Track Listing 1. This Is New 2. You're a Sweetheart 3. My Ideal 4. You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby 5. Who Can I Turn to Now? 6. Can't Get Out of This Mood 7. East of the Sun 8. Limehouse Blues 9. As Time Goes By 10. Keepin' Out of Mischief Now 11. Stars Fell on Alabama 12. My Melancholy Baby 13. Ace in the Hole, The 14. Someday You'll Be Sorry 15. Hundred Years From Today, A 16. Blues in My Heart 17. Maybe You'll Be There 18. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea 19. I Don't Want to Walk Without You, Baby 20. Make Believe
Featuring Billy Butterfield.
Arrangements by Ralph Burns, Bill Finegan, Al Cohn.
Shortly before she slipped completely into obscurity, singer Lee Wiley recorded two albums for Victor. This Bluebird CD has ten of the 12 songs from West of the Moon, nine of the 12 originally on A Touch of the Blues, and a rendition of "Stars Fell on Alabama" taken from a sampler album. Wiley, only 41 at the time of these last recordings, was essentially through with her career despite still being in prime form. Other than "Stars," Wiley is backed by big bands led by either arranger Ralph Burns or trumpeter Billy Butterfield and mostly performs swing standards, including "You're a Sweetheart," "Can't Get out of This Mood," "Ace in the Hole," "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea," and her signature song, "A Hundred Years From Today." An excellent introduction to the work of this unusual and greatly underrated singer. ~ Scott Yanow
