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...Aisle (Bert Lahr and Dolores Gray; Decca, 2 sides LP). The tunes run second to the comedy in this current Broadway hit, but Lahr's wobbly voice in The Clown is worth the price of the album. Moreover, Songstress Gray can put over a song with vigor and charm; the proof is in There Never Was a Baby Like My Baby, If You Hadn't But You Did, How Will He Know...
...Look at Me Now (Tommy Dorsey; Decca). Trombonist Dorsey first recorded this fine song in 1941 with Frank Sinatra. This time, Bob London and Frances Irvin follow the same vocal arrangement with the Rhythmaires. The orchestra sounds better, but Sinatra's 1941 exuberance is missing...
Schubert: Die Winterreise (Hans Hot-;er, baritone; Michael Raucheisen, piano; Decca, 4 sides LP). Baritone Hotter sings Schubert's mournful cycle of a winter journey in good voice, but he fails to take command of the songs. Recording: good...
Sweetest Music This Side of Heaven (Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians; Decca, 2 sides LP). All the Things You Are, Stardust, Where or When, etc., delivered in the popular Lombardo waver. Strictly for dancing...
Down Memory Lane (Bing Crosby; Decca, 4 sides LP). A good sampling of the tunes that Crosby has crooned with success down the years: Love Thy Neighbor, I Found a Million Dollar Baby, Please, and 13 more...