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)