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)

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]

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. ^ a b c d "RCA Victor 78rpm numerical listing discography: 20- prefix series". 78discography.com. The Online Discographical Project. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
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