Alice FAYE – Got My Mind On Music

Blonde, cuddly, shapely, kind, she was not rated as one of the screen's great beauties. Detractors pointed to her forehead, saying it was rather high, that she had an upturned nose, her cheeks were prominent, almost plump and the chin was too long and jutted forward at an unflattering angle. She would often curl or twist her lip slightly whilst singing, which prompted a New York critic to write in 1938, "We've had close-ups of Miss Faye whose inability to speak or sing without throwing her mouth into trembles has begun to wear us down". However, about one feature there was no dissension - her vivid blue eyes, adorned with long velvet lashes that wafted like ostrich plumes in a gentle breeze. She could act, she could dance, and she photographed well. Most of all, she could sing. Darryl F. Zanuck, production boss at 20th Century-Fox Films declared, "No one can sell a song quite as well as Alice Faye", whilst the great Irving Berlin openly admitted: "I'd rather have Alice Faye introduce my songs than anyone else".

Produced by Geoff Milne

Track Listing

Disc One:
"GEORGE WHITE'S 1935 SCANDALS"
1. OH, I DIDN'T KNOW
2. ACCORDING TO THE MOONLIGHT
3. YOU BELONG TO ME

"MUSIC IS MAGIC" (1935)
4. MUSIC IS MAGIC
5. WHOSE BIG BABY ARE YOU?
6. I'M SHOOTING HIGH
7. I LOVE TO RIDE THE HORSES ON A MERRY-GO-ROUND

"POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL" (1936)
8. BUT DEFINITELY
9. WHEN I'M WITH YOU
10. YOU'VE GOTTA EAT YOUR SPINACH, BABY

"SING, BABY, SING" (1936)
11. SING, BABY, BABY
12. YOU TURNED THE TABLES ON ME
13. ONE NEVER KNOWS, DOES ONE?
14. GOODNIGHT, MY LOVE

"ON THE AVENGE" (1937)
15. HE AIN'T GOT RHYTHM
16. THIS YEAR'S KISSES
17. SLUMMING ON PARK AVENUE

"YOU CAN'T HAVE EVERYTHING" (1937)
18. YOU CAN'T HAVE EVERYTHING
19. DANGER, LOVE AT WORK
20. AFRAID TO DREAM / YOU CAN'T HAVE EVERYTHING
21. PLEASE PARDON US, WE'RE IN LOVE

"YOU'RE A SWEETHEART" (1937)
22. MY FINE FEATHERED FRIEND

"SALLY, IRENE, AND MARY" (1938)
23. GOT MY MIND ON MUSIC
24. THINK TWICE
25. THIS IS WHERE I CAME IN

"ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND" (1938)
26. Medley: ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND INTERNATIONAL RAG / WHEN THE MIDNIGHT CHOO-CHOO LEAVES FOR ALABAM' / EVERYBODY'S DOING IT
27. NOW IT CAN BE TOLD
28. REMEMBER / ALONE

"TAILSPIN" (1939)
29. ARE YOU IN THE MOOD FOR MISCHIEF?

"ROSE OF WASHINGTON SQUARE" (1939)
30. I'M SORRY I MADE YOU CRY
31. THE VAMP
32. I'M JUST WILD ABOUT HARRY

Disc Two:
"ROSE OF WASHINGTON SQUARE" (1939)
1. I NEVER KNEW HEAVEN COULD SPEAK
2. ROSE OF WASHINGTON SQUARE
3. MY MAN
4. I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS
5. I'M ALWAYS CHASING RAINBOWS
6. BLUE LOVEBIRD

"TIN PAN ALLEY" (1940)
7. HAWAII-A (adapt. from K-K-K-Katy)
8. YOU SAY THE SWEETEST THINGS, BABY
9. MOONLIGHT BAY
10. AMERICA, I LOVE YOU
11. THE SHEIK OF ARABY
12. GET OUT AND GET UNDER

"THAT NIGHT IN RIO" (1941)
13. THEY MET IN RIO
14. BOA NOITE

"THE GREAT AMERICAN BROADCAST" (1941)
15. IT'S ALL IN A LIFETIME
16. I TAKE TO YOU
17. WHERE YOU ARE
18. LONG AGO LAST NIGHT

"WEEKEND IN HAVANA" (1941)
19. ROMANCE AND RHUMBA
20. TROPICAL MAGIC
21. RAGTIME COWBOY JOE
22. SWEET CIDER TIME
23. THE GRIZZLY BEAR
24. WHY DO THEY ALWAYS PICK ON ME?
25. BY THE LIGHT OF THE SILVERY MOON
26. YOU'LL NEVER KNOW
27. HELLO, FRISCO, HELLO

THE GANG'S ALL HERE" (1943)
28. NO LOVE, NO NOTHING
29. THE POLKA-DOT POLKA
30. A JOURNEY TO A STAR