel Coward, Hoagy Carmichae, Jay Livingston, Frank Loesser, Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer and others.

Album Description

Two albums on one disc, both originally released in 1966 on RCA, featuring 24 tracks. John Gary is a pleasing vocalist with a warm delivery reminiscent of Andy Williams or Tony Bennett. Collectables. 2004.

Customer Reviews:

A star to remember.......2006-04-06

John Gary was one of my first favorite singers and still today I have nearly all his early "albums". I only wish there were more of his albums on CDs.

He truly is part of a dying breed of singers like Jack Jones.

I was lucky enough to see him at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in the mid 70s. And enjoyed his show so much.

easily my second favorite John Gary album.......2004-10-05

While I enjoy most of the John Gary collectables that have been
released by BMG, this album is phenomenal. Next to the John Gary
"Carnegie Hall Concert" album, this one is easily my favorite.

Not enough superlatives for this one..........2004-07-03

Someday, when people's ears, brains and sensibilities have been deadened by the overproduced mediocre pap that now passes for music, I hope some enterprising soul will stumble upon this CD, experience some kind of epiphany while sampling it, and spread the word about the wonder that is John Gary.

Gary approached each song as an accomplished actor might rigorously prepare for a coveted role. Nothing was left to chance or taken for granted. Gary's primary aim was to convey the mood and message of each lyric as truthfully as he could. He allowed nothing, not even his considerable vocal gifts ("I prefer not to use my high notes without reason") to distract the listener from the composer's and the lyricist's intentions. In his case, the medium was not the message; the medium existed only to deliver the message.

John Gary was worlds away from today's one-dimensional performers who rely on the tricks of engineering wizards to enhance what little they have to offer. Here he voices the most tender and intimate sentiments, as in "How Deep is the Ocean" or "Love is Here to Stay", and, in turn, delivers a devastating portrayal of human desperation in a gripping rendition of "What Now My Love". The length and breadth of Gary's 4-octave range is fully utilized here in "If Ever I Would Leave You", and his powerful "Without a Song" is stunning in its nearly operatic proportions. What a shame that Rodgers and Hammerstein never came calling; John Gary would have proved to be a formidable (not to mention attractive) Lt. Cable in "South Pacific" and his vocal and emotional capabilities would have been tailor made for Billy Bigelow's heart-wrenching "Soliloquy" from "Carousel". But alas, it was not to be.

This CD contains 2 complete albums which were recorded in the mid 1960's. "A Heart Filled with Song" features 12 personally hand picked tunes which were particularly meaningful to the singer, while "Choice" showcases a dozen songs which Gary recorded at the request of a number of celebrated songwriters - Mancini, Mercer, Rodgers and Loesser among them.

Kudos once again to the Collectables label for making still more of John Gary's catalog available. That incomparable voice coupled with an uncompromising artistic integrity makes this CD one to savor and treasure.

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