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 Gwen VerdonGirl I Left Home For Release Date: 1956 Running Time: 34:51 Label: BMG Rating:  |
Broadway star Gwen Verdon didn't make too much of a dent in the jazz-pop market, but this fine album from the late '50s makes one wish she had. Cut after she had established herself in productions of +Can-Can and +Damn Yankees, The Girl I Left Home For finds Verdon reveling in fine selection of rarely heard Tin Pan Alley songs -- in a jazz context at least. Helped out by Joe Reisman's fluid blend of pop gloss and lounge swing, Verdon mixes in well-known numbers like "The Lady Is a Tramp" and "Ain't Misbehavin'" with obscure novelties like "Hot Night in Alaska" and Cole Porter's "Mr. and Mrs. Fitch" (from +The Gay Divorce). Taking off some of the glib edge plied by many a Broadway siren, Verdon judiciously balances vocal theatrics with some loose and spontaneous phrasing. At times, she even sounds a bit like Blossom Dearie, who, like Verdon, had a knack for nicely dusting off less well-traveled gems from the stage. Topped off with the benignly exotic, Latin-tinged "Sand in My Shoes" and "No-Talent Joe," The Girl I Left Home For will definitely please fans of vintage vocals, especially those who like their pop with a heavy dose of show tune humor and allure. Stephen Cook, All Music Guide
Tracks:
| Title | Composer | Time | |
| 1 | Ain't Misbehavin' [From Hot Chocolates] | Waller, Brooks, Razaf | 2:31 |
| 2 | Sand in My Shoes [From Kiss the Boys Goodbye] | Schertzinger, Loesser | 3:24 |
| 3 | It's a Hot Night in Alaska [From Meet Me After the Show] | Robin, Styne | 2:12 |
| 4 | Mister and Missus Fitch [From the Gay Divorcee] | Porter | 2:55 |
| 5 | Bettin' on a Man [From Meet Me After the Show] | Styne, Robin | 2:57 |
| 6 | Why Can't I? [From Spring Is Here] | Hart, Rodgers | 4:17 |
| 7 | I've Got the World on a String [from I'll Get By] | Koehler, Arlen | 3:24 |
| 8 | Jenny [From Lady in the Dark] | Gershwin, Weill | 3:16 |
| 9 | Find Me a Primitive Man [From Fifty Million Frenchmen] | Porter | 1:50 |
| 10 | No-Talent Joe [From Meet Me After the Show] | Robin, Styne | 2:38 |
| 11 | Lady Is a Tramp [From Babes in Arms] | Hart, Rodgers | 2:24 |
| 12 | Daddy [From Two Latins from Manhattan] | Troup | 3:03 |
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