Vaughn Wilton Monroe (October 7, 1911 - May 21, 1973) was an American baritone singer, trumpeter and big band leader and actor, most popular in the 1940s and 1950s. He has stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for recording and radio.
Essential Gold contains only those performances in which Vaughn Monroe participated as a singer. While his band provided accompanment his singing, this set ignores performances in which his band accompanied other singers or performed instrumentals. For a more complete picture of Vaughn Monroe, you'll probably want the two CD set, "
Racing With The Moon: An Anthology 1940-56
."
The audio quality, considering the age of the sources, is extremely good. There is essentially no background sound or static. This quality was apparently maintained by not including anything for which the source was too bad to get a clean track. Frankly, I'd rather have a more complete album of his singing performances, even if that meant including some tracks that couldn't be brought up to the high standards that were apparently used for this album.
The following is a directory of which songs are on which of three albums. The stuff in brackets indicate the album(s) that each song appears on. "Gold" means the song is on "Essential Gold", "Moon" indicates "
Racing With The Moon: An Anthology 1940-56
" and "Sing/Swing" is short for "
There I Sing / Swing Again
."
A Great American Dream [Moon]
A Kiss In The Dark [Gold]
A Man's Best Friend Is His Horse [Moon]
And It Still Goes [Gold]
Ballerina [Gold, Moon, Sing/Swing]
Bamboo [Moon]
Begin The Beguine [Gold]
Black Denim Trousers And Motorcycle Boots [Sing/Swing]
Blue Moon [Gold]
Blue Shadows On The Trail [Gold]
Boston Rocker [Sing/Swing]
Cape Cod Clambake [Sing/Swing]
Carolina Moon [Gold]
Charmaine [Gold, Moon]
Commodore Clipper [Sing/Swing]
Cool Water [Gold, Moon]
Did You Ever See A Dream Walking [Gold]
Don't Go to Strangers [Moon, Sing/Swing]
Dream [Gold]
Dream A Little Dream Of Me [Gold]
Falling In Love With Love [Gold]
Ghost Riders The Sky [Gold]
Gypsy Love Song [Gold]
High On a Windy Hill [Moon]
I Wish I Didn't Love You So [Gold, Moon]
I'll See You In My Dreams [Gold]
I'm Falling In Love With Someone [Gold]
In My Dreams [Moon]
In The Middle Of The House [Sing/Swing]
Indian Summer [Gold]
Is It Love or Is It Conscription [Moon]
It's Only A Paper Moon [Gold]
Jump Back, Honey [Moon]
Just a Blue Serge Suit [Moon]
Kiss Me Again [Gold]
Kokomo, Indiana [Moon]
Lady Love [Moon]
Let It Snow [Gold, Moon, Sing/Swing]
Let's Get Lost [Gold, Moon]
Look For The Silver Lining [Gold]
Love And Devotion [Gold]
Love For Love [Gold]
Matinee [Moon]
Meanderin' [Moon]
Meet Me Tonight In Dreamland [Gold]
Melody Time [Gold, Moon]
Moon Of Monakoora [Gold]
Mountain Laurel [Moon]
Mule Train [Gold, Moon]
My Devotion [Gold, Moon]
My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time [Gold]
Old Soldiers Never Die [Moon]
On Top Of Old Smokey [Gold, Moon]
Racing With The Moon [Gold, Moon, Sing/Swing]
Rain [Sing/Swing]
Red Roses For A Blue Lady [Gold, Moon]
Red Sails In The Sunset [Gold]
Riders in the Sky [Moon, Sing/Swing]
Roses and Revolvers [Moon]
Ruby [Moon]
Rum And Coca Cola [Gold, Moon]
Sam, You Made the Pants Too Long [Moon]
Seems Like Old Times [Gold, Moon]
Shall We Dance [Gold]
Shine On Harvest Moon [Gold]
So You're the One [Moon]
Someday You'll Want Me To Want You [Gold, Moon]
Something Sentimental [Moon]
Something Sentimental, Blue Moon and Let's Have A Cigarette Together [Sing/Swing]
Sound Off [Gold, Moon]
Take It, Jackson [Sing/Swing]
Tangerine [Gold, Moon]
That Lucky Old Sun [Gold, Moon]
The Battle Of New Orleans [Sing/Swing]
The Beer That I Left on the Bar [Moon]
The Butterscotch Mop [Moon]
The Donkey Serenade [Gold]
The Last Time I Saw Paris [Gold]
The Maharajah Of Magador [Gold, Moon]
The Most Beautiful Girl In The World [Gold]
The Night Is Young And You're So Beautiful [Gold]
The Phantom Stagecoach [Moon]
The Things We Did Last Summer [Gold]
The Trolley Song [Moon]
The Very Thought Of You [Gold, Moon]
The Window Washer Man [Moon]
There I Go [Gold, Moon]
There! I've Said It Again [Gold, Moon, Sing/Swing]
Time On My Hands [Gold]
What Is This Thing Called Love? [Gold]
When The Lights Go On Again [Gold, Moon]
Where Or When [Gold]
Who [Gold]
With A Song In My Heart [Gold]
Without A Song [Gold]
You Could Hear a Pin Drop [Moon]
You Do [Gold, Moon]
You Were Meant For Me [Sing/Swing]
Yours (Quiereme Mucho) [Gold, Moon]
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