This is a follow-up to my recent post of the Jean Sablon Souvenir Album, which collected circa 1945-46 singles that the French crooner made for American Decca. This LP assembles his May and June 1942 recordings for the same label, completing the sides he inscribed for the Decca folks.
These earlier sessions concentrated on Sablon's French repertoire. Leading off is the famous stepwise melody of "Ma mie," which may be more familiar to some of you under the title of "All of a Sudden My Heart Sings." Harold Rome wrote the English lyrics for Kathryn Grayson to present in the 1945 Sinatra-Kelly musical Anchors Aweigh.
These earlier sessions concentrated on Sablon's French repertoire. Leading off is the famous stepwise melody of "Ma mie," which may be more familiar to some of you under the title of "All of a Sudden My Heart Sings." Harold Rome wrote the English lyrics for Kathryn Grayson to present in the 1945 Sinatra-Kelly musical Anchors Aweigh.
This present collection is just as fine as the earlier album. The backing is by Paul Baron, a conductor who was on the radio at the time, and who also was on hand for some of the 1946 dates. Even the Sablon photo on the cover is the same as the first LP we featured. And I recommend this one just as heartily!
Note (May 2025): this LP has now been remastered in ambient stereo.
6 comments:
Sablon is, to my ears, never less than sublime. If you have them, please share his wonderful recordings with Django Reinhardt from the mid-1930s.
Never having been a great fan of the French sound, I found myself enthralled by Jean Sablon's work. Thank you for sharing this discovery.
Totally fell in love with the first selection. Can't wait to hear this one.
John
Thanks a ton!
Thanks, everyone - glad you are enjoying.
David, sorry but I don't have those Django recordings.
Merci encore!
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