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Dakota Staton
Softly / Round Midnight
Genres: Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists

Track Listings (24) - Disc #1
1. You're Mine You - Dakota Staton, Green, Johnny [1]
2. Dedicated to You - Dakota Staton, Cahn, Sammy
3. Close Your Eyes - Dakota Staton, Petkere, Bernice
4. Solitude - Dakota Staton, DeLange, Eddie
5. My Wish - Dakota Staton, Carlisle
6. The Very Thought of You - Dakota Staton, Noble
7. Be Anything - Dakota Staton, Gordon, Alan
8. Congratulations to Someone - Dakota Staton, Alfred
9. Whispering Grass - Dakota Staton, Fisher
10. Old Folks - Dakota Staton, Hill, Dedette Lee
11. Body and Soul - Dakota Staton, Eyton, Frank
12. I Can't Get Started - Dakota Staton, Duke, Vernon
13. 'Round Midnight - Dakota Staton, Hanighen
14. Knock Me a Kiss - Dakota Staton, Jackson, Mike [Keyb
15. Let Them Talk - Dakota Staton, Thompson
16. (Back Home Again In) Indiana - Dakota Staton, Hanley, James F.
17. You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love) - Dakota Staton, Columbo
18. So in Love - Dakota Staton, Porter, Cole
19. I Won't Worry - Dakota Staton, Westray
20. Don't Explain - Dakota Staton, Herzog
21. Will You Be Mine? - Dakota Staton, Adair
22. Along About Midnight - Dakota Staton, Witherspoon
23. The Folks Who Live on the Hill - Dakota Staton, Hammerstein, Oscar
24. Hey Lawdy Mama - Dakota Staton, Reed

Part of the '2 on 1' series. UK reissue combines two of the soulful jazz singer's 1960 releases for Capitol, 'Softly' (feat. The Benny Carter Orchestra) & 'Round Midnight', both of which are out-of-print domestically.... more »

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CD Details

All Artists: Dakota Staton
Title: Softly / Round Midnight
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: EMI Europe Generic
Release Date: 6/11/2001
Album Type: Import, Original recording remastered
Genres: Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists
Styles: Traditional Jazz & Ragtime, Vocal Jazz, Oldies, Vocal Pop, Traditional Vocal Pop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 632427872528, 724353308926, 724353308957, 766487090223

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Staton 2-Fer

Bomojaz | South Central PA, USA | 10/20/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Two LPs recorded in 1960 are here together on one CD. Benny Carter arranged and conducted on both, and they are quite different endeavors. SOFTLY consists of all slow, lush ballads, not really the best material or arrangement for Dakota's strength as a singer, which tends more toward blues-inflected tunes and varied tempos. I CAN'T GET STARTED and CLOSE YOUR EYES are typical.

ROUND MIDNIGHT, the second LP included, is better. Ballad tempos still predominate, but we get variety, too. One tune, ALONG ABOUT MIDNIGHT, is dripping with a blues feeling and is one of the best tracks Staton has ever recorded. WILL YOU STILL BE MINE is another highlight.

Thus we have a so-so album paired with a very good one. The excellent things on the ROUND MIDNIGHT album outweigh the disappointments on the SOFTLY one, so this CD is still a plus in my book."