Toni Harper - Candy Store Blues (The Singles & Albums Collection 1948-60) Toni Harper
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The American jazz and pop singer Toni Harper was a remarkable performer, beginning her career as a child star, and first appearing on stage as a dancer at the age of 12, then starting to sing with noted jazz orchestras a couple of years later, immediately having her first hit 1948 when she was 14. After a few quiet years, she started recording albums in the mid-1950s and made some high-quality jazz and sophisticated pop collections before retiring from the business in 1960 in her early’30s.
This 73-track 3-CD collection comprises a significant proportion – around 70% - of her career recorded output, and includes singles for Columbia and Verve with the bands of Eddie Beale, Herb Jeffries, Dizzy Gillespie and Buddy Bregman, plus the tracks from her album “Toni” on Verve, and the albums “Lady Lonely” and “Night Mood” on RCA. It includes her 1948 R&B hit single “Candy Store Blues”. On her Verve album she is accompanied by Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown and Alvin Stoller.
She was an unusual, distinctive and stylish performer, and this selection of recordings from across her career is an enlightening showcase for her often unheralded talents.
CD 1
Track List
1. DOLLY'S LULLABY Toni Harper With Eddie Beal And His Sextet (Columbia 38229) 1948
2. CANDY STORE BLUES Toni Harper With Eddie Beal And His Sextet (Columbia 38229) 1948
3. TABBY THE CAT Toni Harper With Eddie Beal And His Sextet (Columbia 38265) 1948
4. YOU'RE MY EVERYTHING Toni Harper With Eddie Beal And His Sextet (Columbia 38265) 1948
5. BIPPITY BE-BOP PONY Toni Harper (Columbia 38430) 1949
6. MISS IN BETWEEN BLUES Toni Harper (Columbia 38430) 1949
7. PEPPERMINT STICK Toni Harper & Herb Jeffries (Columbia 38541) 1949
8. YOU'RE TOO TALL, I'M TOO SMALL Toni Harper & Herb Jeffries (Columbia 38541) 1949
9. THE MUFFIN MAN Toni Harper (Columbia 38598) 1949
10. CINDERELLA BABY Toni Harper (Columbia 38598) 1949
11. IT'S STORY TIME AGAIN Toni Harper (Columbia 38788) 1950
12. ROCK-A-BYE BABY Toni Harper (Columbia 38788) 1950
13. FLOPPY Toni Harper (Columbia 38801) 1950
14. IS THAT ALL I MEAN TO YOU Toni Harper (Columbia 38823) 1950
15. GET GOIN' ENGINEER Toni Harper (Columbia 38823) 1950
16. SAM'S SONG Toni Harper (Columbia 38876) 1950
17. HAPPY FEET Toni Harper (Columbia 38876) 1950
18. DISH RAG Toni Harper (Columbia 38917) 1950
19. GET UP Toni Harper (Columbia 38917) 1950
20. SNOWY WHITE SNOW AND JINGLE BELLS Toni Harper (Columbia 38977) 1950
21. JINGLE BELLS Toni Harper (Columbia 38977) 1950
22. BABY BLUES Harry James & His Orch. with Toni Harper (Columbia 39390) 1951
23. PECULIAR KIND OF FEELING Harry James & His Orch. with Toni Harper (Columbia 39390) 1951
24. THAT'S ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS Toni Harper (Columbia 39571) 1951
25. MOM AND DAD'S WALTZ Toni Harper (Columbia 39571) 1951
26. BLACKSMITH BLUES Harry James & Toni Harper (Columbia 39671) 1952
CD 2
1. DON'T SEND ME HOME Harry James & Toni Harper (Columbia 39671) 1952
2. MELANCHOLY TRUMPET (OOH-WAH) Harry James & His Orchestra (Columbia 39846) 1952
3. FRUIT CAKE Tony Harper & Harry James (Columbia 39877) 1952
4. SILLY HEART Toni Harper (Columbia 39941) 1953
5. I'LL NEVER FORGET YOU Toni Harper (Columbia 39941) 1953
6. TAKING A CHANCE ON LOVE Toni Harper (Verve MGV8173) 1955
7. PLAY ME THE BLUES Toni Harper (Verve MGV8173) 1955
8. I TELEPHONED I TELEGRAPHD Toni Harper (Verve 2005) 1956
9. WE GOT TO LIVE, GOT TO GROW Toni Harper (Verve 2005) 1956
10. CAN'T WE BE FRIENDS? Toni Harper
11. I COULD WRITE A BOOK Toni Harper
12. GONE WITH THE WIND Toni Harper
13. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN Toni Harper
14. LOVE FOR SALE Toni Harper
15. JUST A SITTIN' AND A-ROCKIN' Toni Harper
16. A FOGGY DAY Toni Harper
17. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS Toni Harper
18. BEWITCHED, BOTHERED AND BEWILDERED Toni Harper
19. LITTLE GIRL BLUE Toni Harper
20. YOU TOOK ADVANTAGE OF ME Toni Harper
21. LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE Toni Harper
From the album “Toni” (Verve MGV2001) 1956
22. LADY LONELY Toni Harper
23. HE WAS A MAN Toni Harper
From the album “Lady Lonely” (RCA-Victor LPM2092) 1959
CD 3
1. IN THE DARK OF NIGHT Toni Harper
2. MY HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER Toni Harper
3. LACK OF LOVE Toni Harper
4. BLUE IT GROWS Toni Harper
5. I LOVE THE BLUES Toni Harper
6. YOU TAUGHT ME HOW TO CRY Toni Harper
7. VELVET HAMMER Toni Harper
8. OTHER WOMAN Toni Harper
9. NOBODY HOME BUT THE BLUES Toni Harper
10. BUSY BLUES Toni Harper
11. LOVE HAS COME, LOVE HAS GONE Toni Harper
12. RIVER WEEP Toni Harper
From the album “Lady Lonely” (RCA-VictorLP2092) 1959
13. IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT Toni Harper
14. PARADISE Toni Harper
15. 'ROUND MIDNIGHT Toni Harper
16. THE MEANING OF THE BLUES Toni Harper
17. SATURDAY NIGHT (IS THE LONELIEST NIGHT IN THE WEEK) Toni Harper
18. NIGHT AFTER NIGHT Toni Harper
19. JUST GO Toni Harper
20. A SLEEPIN' BEE Toni Harper
21. MY SHIP Toni Harper
22. YOU AND THE NIGHT AND THE MUSIC Toni Harper
23. PETALS ON THE POND Toni Harper
24. WHERE FLAMINGOS FLY Toni Harper
From the album “Night Mood” RCA-Victor (LPM2253) 1960
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