Thelma Carpenter – The Eddie Cantor Sessions

Thelma Carpenter had an amazing career that spanned seven decades from big band singer with Count Basie, Coleman Hawkins and Teddy Wilson, to stardom on Broadway in “Hello, Dolly!” and as Miss One in the film “The Wiz.”

Here on CD for the very first time are rare air-checks from her 1945-46 appearances on the Eddie Cantor Show, replacing Dinah Shore as weekly vocalist, and include her comic banter with Cantor before each song.

Additional bonus tracks include several other live performances with Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Eddie Condon, pianist Garland Wilson, and others.

A must-have for all fans of jazz and old-time radio.

1. HAPPINESS IS A THING CALLED JOE
2. A KISS GOODNIGHT
3. ALONG THE NAVAJO TRAIL
4. IT’S BEEN A LONG, LONG TIME
5. HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN
6. JOSHUA FIT THE BATTLE OF JERICHO
7. HONEY
8. ALL BY MYSELF
9. I CAN’T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE
10. IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING
11. SYMPHONY
12. JUST A SITTIN’ AND A ROCKIN’
13. SURPRISE PARTY
14. HERE COMES THE CAPTAIN AND HIS MEN
15. I’M JUST WILD ABOUT HARRY
16. EMBRACEABLE YOU
17. WHO TOLD YOU THAT LIE?
18. SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES
19. WHY BEGIN AGAIN?
20. TESS’S TORCH SONG
21. MY IDEAL
22. THE LAST THING I WANT IS YOUR PITY
23. AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’
24. SOMETHING I DREAMED LAST NIGHT
25. IT’S A BIG, WIDE, WONDERFUL WORLD
26. GIVE ME THE SIMPLE LIFE
27. CAN’T HELP LOVIN’ THAT MAN
28. DO NOTHING TILL YOU HEAR FROM ME
29. SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR INTRODUCTION
30. SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR