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Sin Cities: London, Berlin, Shanghai
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Artist
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Vera Lynn, Marlene Dietrich, Zarah Leander, Doris Day, Larry Adler, Noel Coward, Count Basie, Glenn Miller & others.
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Label
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Golden Stars
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Format
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3 CDs, boxed
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Runtime/Release Date
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48'57,49'53,50'29/2008
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Label Number
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5475
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Daedalus Item Code
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27553
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This item is not available.
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Description
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Sin and scintillation are the order of the day in this globe-hopping compilation of vintage tunes. The London ditties include "You're Dancing on My Heart" by the Victor Sylvester Orchestra, "The London I Love" by Vera Lynn, "Love in Bloom" by Gracie Fields, "A Foggy Day (In London Town)" by Larry Adler, "The Wedding Samba" by Edmundo Ros & His Rumba Band, "Britannia Rag" by Winifred Atwell, "The Continental" by Ambrose, "Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellenbogen by the Sea" by Max Bygraves, and "London Pride" by Noel Coward. The Berlin disc kicks off with "Ich hab noch einen Koffer in Berlin" by Marlene Dietrich, "Illusionen" by Hildegard Knef, "Mona Lisa" by Gerhard Wendland, "O mein Papa" by Lyss Assia, "Lili Marleen" by Lale Andersen, "Tango der Nacht" by Vico Torriani, "Ich küsse Ihre Hand, Madam" by the Comedian Harmonists, "Drei kleine Geschichten" by Evelyn Kunneke, and "Ein Lied geht um die Welt" by Joseph Schmidt. Disc 3 includes "Shanghai" by Doris Day, "Shanghai Night" by Fan Zhang, "That Lucky Old Sun" by Louis Armstrong, "It's Only a Paper Moon" by Ella Fitzgerald, "Night Over Shanghai" by Artie Shaw with Helen Forrest, "To Meet by Chance" by Yingyin Wu, "Flying Home" by Lionel Hampton, "Body and Soul" by Coleman Hawkins, "Rose, Rose, I Love You" by Li Yao, "All or Nothing at All" by Harry James with Frank Sinatra, "A String of Pearls" by Glenn Miller, "Miss Shanghai" by Yiwen Zhang, and "One O'Clock Jump" by Count Basie.
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