They say that love is a many splendoured thing, and you could apply that to AVID’s latest release in the Essential Collection series.
For all you lovers out there we have collected a wonderful selection of classic love songs just in time for Valentines Day.
We start with an AVID debut from the King, Elvis singing Love Me Tender, how cool is that! The King is in good company with such great singers as Peggy Lee, Nat King Cole, Sarah Vaughan, Dean Martin, Perry Como, Billie Holiday, Tony Bennett and even our very own living legend Vera Lynn! How cool is……well maybe not!!
They also say that love comes in many guises , bet you never thought you would live to see Elvis and Vera on the same album, it’s a funny old world….but that’s the power of love for you!!!
CD1
1. Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley
2. Lover - Peggy Lee
3. Unforgettable - Nat King Cole
4. You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me - Connee Boswell
5. Unchained Melody - Al Hibbler
6. Tenderly - Rosemary Clooney
7. Buona Sera - Louis Prima
8. My Funny Valentine - Sarah Vaughan
9. Memories Are Made Of This - Dean Martin
10. Secret Love - Doris Day
11. On The Street Where You Live - Vic Damone
12. Where Or When - Julie London
13. Don’t Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes - Perry Como
14. That Ole Devil Called Love - Billie Holiday
15. Be My Love - Mario Lanza
16. The Man I Love - Lena Horne
17. Love Is A Many-Splendoured Thing - The Four Aces Featuring Al Alberts
18. How Deep Is The Ocean? - Anne Shelton
19. A Woman In Love - Frankie Laine
20. Softly, Softly - Ruby Murray
21. No Other Love - Ronnie Hilton
22. A Tree In The Meadow - Margaret Whiting
23. Hooray For Love - Johnny Mercer
24. Midnight Sun - June Christy
25. Take Me Back Again - Tony Bennett
26. Auf Wiederseh’n, Sweetheart - Vera Lynn
CD2
1. (Love Is) The Tender Trap - Frank Sinatra
2. If You Love Me (Really Love Me) - Edith Piaf
3. The More I See You - Dick Haymes
4. The Birds And The Bees - Alma Cogan
5. St Therese Of The Roses - Malcolm Vaughan
6. More Than You Know - Lee Wiley
7. The Yellow Rose Of Texas - Mitch Miller
8. Let There Be Love - Pearl Bailey
9. I Don’t Want To Walk Without You - Mel Torme
10. You’re My Everything - Gisele Mackenzie
11. No-One But You - Billy Eckstine
12. Come Rain Or Come Shine - Judy Garland
13. True Love - Bing Crosby & Grace Kelly
14. Side By Side - Kay Starr
15. Stars Fell On Alabama - Jack Teagarden
16. Night And Day - Jo Stafford
17. My Foolish Heart - Steve Conway
18. My Resistance Is Low - Dorothy Squires
19. ‘Deed I Do - Billy Daniels
20. It Had To Be You - Dinah Shore
21. Cara Mia - David Whitfield
22. When I Fall In Love - Jeri Southern
23. Only You - The Platters
24. With A Song In My Heart - Jane Froman
25. All The Time And Ev’rywhere - Dickie Valentine
26. Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye - Ella Fitzgerald
