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Jerri Adams
It's Cool Inside / Play for Keeps
Genres: Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists

Track Listings (24) - Disc #1
1. Gone With the Wind [It's Cool Inside] - Jerri Adams, Magidson, Herbert
2. Everything Happens to Me [It's Cool Inside] - Jerri Adams, Adair, Tom
3. Let's Fall in Love - Jerri Adams, Arlen, Harold
4. Love for Sale [It's Cool Inside] - Jerri Adams, Porter, Cole
5. All I Do Is Dream of You [It's Cool Inside] - Jerri Adams, Brown, Nacio Herb
6. Over the Rainbow [It's Cool Inside] - Jerri Adams, Arlen, Harold
7. Give Me the Simple Life [It's Cool Inside] - Jerri Adams, Bloom, Rube
8. Take Me in Your Arms [It's Cool Inside] - Jerri Adams, Markush, Fred
9. Can't We Be Friends [It's Cool Inside] - Jerri Adams, James, Paul
10. Imagination [It's Cool Inside] - Jerri Adams, Burke, Johnny [Lyri
11. Love You Madly - Jerri Adams, Ellington, Duke
12. Detour Ahead [It's Cool Inside] - Jerri Adams, Carter, Lou
13. Play for Keeps - Jerri Adams, Allen, Robert [Song
14. Every Night About This Time [Play for Keeps] - Jerri Adams, Domino, Antoine "Fa
15. My Heart Tells Me - Jerri Adams, Gordon, Mack
16. But Not for Me [Play for Keeps] - Jerri Adams, Gershwin, George
17. My Very Good Friend I the Looking Glass [Play for Keeps] - Jerri Adams, Allen, Robert
18. Miss You [Play for Keeps] - Jerri Adams, Tobias, Charles
19. Who Needs You [Play for Keeps] - Jerri Adams, Alen, Robert
20. Can't Get Out of This Mood [Play for Keeps] - Jerri Adams, Loesser, Frank
21. You've Got Me Crying Again [Play for Keeps] - Jerri Adams, Jones, Isham
22. He's My Guy [Play for Keeps] - Jerri Adams, DePaul, Gene
23. For All We Know [Play for Keeps] - Jerri Adams, Coots, J. Fred
24. I Won't Cry Anymore [Play for Keeps] - Jerri Adams, Frisch, Al

CD Details

All Artists: Jerri Adams
Title: It's Cool Inside / Play for Keeps
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Collectables
Release Date: 3/19/2002
Genres: Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists
Styles: Traditional Jazz & Ragtime, Oldies, Traditional Vocal Pop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 090431687321

CD Reviews

Jazz Fan

L. Stantz | 06/11/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I used to listen to Jerri Adams in the '50s but hadn't heard much from her since. I was listening to "Music Choice" last week, and they played one of her songs, which reminded me of her, and I was glad they did. I then purchased the CD, and I think it is a great one. Ms. Adams is excellent on every song. The quality of her voice and phrasing are outstanding. A real pro, yet she was only in her 20s when she made the recordings. There are actually two records in the one CD, "It's Cool Inside", which was originally released in 1956, and "Play For Keeps", which was originally released in 1959. I can't say that one is better than the other. I liked them both a lot. I wish there were more Jerri Adams CDs around so I could buy them."

Some nice stuff

L. Stantz | 10/14/2002

(3 out of 5 stars)

"It's good that Collectables has resuscitated this forgotten singer, who is represented here by two albums she made for Columbia in the late 50s. IT'S COOL INSIDE is excellent. Good job on upbeat numbers like All I Do Is Dream of You and Gone With the Wind, and nice work on the ballads too, with a small jazz combo backing her. The next album is pretty much of a disaster, however. One suspects Mitch Miller got a hold of her and tried to turn her into a Patti Page, with overblown arrangements by Ray Ellis, complete with vocal chorus. Major personalities like Billie Holiday (Lady in Satin) and Lena Horne (Lena in Hollywood) did fine with Ray Ellis, but this poor kid is overwhelmed and has to sing a bunch of insipid and soon-forgotten songs as well. She sounds okay on familiar songs like You've Got Me Crying Again and But Not for Me, but mostly she sounds dispirited from the comedown after the first album. I don't know if she ever recorded again, and who'd blame her?"