By the mid-1980s,
Time-Life was still clinging to the "good music" philosophy, but not for too much
longer. (The next series was the wildly popular Rock n' Roll Era.) These are 2-LP box sets with a
half-sized booklet; silver-grey label.
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Number - Title - Artist - [Release Date] Contents |
SLGD-01 (Capitol Special Markets SLBR-9150) - Legendary Singers - Nat King Cole
[1985] Side 1: Too Young (M)/Stardust (M)/Night Life (M)/(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
(M)/Pretend (M); Side 2: Walkin' My Baby Back Home (M)/(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66
(M)/Answer Me, My Love (M)/A Blossom Fell (M)/Ramblin' Rose (S)/Nature Boy (M); Side 3:
Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer (S)/Straighten Up and Fly Right (M)/Mona Lisa (M)/Lush Life
(M)/Somewhere Along the Way (M); Side 4: Looking Back (S)/Sweet Lorraine (M)/Send for Me
(M)/Smile (M)/Orange Colored Sky (M)/Unforgettable (M)
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SLGD-02 (Capitol Special Markets SLBR-9151) - Legendary Singers - Frank Sinatra
[1985] Side 1: (Love Is) The Tender Trap (M)/My Funny Valentine (M)/I Get A Kick Out Of You
(M)/Dancing On The Ceiling (M)/Day In-Day Out (M); Side 2: I've Got The World On A String
(M)/When Your Lover Has Gone (M)/Learnin' The Blues (M)/Don't Worry "Bout Me (M)/I've Got You
Under My Skin (M)/Swingin' Down The Lane (M); Side 3: The Lady Is A Tramp (M)/With Every
Breath I Take (M)/Night And Day (M)/Autumn In New York (M)/I Won't Dance (M)/; Side 4:
Chicago (E)/Willow Weep For Me (M)/The Song Is You (S)/Witchcraft (M)/Angel Eyes (M)/One For My
Baby (M)
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SLGD-03 (Capitol Special Markets SLBR-9152) - Legendary Singers - Ella Fitzgerald
[1985] Side 1: A-Tisket, A-Tasket (M)/I'm Making Believe (M)/Undecided (M)/My Happiness
(M)/How High The Moon (M); Side 2: Cow Cow Boogie (M)/I Wished On The Moon (M)/Walkin'
By The River (M)/What Is There To Say? (M)/It's Only A Paper Moon (M)/Stone Cold Dead In The
Market (M); Side 3: Lover, Come Back To Me (M)/I'm Glad There Is You (M)/I've Got A Feeling
I'm Falling (M)/Looking For A Boy (M)/Moanin' Low (M); Side 4: (If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have
To Swing It (M)/My One And Only Love (M)/(It Will Have To Do) Until The Real Thing Comes Along
(M)/Goody-Goody (M)/Someone To Watch Over Me (M)/Cabin In The Sky (M)
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SLGD-04 (Capitol Special Markets SLBR-9153) - Legendary Singers - Perry Como
[1985] Temptation/If I Loved You/I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now/Prisoner Of Love/Catch A Falling
Star/Wanted/Till The End Of Time/No Other Love/When You Were Sweet Sixteen/You're Just In
Love/Some Enchanted Evening/Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes/Surrender/Forever And Ever/Far
Away Places/Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)/"A" You're Adorable/If/Round And Round/Ko Ko Mo (I Love
You So)/They Say It's Wonderful/Magic Moments
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SLGD-05 (Capitol Special Markets SBLR-9154) - Legendary Singers - Lena Horne
[1985] I Got Rhythm/Mad About The Boy/It Ain't Necessarily So/That Old Feeling/Stormy Weather/From
This Moment On/Then I'll Be Tired Of You/I Get The Blues When It Rains/Bewitched/Love Is The
Thing/A New-Fangled Tango/Honey In The Honeycomb/My Ship/Paradise/They Didn't Believe Me/Just
One Of Those Things/Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home/It's A Lonesome Old Town/Love Me Or Leave
Me/I'm Thru With Love/I'll Be Around/It's All Right With Me
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SLGD-06 (Capitol Special Markets SBLR-9155) - Legendary Singers - Bing Crosby
[1985] Sweet And Lovely/I'm An Old Cowhand/Pennies From Heaven/I Love You/Swinging On A
Star/Mr. Gallagher And Mr. Shean/Only Forever/New San Antonio Rose/Sunday, Monday Or Always/I
Can't Begin To Tell You/Dear Hearts And Gentle People/McNamara's Band/It's Been A Long, Long
Time/Walking The Floor Over You/I'll Be Seeing You/Gone Fishin'/Basin Street Blues/Darling, Je Vous
Aime Beaucoup/Play A Simple Melody/Don't Fence Me In/September Song/Now Is The Hour (Maori
Farewell Song)
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SLGD-07 (Capitol Special Markets SBLR-9156) - Legendary Singers - Peggy Lee [1985]
Why Don't You Do Right/Golden Earrings/Waitin' For The Train To Come In/Ain't Goin' No Place/Black
Coffee/Lover/All Right, Okay, You Win/Hallelujah! I Love Him So/Make Believe/It's A Good Day/Deep
Purple/Fever/Bye Bye Blues/Don't Smoke In Bed/The Lonesome Road/The Best Is Yet To Come/My
Man/I'm A Woman/My Old Flame/By The Time I Get To Phoenix/You Came A Long Way From St.
Louis/Is That All There Is
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SLGD-08 (Columbia Special Products P-18774) - Legendary Singers - Johnny Mathis
[1985] Chances Are/Maria/It's Not For Me To Say/Prelude To A Kiss/Wonderful! Wonderful!/The Twelfth
Of Never/A Certain Smile/Wild Is The Wind/What Will My Mary Say?/Gina/When Sunny Gets
Blue/Misty/Didn't We?/Call Me/Small World/The Windmills Of Your Mind/Laughter In The Rain/Too
Much, Too Little, Too Late/Begin The Beguine/I Write The Songs/99 Miles From LA/What I Did For Love
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SLGD-09 (Capitol Special Markets SLBR-9157) - Legendary Singers - Sarah Vaughan
[1985] That Old Black Magic/Speak Low/Comes Love/Easy Come, Easy Go Lover/Broken-Hearted
Melody/Isn't This A Lovely Day/September In The Rain/Lover Man/A Tree In The Park/I'm Glad There Is
You/Lullaby Of Birdland/Smoke Gets In Your Eyes/Never In A Million Years/You're Not The Kind/Lost In
The Stars/It's De-Lovely/You Hit The Spot/Darn That Dream/Old Devil Moon/All Alone/Cherokee/Alfie
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SLGD-10 (Columbia Special Products P-18780) - Legendary Singers - Tony Bennett
[1985] I Left My Heart In San Francisco/The Very Thought Of You/The Boulevard Of Broken
Dreams/Blue Velvet/Because Of You/Sing You Sinners/Cold, Cold Heart/Stranger In Paradise/Just In
Time/Lazy Afternoon/Rags To Riches/If I Ruled The World/Who Can I Turn To/I Wanna Be Around/For
Once In My Life/The Shadow Of Your Smile/Fly Me To The Moon/I Won't Cry Anymore/They Can't Take
That Away From Me/Something/Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars/The Good Life
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SLGD-11 (Columbia Special Products) - Legendary Singers - Andy Williams [1985]
Moon River/On The Street Where You Live/And Roses And Roses/Music To Watch Girls By/Born
Free/Speak Softly Love/Dear Heart/Happy Heart/Home Lovin' Man/A Fool Never Learns/Michelle/The
Shadow Of Your Smile/Almost There/Can't Get Used To Losing You/Never On Sunday/A Time For
Us/Where Do I Begin/Days Of Wine And Roses/The Heather On The Hill/Somewhere My Love (Lara's
Theme)/The Impossible Dream/May Each Day
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SLGD-12 (Capitol Special Markets SBLR-9158) - Legendary Singers - Judy Garland
[1985] Over The Rainbow/Last Night When We Were Young/I Hadn't Anyone Till You/Puttin' On The
Ritz/Memories Of You/I Feel A Song Comin' On/Come Rain Or Come Shine/It Never Was You/Zing!
Went The Strings Of My Heart/More Than You Know/Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries/When You're
Smiling/Just A Memory/How Long Has This Been Going On?/Blue Prelude/Little Girl Blue/Down With
Love/Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe/I Can't Give You Anything But Love/You'll Never Walk Alone/I
Gotta Right To Sing The Blues/The Man That Got Away
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SLGD-13 (Capitol Special Markets SBLR-9159) - Legendary Singers - Mel
Tormé [1985] Sing For Your Supper/Body And Soul/Lulu's Back In Town/'Round
Midnight/The Rhumba Jumps/It Happened In Monterey/Truckin'/The House Is Haunted/Too Close For
Comfort/A Sleepin' Bee/The Surrey With The Fringe On Top/Don't Get Around Much Anymore/Alone
Together/Down For Double/Reminiscing In Tempo/Mountain Greenery/Oh, Lady Be Good/All In Love Is
Fair/Pick Yourself Up/A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square/Just One Of Those Things/I'll Be Seeing
You
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SLGD-14 (Capitol Special Markets SLBR-9160) - Legendary Singers - Jo Stafford [1985]
Autumn Leaves/Symphony/Trouble In Mind/Long Ago (And Far Away)/No Other Love/"Tim-
Tayshun"/Shrimp Boats/You Belong To Me/Keep It a Secret/Easy Come, Easy Go/Jambalaya/Make
Love to Me!/Early Autumn/Ay-Round The Corner/Yesterdays/Midnight Sun/I Didn't Know About You/The
Folks Who Live On The Hill/The Gentleman Is A Dope/Imagination/Day Dream/Take The "A" Train
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SLGD-15 (Capitol Special Markets SBLR-9161) - Legendary Singers: Take Two - Nat King
Cole [1986] Also released on CD as 2LGD-15 in 1988. Ballerina/Embraceable You/She's Funny
That Way/I'm In The Mood For Love/Lost April/Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You/Red Sails In The
Sunset/Makin' Whoopee/Dream A Little Dream Of Me/I'll Never Say "Never Again"
Again/Serenata/You're The Cream In My Coffee/These Foolish Things/Stay As Sweet As You Are/Too
Marvelous For Words/Blue Gardenia/When I Grow Too Old To Dream/A Cottage For Sale/It's Only A
Paper Moon/This Can't Be Love/I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face/The Song Is Ended
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SLGD-16 (Columbia Special Products P-19454) - Legendary Singers - Rosemary
Clooney [1986] Also released on CD as 2LGD-16 in 1988. Come On-A My House/Beautiful Brown
Eyes/Mixed Emotions/Be My Life's Companion/Hello, Young Lovers/Tenderly/This Ole House/Half As
Much/Hey There/Mangos/I Could Have Danced All Night/Mood Indigo/Memories Of You/Blues In The
Night/You'll Never Know/A Touch Of The Blues/If You Were In My Place/How Am I To Know/You Took
Advantage Of Me/Mean To Me/Fascinating Rhythm/It Never Entered My Mind
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SLGD-17 (Capitol Special Markets SBLR-9480) - Legendary Singers - Harry Belafonte
[1986] The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)/Unchained Melody/John Henry/Waltzing Matilda/God Bless The
Child/Island In The Sun/Scarlet Ribbons/Shenandoah/Jump Down, Spin Around/All My Trials/Mama
Look A Boo Boo/If I Were A Carpenter/Mr. Bojangles/Sylvie/Matilda, Matilda/Swing Low, Sweet
Chariot/Play Me/The Honey Wind Blows/Betty An' Dupree/Losing Hand/Wake Up Jacob/Jamaica
Farewell
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SLGD-18 (Columbia Special Products P-18777) - Legendary Singers - Dionne Warwick
[1986] Walk On By/Message To Michael/Make It Easy On Yourself/I Just Don't Know What To Do With
Myself/Anyone Who Had A Heart/(Theme From) Valley Of The Dolls/You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'/I'll
Never Fall In Love Again/Are You There/The April Fools/Do You Know The Way To San Jose/Trains
And Boats And Planes/The Windows Of The World/Don't Make Me Over/You'll Never Get To
Heaven/Promises, Promises/Alfie/Let Me Go To Him/Who Is Gonna Love Me/Reach Out For Me/I Say A
Little Prayer/This Girl's In Love With You
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CD Reissues: Note: The CDs below are titled Legendary Singers and are similar to the 2-LP sets above, but in a different track order and with some different songs. | |
Time Life - Legendary Singers - Dean Martin [200?] (2-CD set) Disc 1:
Everybody Loves Somebody/I'll Always Love You (Day After Day)/You Belong To Me/That's
Amore/When You're Smiling/Sway/Dream/Memories Are Made Of This/I Don't Know Why (I Just
Do)/Once In A While/Blue Moon/I'm Yours/I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm/Standing On The
Corner/Return To Me (Ritorna-Me)/Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu); Disc 2: You're Nobody Til
Somebody Loves You/Just In Time/True Love/Ain't That A Kick In The Head/Arrivederci Roma/Non
Dimenticar/The Door Is Still Open (To My Heart)/Innamorata (Sweetheart)/Just Say I Love Her
(Dicitencello Vuie)/Houston/I Will/In The Chapel In The Moonlight/In The Misty Moonlight/My heart Cries
For You/Everybody Loves Somebody (alternate version)
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Time Life - Legendary Singers - Nat "King" Cole [200?] (2-CD set) Disc 1:
Stardust/Somewhere Along The Way/That Sunday, That Summer/Unforgettable/A Blossom Fell/Those
Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days Of Summer/Smile/They Can't Make Her Cry/Too Young/Impossible/Paradise/I
Found A Million Dollar Baby/The More I See You/The Song Of Raintree County/Back In My Arms;
Disc 2: Pretend/Answer Me, My Love/Ramblin' Rose/Mona Lisa/China Gate/Night Of The
Quarter Moon/Nature Boy/L-O-V-E/The Very Thought Of You/Return To Paradise/Darling, Je Vous Amie
Beaucoup/(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons/For All We Know/The Sand And The Sea/The
Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)
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Time Life - Legendary Singers - Perry Como [200?] (2-CD set) Disc 1: Dream
Along With Me (I'm On My Way To A Star)/Long Ago (And Far Away)/Till The End Of Time/I'll
Remember April/When I Fall In Love/If/"A" - You're Adorable/Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes/Some
Enchanted Evening/Prisoner Of Love/Roses Of Picardy/Wanted/It's Easy To Remember/Round And
Round/Moonglow And The Theme From "Picnic"; Disc 2: Catch A Falling Star/Magic
Moments/Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)/Lollipops And Roses/Fly Me To The Moon (In Other
Words)/Anema E Core/Arrivederci Roma/Seattle/The Shadow Of Your Smile/Baia/It's Impossible/Try To
Remember/I Think Of You/For All We Know/And I Love You So
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Time Life - Legendary Singers - Johnny Mathis [200?] (2-CD set) Disc 1:
Wonderful! Wonderful!/It's Not For Me To Say/Chances Are/The Twelfth Of Never/Wild Is The Wind/A
Certain Smile/Hello, Young Lovers/Stranger In Paradise/Small World/Gina/Starbright/Misty/My Funny
Valentine/I'm Glad There Is You/My One And Only Love; Disc 2: Warm And Willing/Shangri-
La/Mirage/The Sweetheart Tree/Lovers In New York/So Nice (Samba De Verao)/On A Clear Day (You
Can See Forever)/A Taste Of Honey/Misty Roses/Don't Go Breakin' My Heart/Love Theme From
"Romeo And Juliet" (A Time For Us)/Yellow Days/Pieces Of Dreams/Whistling Away The Dark/Stardust
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Time Life - Legendary Singers - Bing Crosby [200?] (2-CD set)
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