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Al Bowlly
Albert Allick Bowlly (7 January 1898 – 17 April 1941) was a Southern-African singer, songwriter, composer and band leader, who became a popular jazz crooner during the British dance band era of the 1930s and later worked in the United States. He recorded more than 1,000 records between 1927 and 1941. His most popular songs include "Midnight, the Stars and You", "Goodnight, Sweetheart", "The Very Thought of You", "Guilty", and "Love Is the Sweetest Thing".
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Happy Days Are Here Again: 1928-1930 [2015]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| If I Had You | 2:46 |
| Dancing With Tears in My Eyes | 2:20 |
Somewhere Over the Rainbow: The Magic of Al Bowlly [2013]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Over the Rainbow | 3:09 |
| Goodnight Sweetheart | 3:19 |
| Love Is the Sweetest Thing | 3:11 |
| Blue Moon | 2:40 |
| Brother, Can You Spare a Dime | 0:50 |
| Isle of Capri | 3:21 |
| I've Got You Under My Skin | 2:58 |
| The Very Thought of You | 3:32 |
| Guilty | 3:13 |
| Lover Come Back to Me | 3:11 |
The Al Bowlly Collection: 1927-1940 [2013]
The Hot 50: Al Bowlly - Fifty Classic Tracks [2013]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Close Your Eyes | 3:18 |
| If I Had You | 2:49 |
| When You Wish Upon a Star | 2:58 |
| Blue Moon | 2:40 |
| Over the Rainbow | 3:09 |
| Dinner at Eight | 2:51 |
| Did You Ever See a Dream Walking | 3:06 |
| All I Do Is Dream of You | 2:44 |
| Isle of Capri | 3:20 |
| You Ought to Be in Pictures | 3:13 |
| Goodnight Sweetheart | 3:22 |
| Guilty | 3:13 |
| It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow | 2:20 |
| Time on My Hands | 3:13 |
| Lover Come Back to Me | 3:11 |
| I've Got You Under My Skin | 2:58 |
Al Bowlly HiFi Hits 64 Original Recordings [2012]
Only Forever [2012]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Love Is the Sweetest Thing | 3:17 |
| Goodnight Sweetheart | 3:19 |
| You're a Sweetheart | 2:53 |
You're Always in My Mind [Remastered] [2012]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Isle of Capri | 3:02 |
| Lover Come Back to Me | 3:05 |
| The Very Thought of You | 3:02 |
We'll Meet Again: Classic Wartime Songs That Kept Us Smiling Through [2011]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Goodnight Sweetheart | 3:20 |
| Love is the Sweetest Thing | 3:20 |
Heroes & Sweethearts: A Salute to the Great Wartime Songs [2010]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Goodnight Sweetheart | 3:21 |
Ambassador of Song [2009]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Sweet and Lovely | 3:22 |
| You're My Everything | 3:20 |
| You Oughta Be in Pictures | 3:17 |
Simply Crooners [2009]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Love Is the Sweetest Thing | 3:24 |
| Goodnight Sweetheart | 3:24 |
| The Very Thought of You | 3:01 |
Close Your Eyes [Music Digital] [2008]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| All I Do Is Dream of You | 2:42 |
| The Very Thought of You | 3:26 |
| Isle of Capri | 3:18 |
| Time on My Hands | 3:13 |
| Love Is the Sweetest Thing | 3:18 |
| Did You Ever See a Dream Walking? | 3:04 |
| Close Your Eyes | 3:16 |
| Goodnight Sweetheart | 3:20 |
First Pop Idol [2008]
The 39 Steps [Music from and Inspired by the Hit West End Show] [2008]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Love Is The Sweetest Thing | 3:29 |
The Magic That Is [2008]
This Is Romance [2008]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Did You Ever See a Dream Walking | 3:02 |
| The Day You Came Along | 3:07 |
| As Long as I Live | 2:51 |
| You Have Taken My Heart | 2:43 |
| You Oughta Be in Pictures | 3:07 |
| All I Do Is Dream of You | 2:41 |
| Dinner at Eight | 2:49 |
Over on the Sunny Side [2007]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| You Have Taken My Heart | 2:41 |
| You Oughta Be in Pictures | 3:05 |
| All I Do Is Dream of You | 2:39 |
The Essential Collection [2007]
Crooners [Soho] [2006]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Goodnight Sweetheart | 3:24 |
| The Very Thought of You | 2:59 |
| Love Is the Sweetest Thing | 3:23 |
My Song Goes Around the World [2006]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Dinner at Eight | 2:47 |
| Did You Ever See a Dream Walking? | 3:00 |
Love Is the Sweetest Thing [2005]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| There's Something in the Air [From Banjo on My Knee] | 2:58 |
Best of Al Bowlly [2004]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Very Thought of You | |
| Love Is the Sweetest Thing | |
| You're My Everything | |
| Easy Come Easy Go |
Rarities and U.S. Recordings, Vol. 10 [2004]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Paris in the Spring [From Paris Love Song] | 3:26 |
| Top Hat, White Tie and Tails [From Top Hat] | 3:29 |
| There's Something in the Air [From Banjo on My Knee] | 2:58 |
| Sweet and Lovely | 2:57 |
Ray Noble & His American Orchestra [2004]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Paris in the Spring [From Paris in the Spring] | 3:28 |
The Singing Detective: Music from the Singing Detective [2004]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| The Very Thought of You | 3:32 |
By the Fireside [2003]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Goodnight, Sweetheart | 3:19 |
| You're Driving Me Crazy | 1:07 |
| The Old Spinning Wheel | 3:18 |
| Dinner at Eight | 2:50 |
I Feel a Song Coming On: The Songs of Jimmy McHugh [2003]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| You're a Sweetheart [From You're a Sweetheart] | 2:55 |
In London 1930-1934, Vol. 3: You Ought to See Sally on a Sunday [2003]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Guilty | 3:12 |
| The Very Thought of You | 3:32 |
In London 1930-34, Vol. 1: Midnight, The Stars and You [2003]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Love Is the Sweetest Thing | 3:20 |
| Isle of Capri | 3:16 |
Lazy Day [2003]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Time on My Hands | 3:16 |
| Butterflies in the Rain | 2:53 |
| All I Do Is Dream of You | 2:46 |
The Al Bowlly Story 1928-41 [2003]
The Final Years [2003]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| My Heart Is Taking Lessons | 3:04 |
| When You Wish Upon a Star | 2:58 |
| Dreaming | 3:08 |
The Formative Years [2003]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| If I Had You | 2:52 |
| Dancing With Tears in My Eyes | 2:20 |
| Time on My Hands | 3:19 |
| Sweet and Lovely | 3:18 |
| You're My Everything | 3:16 |
UK to the USA and Back Again [2003]
What a Perfect Combination [2003]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| You're Driving Me Crazy | 1:10 |
| By the Fireside | 3:19 |
| Mad About the Boy | 3:25 |
| Dinner at Eight | 2:48 |
Say, Don't You Remember Me [2002]
Spirit of the War Years [3 CD] [2002]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Goodnight Sweetheart | 3:21 |
| The Very Thought of You | 2:54 |
The Golden Age of American Sweet Bands: Happy Days [2002]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Top Hat, White Tie and Tails | 3:29 |
The Singing Detective: Music from the Singing Detective & More [2002]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| The Very Thought of You | 3:32 |
HMV Sessions, Vol. 7: 1930-1934 [2001]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Close Your Eyes | 3:17 |
| Did You Ever See a Dream Walking? | 3:07 |
HMV Sessions, Vol. 8: 1930-1934 [2001]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| You Have Taken My Heart | 2:44 |
| You Oughta Be in Pictures | 3:10 |
| The Very Thought of You | 3:33 |
The One and Only [2001]
Too Romantic: Melodies of Love - Reader's Digest Music and Memories of the 30s & 40s [2001]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Love Is the Sweetest Thing | 3:22 |
| Goodnight Sweetheart | 3:24 |
HMV Sessions, Vol. 4: 1930-1934 [2000]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Love Is the Sweetest Thing | 3:21 |
| Butterflies in the Rain | 2:51 |
Over on the Sunny Side: Roy Fox, Vol. 2-The Decca Years: 1931-35 [2000]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Love for Sale | 3:16 |
The Dance Band Years [2000]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| The Very Thought of You | 3:31 |
| By the Fireside | 3:20 |
| Close Your Eyes | 3:18 |
| Time on My Hands | 3:15 |
| There's Something in the Air | 3:17 |
| Guilty | 3:13 |
| All I Do Is Dream of You | 2:42 |
| Isle of Capri | 3:18 |
| Goodnight Sweetheart | 3:21 |
| Love Is the Sweetest Thing | 3:20 |
Chart-Toppers of the Thirties [1999]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Love is the Sweetest Thing | 3:23 |
| Once In a While | 2:40 |
| Isle of Capri | 3:22 |
| The Glory of Love | 2:40 |
Commercial Break: The Old Tunes from the New Ads [1998]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Sweet and Lovely | 3:06 |
| Love Is the Sweetest Thing | 3:25 |
| The Very Thought of You | 2:53 |
HMV Sessions, Vol. 1: 1930-1934 [1998]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Time on My Hands | 3:14 |
| Goodnight Sweetheart | 3:19 |
| You're Driving Me Crazy | 1:08 |
Love is the Sweetest Thing [1997]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Love Is the Sweetest Thing | 3:22 |
| Lover, Come Back to Me | 3:13 |
A Tribute to Lew Stone: The Legendary Monseigneur Band [1995]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| I'll Never Be the Same | 3:10 |
| With My Eyes Wide Open | 3:14 |
| Easy Come, Easy Go | 3:12 |
| Riptide | 3:14 |
| You're My Thrill | 3:13 |
| As Long as I Live | 2:49 |
| What a Little Moonlight Can Do | 2:50 |
The Very Thought of You [President] [1995]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Top Hat, White Tie and Tails | |
| Lover Come Back to Me | |
| I've Got You Under My Skin | |
| The Very Thought of You | |
| Blue Hawaii | |
| Goodnight Sweetheart |
Just a Bowl of Cherries [1993]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| All of Me | 2:23 |
| Can't We Talk It Over | 2:21 |
| Can't We Talk It Over? | 2:18 |
| By the Fireside | 2:33 |
| Dinner at Eight | 3:24 |
The Very Thought of You [Empress] [1993]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Whispering | 3:18 |
| Dinah | 3:30 |
| The Very Thought of You | 2:53 |
Very Thought Of You: The Ultimate Collection [1993]
1931 to 1934 [1992]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Time on My Hands | 3:13 |
| Love Is the Sweetest Thing | 3:16 |
| The Very Thought of You | 3:31 |
Lullaby of Broadway: The Music of Harry Warren [RCA Victor] [1992]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| You're My Everything | 3:16 |
The Songs of Irving Berlin: Let's Face the Music and Dance [1991]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Top Hat, White Tie and Tails | 3:28 |
The Very Thought of You [Cedar] [1990]
Reader's Digest: The Early 30's These Were Our Songs [1989]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue) | 2:31 |
| The Very Thought of You | 3:33 |
Centenary Celebrations
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Love Is The Sweetest Thing | 3:19 |
| Goodnight Sweetheart | 3:20 |
| Over The Rainbow | 3:08 |
| Close Your Eyes | 3:15 |
| Dreaming | 3:05 |
Songs That Won The War: We'll Meet Again
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| The Very Thought Of You | 3:28 |
| It's A Lovely Day Tomorrow | 2:20 |
Songs That Won the War: The White Cliffs of Dover
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| The Very Thought of You | 3:28 |
| It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow | 2:20 |
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