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Susannah recorded this album while she was living in London in 1977. Although Susannah enjoyed life in the UK, it was made clear to her that this type of music was more popular in her native America, so she returned home soon afterwards. This was the right decision although another American singer of the Great American Songbook, Stacey Kent, has more recently become very successful using London as a base.Susannah has recorded several albums featuring songs by particular composers. Johnny Mercer wrote many great songs for some of the best names in the business. Dinah Shore (Skylark, Blues in themore… night), Frank Sinatra (Talk to me baby, One for my baby) and Blossom Dearie (My new celebrity is you) were among the singers who were the first to record the songs that Susannah chose for this album. Other famous songs here are I'm old fashioned and Fools rush in.Many famous songs that could have been included weren't because Susannah always liked to include less obvious but still great songs. I particularly like At the jazz band ball (based on an old Dixieland jazz tune) and Arthur Murray taught me dancing in a hurry – these upbeat songs provide a contrast with the ballads that dominate this album.Perhaps this is not the best album that Susannah recorded, but it set an extremely high standard early in her career.

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Susannah McCorkle - The Songs of Johnny Mercer (1996) Retail CD

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