Starmaker (album)

Starmaker is a compilation album of phonograph records by Tommy Dorsey, featuring collaborations between Dorsey and artists his band had a role in making popular. These include musicians such as Buddy Rich, composers and arrangers such as Sy Oliver, and vocalists like Frank Sinatra and Jo Stafford. It was released as a part of the Victor Musical Smart Set series.[1]

Starmaker
Compilation album by
Tommy Dorsey
ReleasedJuly 1944
Recorded1940–1942
GenreDance band, Swing, Jazz
LabelVictor
Tommy Dorsey chronology
Smoke
Rings
(1944)		 Starmaker
(1944)		 Showboat
(1944)

Reception

The songs in Starmaker were advertised in Billboard magazine as "some of the swellest songs [the big money stars] ever made with Tommy".[2] According to Joel Whitburn, the highest-charting song of the set was "Oh! Look At Me Now", which stayed at number 2 for six weeks and charted for a total of twelve, peaking in March 1941.[3]

Track listing

These previously issued songs were featured on a 4-disc, 78 rpm album set, Victor P-150.

Disc 1: (20-1576)

  1. "None But The Lonely Heart", recorded September 12, 1941 – featuring Tommy Dorsey
  2. "Will You Still Be Mine?", recorded February 7, 1941 – featuring Connie Haines[4]

Disc 2: (20-1577)

  1. "Everything Happens To Me", recorded February 7, 1941 – featuring Frank Sinatra
  2. "Swing High", recorded October 16, 1940 – featuring Ziggy Elman[4]

Disc 3: (20-1578)

  1. "Oh! Look At Me Now", recorded January 6, 1941 – featuring Frank Sinatra, Connie Haines, and The Pied Pipers
  2. "Little Man With The Candy Cigar", recorded February 7, 1941 – featuring Jo Stafford[4]

Disc 4: (20-1579)

  1. "Swingin' On Nothin'", recorded July 15, 1941 – featuring Sy Oliver and Jo Stafford
  2. "Not So Quiet, Please", recorded February 19, 1942 – featuring Buddy Rich[4]

References
  1. "Tommy Dorsey – Starmaker". Discogs. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  2. "Order the records you want!" (PDF). American Radio History. The Billboard. 22 July 1944. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  3. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Pop Hits Singles and Albums, 1940-1954. Record Research. ISBN 978-0-89820-198-7.
  4. "RCA Victor 78rpm numerical listing discography: 20- prefix series". 78discography.com. The Online Discographical Project. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
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