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MD 5 184
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5-CD boxed set. Contains 27 radio transcriptions by June Christy & The Kentones and 72 by Peggy Lee, backed by The Frank DeVol Orchestra, Buddy Cole's Four of a Kind or The Dave Barbour Quartet. Many of the songs listed here below never saw a regular studio recording before or after.

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Title Performer Written by Info
Larry Conley, Willard Robison Originally by The Revelers [US1]
Alec Wilder, Eddie Sauter, Ray Gilbert Originally by The Benny Goodman Band
Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke [US] Originally by Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Doris Day
Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke [US] Originally by Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers Originally by Shirley Ross, Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kenneth Sargent
  Irving Berlin Originally by Belle Baker PRF, Imperial Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Arthur Fields REC
  Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II Originally by Helen Morgan, Tess Gardella and Norma Terris PRF, Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra REC
Al Dubin, Joe Burke [US] Originally by Regent Club Orchestra [Bob Haring]
 REC Dave Barbour, Peggy Lee Covered by (2 artists)
Originally by Peggy Lee with The Dave Barbour Sextette REL
  James Paul Warburg, Kay Swift Originally by Joe Cook and Alice Boulden PRF, Victor Arden–Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Luther REC
Johnny Mercer, Rube Bloom Originally by Bob Crosby and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Marion Mann
Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell Originally by Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
Johnny Mercer, Matty Malneck Originally by Ted Wallace and His Swing Kings (Ed Kirkeby)
Roger Graham, Spencer Williams Originally by Marion Harris
Clarence Gaskill, Jimmy McHugh Originally by Dolores Valesco
Henry Creamer, James P. Johnson Originally by Eva Taylor, Accomp. by Clarence Williams Blue Five
Clifford Grey, Nat Ayer Originally by George Robey and Violet Loraine
  Cole Porter Originally by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain Ramona REC, William Gaxton & Ethel Merman PRF
Duke Ellington, Henry Nemo, Irving Mills, John Redmond Originally by Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke [US] Originally by Jan Savitt and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bon Bon
Al J. Neiburg, Chris Smith [US1], Doc Daugherty, Ellis Reynolds, Sterling Grant Originally by Fats Waller and His Buddies - Vocal Refrain by Orlando Roberson, Chester Gaylord "The Whispering Serenader"
Duke Ellington, Eddie DeLange, Irving Mills Originally by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
Al Dubin, Harry Warren Originally by Dick Powell
  Leo Robin, Lewis Gensler Originally by Pickens Sisters REC, Bing Crosby BRD
  Al Dubin, Harry Warren Originally by Dick Powell with Jimmie Grier and His Orchestra REC, Wini Shaw BRD
Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk Originally by Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Scrappy Lambert
[Traditional] Originally by (unknown)
Sid Lippman, Sylvia Dee Originally by Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
Joe Bushkin, John DeVries Originally by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra, Connie Haines and The Pied Pipers
Sam H. Stept, Sidney Clare Originally by Ernie Golden and His Orchestra
Hoagy Carmichael Originally by Hoagy Carmichael
Benjamin F. Spikes, John C. Spikes Originally by Alberta Hunter and Ray's Dreamland Orchestra
Clifford Grey, Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans Originally by The Six Hottentots - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman
  DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin Originally by Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
  Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke [US] Originally by Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC,REL, Bing Crosby with The Robert Mitchell Boys Choir BRD
John La Touche, Ted Fetter, Vernon Duke Originally by Ethel Waters
B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson Originally by Irving Abrams & His Orchestra
  Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers Originally by Eddie Albert & Marcy Westcott PRF, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Martha Tilton REC, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Miriam Shaw REL
Harold Lewis, Sam Coslow, [Traditional] Originally by (unknown), Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lew Sherwood
Jimmy Mundy, Johnny Mercer, Trummy Young Originally by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
  Irving Kahal, Pierre Norman, Sammy Fain Originally by Maurice Chevalier BRD, Ed. Loyd and His Orchestra (Ed Kirkeby) REC