4-CD Digipak with comprehensive booklet, 100 tracks, playing time: 313:33. -- This excellent 4 CD set celebrates 41 years of top-rate music from the great singer Bill Ramsey! A jazzman from Cincinnati, Ramsey made his home and his records in Germany and gained a fine 'Schlager' image! Here are 100 unforgettable tracks of high class swing, jazz, and blues songs! And Ramsey's music always featured top soloists and excellent orchestras! Listen to over 5 hours of high class interpretations of standards and classics! 'Ramsey Swings' is the perfect CD set to mark Bill Ramsey's 80th birthday! -- An American from Cincinnati, Bill Ramsey came to Europe via the US military -and stayed to make records and a career as a singer, comedian, TV host, and more. During the '50s, '60s, and '70s he was one of the most popular stars of light music in Germany. It is often forgotten that he is also one of the most excellent jazz, swing, and blues singers of his time. Bear Family sets this straight with a fabulous 4 CD set showing the artist in his true light and cementing his real importance through more than five hours of music from 41 years of his career; that's 100 great songs! -- His first recording 'Wumba-Tumba-Schokoladeneisverkäufer' - a German hit single from the late '50s that turned into an unwanted stylistic burden. Bill Ramsey can tell you a thing or two about being derided by (mostly) self-appointed critics, but his jazz music is appreciated by the true experts and by an audience of connoisseurs. His fans will love the songs that are here - song after song of standards (from 'Caldonia' and 'Watermelon Man' to 'Over The Rainbow'), immortal classics ('Round Midnight', 'Trouble In Mind', 'Moon River'), fascinating cover versions ('The Wind Cries Mary', 'He-De-Ho', 'Motherless Child', 'Proud Mary') and more. Here, Ramsey is accompanied by top orchestras and excellent soloists - the musicians always acknowledged the singer's clearly-evident talent and they loved to accompany him. -- 'Ramsey Swings' is an unsurpassable overview of the career of one of the most brilliant singers in Germany. An ice-cream man he may be - but this set shows what he is really all about!__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Disc 1
1. CALDONIA
2. OUTKIRTS OF TOWN
3. SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT
4. BASIN STREET BLUES
5. BIG FAT MAMA (1)
6. WHEN THE SAINTS
7. DO NOTHIN'
8. TILL YOU HEAR FROM ME
9. HOLLERIN' AND SCREAMIN'
10. GIVE ME THE SIMPLE LIFE
11. BIG FAT MAMA (2)
12. IT WON'T BE LONG
13. SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A MOTHERLESS CHILD
14. WORKSONG
15. KANSAS CITY
16. GONNA BUILD A MOUNTAIN
17. WATERMELON MAN
18. I'D RATHER DRINK MUDDY WATER
19. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TIME IT WAS
20. ROUND MIDNIGHT
21. COTTON FIELDS
22. JUST SQUEEZE ME
23. MOON RIVER (1)
24. HONEYSUCKLE ROSE
25. ANGEL EYES
26. JOSHUA FIT DE BATTLE OF JERICHO (1)
27. LAZY AFTERNOON
28. THE MORE I SEE YOU
Disc: 2
1. IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT I CAN DO
2. BIG FAT MAMA (3)
3. WHAT YOU GONNA DO NOW GIRL
4. ROUTE 66 (1)
5. SOPHISTICATED LADY (1)
6. IT'S THE SAME OLD STORY
7. THE BRIGHT LIGHTS AND YOU GIRL
8. GOD BLESS THE CHILD
9. BOOM, BOOM
10. FEED ME
11. JOSHUA FIT DE BATTLE OF JERICHO (2)
12. TROUBLE IN MIND
13. WHEN I LAID EYES ON YOU
14. WHAT YOU GONNA DO NOW GIRL
15. AFTER YOU'VE GONE
16. YOU ARE THERE
17. I GOT IT BAD
18. YOU ARE THE SUNSHINE OF MY LIFE (1) (SLOW)
19. SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDERS
20. STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY RIGHT
21. PUT YOUR HAND IN THE HAND
22. I CONCENTRATE ON YOU
23. I'M BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT
24. WHAT'D I SAY
25. MY LEAN BABY
Disc: 3
1. STORMY MONDAY
2. ISN'T SHE LOVELY
3. GOODY GOODY
4. OVER THE RAINBOW
5. I GOT TO FOLLOW YOU
6. LADY BE GOOD
7. LULU'S BACK IN TOWN
8. THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC
9. MOOD INDIGO
10. SOPHISTICATED LADY (2)
11. I'M BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT
12. IT DON'T MEAN A THING IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING
13. DO NOTHING TILL YOU HEAR FROM ME
14. DON'T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE
15. SATIN DOLL
16. I COVER THE WATERFRONT
17. BLUES IMPROVISATION
18. CAN'T HELP IT
19. FLY ME TO THE MOON
20. GONE WITH THE WIND
21. SATIN DOLL
22. FLAMINGO
23. MOON RIVER (2)
24. TENDERLY
Disc: 4
1. SOMETIMES IN WINTER
2. SOMETHING LINGERS
3. THE WIND CRIES MARY
4. THE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE
5. WHERE DO THE CHILDREN PLAY
6. SIMPLE SONG OF FREEDOM
7. COOL RAIN
8. IN MY HOLE
9. THUNDER AND LIGHTNING
10. HI-DE-HO
11. THE OLD ONES
12. ROUTE 66 (2) (ROCK)
13. SUNSHINE ON THE MOUNTAIN TIDES
14. REAL LIFE MAN
15. GET IT TOGETHER
16. THIS TIME IT'S YOUR FAULT
17. DANNY BOY
18. NATURE BOY
19. ALONE AGAIN
20. CLAIRE
21. YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND
22. HARVARD BLUES
23. PROUD MARY (RUBATO ANFANG)
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