Est 1923

The Burton Lane Songbook, Vol.2

Record and Artist Details

Composer or Director: Burton Lane

Label: Nonesuch

Media Format: CD or Download

Media Runtime: 66

Catalogue Number: 7559-79285-2

Tracks:

Composition Artist Credit
Carmelina, Movement: It's Time for a Love Song Burton Lane, Composer
Burton Lane, Piano
Burton Lane, Composer
Michael Feinstein, Baritone
Hold on to your Hats, Movement: The World Is In My Arms Burton Lane, Composer
Burton Lane, Composer
Burton Lane, Piano
Michael Feinstein, Baritone
Hold on to your Hats, Movement: Don't Let It Get You Down Burton Lane, Composer
Burton Lane, Composer
Burton Lane, Piano
Michael Feinstein, Baritone
Love on Toast Burton Lane, Composer
Burton Lane, Composer
Burton Lane, Piano
Michael Feinstein, Baritone
Dancing Lady, Movement: Everything I Have Is Yours Burton Lane, Composer
Burton Lane, Piano
Burton Lane, Composer
Michael Feinstein, Baritone
Kid Millions, Movement: Your Head On My Shoulder Burton Lane, Composer
Burton Lane, Composer
Burton Lane, Piano
Michael Feinstein, Baritone
Ship Ahoy, Movement: Poor You Burton Lane, Composer
Burton Lane, Piano
Burton Lane, Composer
Michael Feinstein, Baritone
Royal Wedding, Movement: Open Your Eyes Burton Lane, Composer
Burton Lane, Composer
Burton Lane, Piano
Michael Feinstein, Baritone
Royal Wedding, Movement: The Happiest Day of My Life Burton Lane, Composer
Burton Lane, Composer
Burton Lane, Piano
Michael Feinstein, Baritone
Dancing on a Dime Burton Lane, Composer
Burton Lane, Piano
Burton Lane, Composer
Michael Feinstein, Baritone
(The) Lady's In Love With You Burton Lane, Composer
Burton Lane, Composer
Burton Lane, Piano
Michael Feinstein, Baritone
Where have I seen your face before Burton Lane, Composer
Burton Lane, Piano
Burton Lane, Composer
Michael Feinstein, Baritone
Give a Girl a Break Burton Lane, Composer
Burton Lane, Composer
Burton Lane, Piano
Michael Feinstein, Baritone
Look who's here Burton Lane, Composer
Burton Lane, Composer
Burton Lane, Piano
Michael Feinstein, Baritone
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Movement: Hurry! It's Lovely Up Here! Burton Lane, Composer
Burton Lane, Composer
Burton Lane, Piano
Michael Feinstein, Baritone
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Movement: Tosy and Cosh Burton Lane, Composer
Burton Lane, Composer
Burton Lane, Piano
Michael Feinstein, Baritone
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Movement: On a Clear Day Burton Lane, Composer
Burton Lane, Composer
Burton Lane, Piano
Michael Feinstein, Baritone
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Movement: On the S.S. Bernard Cohn Burton Lane, Composer
Burton Lane, Composer
Burton Lane, Piano
Michael Feinstein, Baritone
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Movement: She Wasn't You Burton Lane, Composer
Burton Lane, Piano
Burton Lane, Composer
Michael Feinstein, Baritone
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Movement: Melinda Burton Lane, Composer
Burton Lane, Piano
Burton Lane, Composer
Michael Feinstein, Baritone
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Movement: What Did I Have That I Don't Have? Burton Lane, Composer
Burton Lane, Composer
Burton Lane, Piano
Michael Feinstein, Baritone
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Movement: Wait Till We're Sixty-Five Burton Lane, Composer
Burton Lane, Composer
Burton Lane, Piano
Michael Feinstein, Baritone
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Movement: Come Back to Me Burton Lane, Composer
Burton Lane, Composer
Burton Lane, Piano
Michael Feinstein, Baritone
Only dedicated film buffs know the 1939 Bob Hope comedy Some like it Hot (no connection with the Billy Wilder film 20 years later). A backstage story that also featured Gene Krupa and Una Merkel, it has left us with one of Burton Lane's most charming songs, ''The lady's in love with you'', lyrics by Frank Loesser. Michael Feinstein sings it with his accustomed delicate charm, words balanced skilfully within a smooth vocal line. With the composer at the piano, this second volume of Lane numbers makes the strongest case for his work to be better known.
The chosen songs are divided between rarities from movies and standards such as ''Everything I have is yours'' from Dancing Lady, which Feinstein and Lane perform in tandem with ''Your head on my shoulders'' from Kid Millions. Lane spent a decade in Hollywood before returning to Broadway, where his career had begun in 1930 with songs for Three's a Crowd. E. Y. Harburg supplied the lyrics for Hold on to your hats in 1940 from which we hear two songs as well as a couple of other Harburg-penned items (''Poor you'' and ''Where have I seen your face before?'').
Alan Jay Lerner was Lane's most successful collaborator with On a clear day you can see forever and the disc ends with a ten-song sequence from this famous show. Lerner wrote that his contribution to the 1952 Fred Astaire film Royal Wedding made him ''cringe'' though Lane's songs were ''spiffy''. ''The happiest day of my life'' has a gentle, pleasant tune and Lane plays a solo piano reprise of it; the disc opens with another Lerner lyric, ''It's time for a love song'' from Carmelina, their 1979 Broadway show based on Buona Sera, Mrs Campbell. Lerner and Lane believed very strongly in this musical, which starred Georgia Brown; perhaps it is time for a revival—meanwhile this disc is highly recommended as an unhackneyed survey of Lane's output.'

The Burton Lane Songbook, Vol.2

Carmelina, Movement: It's Time for a Love Song

Hold on to your Hats, Movement: The World Is In My Arms

Hold on to your Hats, Movement: Don't Let It Get You Down

Love on Toast

Dancing Lady, Movement: Everything I Have Is Yours

Kid Millions, Movement: Your Head On My Shoulder

Ship Ahoy, Movement: Poor You

Royal Wedding, Movement: Open Your Eyes

Royal Wedding, Movement: The Happiest Day of My Life

Dancing on a Dime

(The) Lady's In Love With You

Where have I seen your face before

Give a Girl a Break

Look who's here

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Movement: Hurry! It's Lovely Up Here!

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Movement: Tosy and Cosh

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Movement: On a Clear Day

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Movement: On the S.S. Bernard Cohn

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Movement: She Wasn't You

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Movement: Melinda

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Movement: What Did I Have That I Don't Have?

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Movement: Wait Till We're Sixty-Five

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Movement: Come Back to Me

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