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Personnel: Sue Raney (vcl), Ray Anthony, Bob Bain, Warren Barker, Nelson Riddle, Jack Marshall, Billy May, Bill Holman (arr, dir) Sue Raney (McPherson, Kansas 1939) remains one of the most talented and sensitive singers ever to grace both jazz and pop music. Her deceptively easy mastery was honed by years of experience, beginning with fronting her own 15-minute TV show as a teenager. A 1956 appearance on the Jack Carson radio show led to a spot on Ray Anthonys TV show and a three-month stint at the Hollywood Palladium. Signed by Capitol Records, she made her debut single with the popular The Careless Years and won an impressive accolade when Capitol assigned Nelson Riddle to arrange and conduct her first album, When Your Lover Has Gone, in 1957. With her easy-to-listen-to ballad style, she drew a teen-age following in a music world that was then largely limited to rock n roll. Between 1958 and 1959 she made three singles with Jack Marshalls orchestra, years during which she also recorded her second Capitol album, Songs for a Raney Day, with orchestra arranged and conducted by Billy May. Her last work for Capitol was two further singles accompanied by Bill Holmans music. In these early recordings she demonstrated a rare combination of giftshow to be a completely natural singer and one also equipped with the discipline, training and sensitivity to understand a song and communicate its essence to the listener. TRACKLIST: CD 1 01. Evrytime (Lavello-Leven) 2:46 02. The Careless Years (Lubin) 3:05 03. What's the Good Word, Mr. Bluebird (Livingston-Roberts-Hoffman) 2:07 04. Don't Take My Happiness (Stone) 2:38 05. Please Hurry Home (Gaze-Raleigh) 1:51 06. Till There Was You (Wilson) 2:36 07. When Your Lover Has Gone (Swan) 2:59 08. I Stayed Too Long at the Fair (Barnes) 3:05 09. If I Could Be with You One Hour Tonight (Creamer-Johnson) 2:20 10. My Ideal (Robin-Whiting-Chase) 3:28 11. It Looks Like Rain in Cherry Blossom Lane (Leslie-Burke) 2:24 12. It's Easy to Remember (Rodgers-Hart) 3:02 13. Moon Song (Coslow-Johnston) 4:00 14. Heart and Soul (Carmichael-Loesser) 2:54 15. If You Were There (Farrow-Ackers-Slawson) 3:02 16. My Silent Love (Suesse-Heyman) 3:18 17. I Remember You (Schertzinger-Mercer) 4:18 18. I'll See You in My Dreams (Jones-Kahn) 2:29 19. My, My, How the Time Goes By (Shelley-Kaye) 2:08 20. Periwinkle Blue (Webster-Livinsgton) 2:16 CD 2 01. Ever (Sue Raney) 2:49 02. The Restless Sea (Davie-Moore) 3:10 03. I Don't Look Right Without You (Singlenton-Coleman) 1:53 04. Swingin' in a Hammock (Seymour-Flynn-Wendling) 2:01 05. I Get the Blues When It Rains (Stoddard-Klauber) 2:45 06. Impossible (Allen) 2:55 07. A Blossom Fell (Barnes-Cornelius-John) 2:07 08. Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (Barris-Moll-Koehler) 2:36 09. The Whippoorwill Song (Ellis) 2:11 10. Rain (Ford) 2:47 11. Rain on the Roof (Ronell) 2:08 12. Blue Tears (Sue Raney) 2:48 13. Exactly Like You (McHugh-Fields) 2:34 14. Wanna Laugh? (Coleman) 2:30 15. My Prayer (Boulanger-Kennedy) 3:17 16. September in the Rain (Warren-Dubin) 2:38 17. Biology (Wayne-Edwards) 2:01 18. Too Soon (Shores-Cohn) 2:30 19. The Word Got Around (Smith-Roberts) 2:00 20. One-Finger Symphony (Winn-Alperson, Jr) 2:26 Sources & recording details: Sue Raney, vocals in all tracks, with CD 1: Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (#1) (Capitol EAP-1-823) Capitol Tower, Hollywood, December 17, 1956 Bob Bain's Music & Quartet (#2-4) (Capitol 45-17108, 45-17105, 45-17106) Capitol Tower, Hollywood, May, 28, 1957 Orchestra arranged & conducted by Warren Barker (#5) (Capitol 45-17423) Capitol Tower, Hollywood, August 30, 1957 Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle (#6) (Capitol 45-17765) Capitol Tower, Hollywood, October 29, 1957 Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle (#7-18) From the album: When Your Lover Has Gone (Capitol T-964) Capitol Tower, Hollywood, December 12,19,23, 1957 Jack Marshall's Orchestra & Chorus (#19 & 20) (Capitol 45-19774 & 45-19772) Capitol Tower, Hollywood, July 28, 1958 CD 2: Jack Marshall's Orchestra (#1-4) (Capitol 45-19775, 45-19773, 45-31697 & 45-31696) Capitol Tower, July 28, 1958 & May 16, 1959 Orchestra arranged & conducted by Billy May (#5-16) From the album: Songs For A Raney Day (Capitol ST-1335) Capitol Tower, Hollywood, October 19,21,26, 1959 Bill Holman's Music (#17-20) (Capitol 45-33176, 45-33177, 45-34170 & 45-34172) Capitol Tower, Hollywood, February 2, July 11, 1960 The CD booklet includes the complete personnel on each recording session. Original sessions produced by Lee Gillette, except CD 1, #7 Nelson Riddle, and CD 2, #5-20 Ed Yellin. Photos: Fresh Sound Records archive Compiled & produced for CD release by Jordi Pujol Hi-Fi / Stereo · 24-Bit Digitally Remastered