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Leslie Hutchinson

Title: Hutch - High Society's Favourite Gigolo His 50 Finest (2CD)

Label: Retrospective

Cat No:RTS4166
Format:CD

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Here is a tribute to one of the best-loved of all 20th century entertainers, Hutch, with his inimitable artistry displayed in the finest available collection of his always suavely elegant work. Leslie A. Hutchinson (1900-1969), known simply as “Hutch”, had one of the most famous and best-lovedvoices of the late 30s and 40s. With his charming and debonair personality, his skilful piano playing and that unmistakeable, chocolate-flavoured baritone, he was among the most enduringly popular entertainers (eveninto his sixties). Red carnation in buttonhole below handsome good looks, he was the archetypal crooner par excellence, and his recordings sold in millions.Hutch now gets the accolade of a Retrospective double CD. Let’s Do It opens a rich collection of well over two-and-a-half-hours of his finest recordings – the best and most comprehensive anthology on the market.

The 50 songs are mostly the great popular ‘standards’ of the day, wonderful songs that benefit from the distinctively suave Hutch treatment. There are evergreens by Rodgers (With A Song In My Heart, Lover), Henderson (Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries, The Best Things In Life Are Free), Berlin (How Deep Is theOcean?), Kern (The Way You Look Tonight, All The Things You Are), Gershwin (A Foggy Day), Carmichael (The Nearness Of You) and so many others.

Hutch was a close friend of Cole Porter and one of the composer’s favourite interpreters. In addition to Let’s Do It he also sings Porter’s Night And Day,Anything Goes, Easy To Love, It’s De-Lovely, Begin The Beguine, Do I Love You? and You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To. Be captivated anew by “High Society’s favourite gigolo”.

Track Listing for Hutch - High Society's Favourite Gigolo His 50 Finest (2CD)
CD1
Let’s Do It, Let’s Fall In Love
Ain’t Misbehavin’
With A Song In My Heart
Life Is Just A Bowl Of
Cherries
Without A Song
How Deep Is The Ocean?
Lover I Cover The Waterfront
Don’t Blame Me
Night And Day
Dusty Shoes
Close Your Eyes
Anything Goes
Dream Shadows
For All We Know
Easy To Love
East Of The Sun
Dinner For One, Please, James Blossoms On Broadway
When The Poppies Bloom Again
Says My Heart
September In
The Rain
It’s De‑Lovely
A Foggy Day In London Town
Let’s Call It A Day

CD2
These Foolish Things
The Way You Look Tonight
The Woodpecker Song
Deep Purple
I Hadn’t Anyone Till You
Begin The Beguine
A Nightingale
Sang In Berkeley Square
You Go To My Head
The Best Things In Life Are Free
My Prayer
Where Or When
Just One Of Those Things
Indian Summer
Whispering Grass
Do I Love You, Do I?
All The Things You Are
Sand In My Shoes
Let There Be Love
The Nearness Of You
Moonlight Cocktail
You Stepped Out Of A Dream
Jealousy
You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To
Long Ago And Far Away
La Mer

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