Fuhgetaboudit
New-York City Historian | Brooklyn, NYC, USA | 01/25/2005
(2 out of 5 stars)
"These are the essential New York songs that should have replaced almost every song on this collection:
1) New York, New York (Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly and Jules Munshin)
2) The Brooklyn Bridge (Frank Sinatra)
3) Lullaby of Broadway (The Andrews Sisters)
4) Forty-Second Street (The Boswell Sisters)
5) Take Me Back to New York Town (Billy Murray)
6) Streets of New York (Billy Murray)
7) Give My Regards to Broadway (Billy Murray/George M. Cohan)
8) Theme From "New York, New York" (Frank Sinatra)
This collection pretty much sucks.
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DIVERSE
06/22/2000
(4 out of 5 stars)
"This is the most diverse themed collection I have ever seen. I think that's what interested me enough to purchase it. I was not disappointed, although I didn't care for a couple of arrangements. This collection represents 4 decades of music, ranging from Ella Fitzgerald to Mel Torme; from Sammy Davis Jr. to the Drifters; and from Judy Collins to Ben E. King. Of course no New York collection would be complete without a couple of Broadway songs. This collection seemed to have something for everyone, including comic relief with Allan Sherman. I recommend "New York Songs" to anyone that likes eclectic."