The Missing American

by Suja A. Thomas (Author)

Featuring an amazing mixture of music from the past six decades, 'The Best American Legends Album In The World… Ever!' delivers 60 classic tracks from 60 American superstar acts that have been part of shaping the global pop charts over the past 60 years.

Featuring classic songs from the American songbook, this 3CD set showcases the immense vocal talents and charm of the great Tony Bennett over 60 digitally remastered tracks.

Celebrating Four Decades of American Music 75 original hits performed by a collection of unforgettable artists including Billie Holiday, Doris Day, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Judy Garland, Fred Astaire and many more… The Great American Songbook celebrates four decades of American popular song, from the early hits of Tin Pan Alley with such luminaries as Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern and the Gershwins, through to the great Broadway musicals of Rodgers, Hart and Hammerstein, and not forgetting the golden age of the movie song writers such as Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen and Sammy Cahn. The Great American Songbook revisits those glorious, glamorous years with songs that shaped a nation.

A career that resulted in more than 250 recordings and 25 million records sold is just part of the Ella Fitzgerald story. Bing Crosby once famously called her "the greatest singer of them all - man, woman or child", confirming that she overcame a lack of formal musical training to establish herself as a singer of true stature, respected by her peers. Featured here are 49 of her greatest recordings from the American Songbook.

2021 release. Although for many decades it was principally the domain of jazz-styled singers and musicians, The Great American Songbook has undergone a significant revival in recent years, in terms of the mass market's rediscovery of the genre. Loosely defined, these are the most popular and enduring songs from the 1920s through to the 50s, most of which were written for Broadway theatre, musical theatre and/or Hollywood musical movies. And although regular Pop Music has generally endured a somewhat difficult relationship with what has always been perceived as "serious" music, many R&B and early Soul performers dabbled in the Great American Songbook over the years. This unique compilation presents thirty memorable examples, featuring artists like Ray Charles, Big Maybelle, Jackie Wilson, Little Willie John, LaVern Baker, James Brown, Etta James, Bobby Bland, Timi Yuro, Ruth Brown and many more. Many of these sides are hard to find elsewhere on CD.