Starmaker (album)

Starmaker
Starmaker
Compilation album by Tommy Dorsey
Released	July 1944
Recorded	1940–1942
Genre	Dance band, swing, jazz
Label	Victor
Tommy Dorsey chronology

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 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)

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

Disc 2: (20-1577)

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

Disc 3: (20-1578)

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

Disc 4: (20-1579)

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

References

^ "Tommy Dorsey – Starmaker". Discogs. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
^ "Order the records you want!" (PDF). American Radio History. The Billboard. 22 July 1944. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Pop Hits Singles and Albums, 1940-1954. Record Research. ISBN 978-0-89820-198-7.
^ ^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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[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.

[Pop_Hits_Singles_and_Albums-3] Whitburn, Joel (2002). Pop Hits Singles and Albums, 1940-1954. Record Research. ISBN 978-0-89820-198-7.

[78_discography-4] "RCA Victor 78rpm numerical listing discography: 20- prefix series". 78discography.com. The Online Discographical Project. Retrieved 7 May 2018.

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Compilation albums	Up Swing (1944) Smoke Rings (1944) Starmaker (1944) The Dorsey/Sinatra Sessions (1982) Music Goes Round and Round (1991) Stop, Look and Listen (1994) This Is Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Vol. 1 (2001) It's D'Lovely 1947–1950 (2004)
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