Monday, 26 April 2010

Hugo Winterhalter - The Eyes Of Love


 Hugo Winterhalter
 The Eyes Of Love 
 RCA DMC2-1420

A magnificent sampler with all the great hits (...and more) from Hugo Winterhalter and his Orchestra. 
Hugo was an easy listening arranger and composer, Winterhalter was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Mount St. Mary's near Emmitsburg, Maryland in 1931, where he played saxophone for the orchestra and sang in two of the choirs. He later studied violin and reed instruments at the New England Conservatory of Music. After graduating, he taught school for several years before turning professional during the mid 1930s, serving as a sideman and arranger for Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey, Raymond Scott, Claude Thornhill and others.
In 1950, Winterhalter signed on with RCA Victor, where he arranged sessions for artists including Perry Como, Eddie Fisher and the Ames Brothers; he also recorded several instrumental albums, among them 1952'sGreat Music Themes of Television, one of the first collections of TV theme songs ever recorded. Winterhalter also notched a series of chart hits, including "Blue Tango," "Vanessa," "The Little Shoemaker" and "Song of The Barefoot Contessa"; with pianist Eddie Heywood, he reached the number two spot with 1956's "Canadian Sunset."
He remained with RCA until 1963, at which time he moved to Kapp; that same year, he also penned the main title theme for the filmDiamond Head. At Kapp he recorded a handful of albums including The Best of '64and its follow-up, The Big Hits of 1965, before leaving the label to work on Broadway. He later worked in television as well, and continued recording the occasional LP for various budget labels.
Winterhalter died from cancer, in Greenwich, Connecticut on 17 September 1973.

 01 Vanessa
 02 I Only Have Eyes For You
 03 Around The World
 04 The Eyes Of Love
 05 Canadian Sunset
 06 Anna
 07 Frenesi
 08 Hungarian Dance No. 5
 09 Dream Of Olwen
 10 Gigi
 11 Cheerful Little Earful
 12 Land Of Dreams
 13 Blue Tango
 14 Green Eyes
 15 Madamoiselle de Paris
 16 Delicado
 17 Never On Sunday
 18 Moonlight In Vermont
 19 Shadow Waltz
 20 Song Of The Barefoot Contessa


 01 Music Box In Blue
 02 A Swedish Rhapsody
 03 Laura
 04 Wish You Were Here
 05 Chile Cha-Cha
 06 Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
 07 High On A Windy Hill
 08 Spellbound
 09 Granada
 10 September In The Rain
 11 Sleigh Ride
 12 The Coca-Cola Company Theme
 13 Swingin' On A Star
 14 Fandango
 15 Volare
 16 Autumn In New York
 17 The Continental
 18 La Cumparsita
 19 Vaya Con Dios
 20 Warsaw Concerto

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