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Al D. (Kcmissieblue) from TEWKSBURY, MA
Reviewed on 9/25/2006...

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Brooklyn Memories

barnet sutton mankes | New York City | 03/25/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I vaguely remember my Mom listening to Jimmy Durante on the radio when we lived in Brooklyn and I was a little boy. This was before we moved to a house on Long Island .My Mom had also watched him on TV and I remember peering over the arm of the couch at this funny little man mainly fixated on "the old shnazola" as he would call it.I remember thinking how odd he was and wondering why my mother seemed so enchanted with him.To me he was the funny little man with the big nose. Then some 40 years later while browsing through the curios at a charming late night gift shop in Sag Harbor N.Y.,I heard that wonderful voice again. That voice brought back the feeling of his music meandering through our little Brooklyn apartment and those wonderful brooklyn memories. That night I dicovered the eloquence of Jimmy Durante. He is not blessed with the vocal ability of any of the singers of his time. But I'll bet that none of them ( I mean none ) could interpret a song like Mr Durante.He sings these great songs like they are his alone. One of them,"Hello Young Lovers" he sings as if singing to his grandchild and her/his lover; with emotion so real you kind of wish he were your grandfather singing it to you about you and your lover. This is a delightfull and precious work.A compilation of mostly love songs sung as only Jimmy Durante can sing them.I strongly urge you to purchase this unique and beautifully interpreted piece of music history."

The greaatst collection of songs in the world.

barnet sutton mankes | 08/24/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I am 14 years old and most 14 year olds like heavy metal and rap, but I like people like Jimmy Durante, Louis Armstrong, Johnnie Ray, The Platters, etc. But this is the best collection of songs I have ever heard. I listen to it about six times a day."