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Ray Conniff Story Line - Snowy Christmas Night Edition From “’s Awful Nice”: All the Things You Are / Lullaby of Birdland / Lovely to Look at / That Old Feeling / The Very Thought of You / It Had to Be You / June in January / From “Christmas with Conniff”: Christmas Bride / Winter Wonderland / What Child Is This (GreenSleeves) / Frosty the Snowman / White Christmas / Here Comes Santa Claus / The Christmas Song / Jingle Bells / Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer / Sleigh Ride / Silver Bells / Santa Claus Is Coming to Town / From “’s Marvelous”: The Way You Look Tonight / They Can’t Take That Away From Me / As Time Goes By / In the Still Of The Night / Moonlight Serenade / I’ve Told Ev’ry Little Star / Someone to Watch Over Me / From “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”: Ring Christmas Bells / The Twelve Days of Christmas / From “’s Wonderful!”: Sentimental Journey

Left: A compilation titled “Where or When”, and a “remastered” version of “The Ray Conniff Hi-Fi Companion” released in 2013. Both feature the same 24 tracks from the original “Hi Fi Companion”, released on the Philips label.

“Laura”: • From “’s Wonderful!”: Dancing in the Dark, Begin the Beguine, That Old Black Magic • From “’s Marvelous”: Be My Love, • From “’s Awful Nice”: Lovely to Look At, April in Paris, June in January • From “Hollywood in Rhythm”: Laura, Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing, Cheek to Cheek, Stella by Starlight • From “It’s the Talk of the Town”: Buttons and Bows, Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, Hands Across the Table

“Flowers”: • From “Young at Heart”: It’s Dark on Observatory Hill, I’m in the Mood for Love, Ma He’s Making Eyes at Me, Harbor Lights, I’ll See You in My Dreams • From “The Singles Collection, Vol. 2”: The Ritz Roll and Rock, Symphony of Love • From “Dance the Bop!”: Honky-Tonk Rock Around, The Spinner • From “Hollywood in Rhythm”: My Heart Stood Still, Eas to Love, Thanks for the Memory • From “It’s the Talk of the Town”: Hands Across the Table • From “Broadway in Rhythm”: Some Enchanted Evening, Oklahoma!

“Beyond the Sea (La Mer)”: • From “’s Continental”: Strange Music, African Safari, La Mer, Green Eyes, The Poor People of Paris • From “’s Awful Nice”: April in Paris, Paradise, June in January, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes • From “Memories Are Made of This”: Three Coins in the Fountain, Young Love, Moments to Remember, Love Me Tender, Memories Are Made of This

“Hearts” is the title of a compilation of 25 tracks from the following albums: “Dance the Bop!”, “Broadway in Rhythm”, “Hollywood in Rhythm”, “Young at Heart”, “’s Awful Nice”, “It’s the Talk of the Town”, “The Singles Collection, Vol. 2”, and a track with Johnnie Ray and Frankie Laine (”Good Evening Friends”).

The Dave Cash Collection: “Remastered Ray for Christmas” features 11 tracks from “Christmas with Conniff” and some edits from “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”.

“The Collection 1959 - 1962” features 8 complete albums: “It’s the Talk of the Town” & “Young at Heart”, “Say It With Music” & “Memories are Made of This”, “Somebody Loves Me” & “’s Continental*”, “So Much in Love” & The Happy Beat”

“Éxitos Vida y Milagros” features 30 tracks, mainly from “’s Marvelous”, “’s Awful Nice”, “’s Continental” and “Say It With Music”: Too Young / La Mer / I’ve Got You Under My Skin / As Time Goes By / Green Eyes / Say It Isn’t So / Besame Mucho / Temptation / Someone to Watch Over Me / Brazil / Be My Love / ‘s Wonderful / Where Or When / Moonlight Serenade / Deep Purple / I’ve Told Ev’ry Little Star / Mack the Knife / All the Things You Are / You Do Something to Me / Blue Moon / Tico Tico / The Continental / Morgen / Smoke Gets In Your Eyes / April in Paris / Stranger in Paradise / Night and Day / Paradise / The Way You Look Tonight / I Hear a Rhapsody

Tracks from a double-LP set featuring “’s Awful Nice” and “It’s the Talk of the Town”, previously released on the Hallmark label in the UK many years ago; also available under the title “The Ray Conniff Collection”.

“Holiday Masters: Jingle Bells” This compilation features some tracks which were only released in Brazil on the Abril label. Tracks are as follows: Jingle Bells* / Happy Christmas (War Is Over)* / O Velhinho* / Frosty the Snowman* / Silver Bells* / Sleigh Ride* / The Real Meaning of Christmas** / Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town* / Silent Night** / White Christmas* / What Child Is This* / O Tannenbaum** / Joy to the World** / Jolly Old St. Nicholas*** (1:24) / We Wish You A Merry Christmas & Count Your Blessings (1:12) *=from “’s Christmas” / **=from “Here We Come A-Caroling” / ***=from “We Wish You A Merry Christmas”

Johnnie Ray with Ray Conniff and his Orchestra These compilations titled “Because I Love You” (released August 3, 2009) and “Endlessly” (released October 20, 2009) feature the same tracks, and so does the one released in January 2011: 1. Endlessly / 2. Build Your Love (On A Strong Foundation) / 3. Texas Tambourine / 4. Yes, Tonight Josephine / 5. Pink Sweater Angel / 6. Because I Love You / 7. Miss Me Just A Little / 8. You Don't Owe Me A Thing / 9. No Wedding Today / 10. Plant A Little Seed / 11. Soliloquy Of A Fool

“Teen Age Dream” (Vintage Rock No. 31) Ray Conniff backings: Up Above My Head (Johnnie Ray & Frankie Laine), Teen Age Dream (Marty Robbins), Build Your Love (Johnnie Ray), Good Eveninig Friends (Johnnie Ray & Frankie Laine), Build Your Love (Johnnie Ray), Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Johnnie Ray), Please Don’t Blame Me (Marty Robbins), Walkin’ And Whistlin’ (Ray Conniff), Melody For Two Guitars (Ray Conniff)

Three EPs (with four tracks each) and a 10” LP with tracks from “’s Marvelous”)

“Colección Mitos Ray Conniff”, / “I Love Ray Conniff” Both downloadable albums feature the same tracks. They are as follows: Summertime / Besame mucho / Moon river / Mack the knife / Blue moon / On the street where you live / Only you / Greenfields / My prayer / Volare (Nel blu di pinto di blu) / Moonlight serenade / The song from Moulin Rouge / Never on Sunday / Yellow Rose (of Texas) / Chanson d'amour (Please note that the sound quality may not be perfect on all tracks!)

“Quartier Pedralbes. Grandes Orquestas. Vol.4” This compilation has been released many times in Latin countries under various titled. Beware: The sound quality was poor on the CDs, and it is presumably the same when downloaded.

“I Get A Kick Out Of You” features 10 tracks from Ray’s first album, “’s Wonderful!”.

“The Very Best of Ray Conniff” A very interesting compilation of 65 tracks can be downloaded from Amazon Germany by clicking on the scan on the right. The “very best” tracks by Ray are as follows: Walkin' And Whistlin' / Cross Over / Winds Of Change / Stella By Starlight / South Of The Border / The Power Of Love / 's Wonderful / Thanks For The Memory / Pacific Sunset / Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing / Somewhere My Love / I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing / Speak Softly Love / Greensleeves / Memories Are Made Of This / I'll See You Again / Early Evening / Tiny Bubbles / Smoke Gets In Your Eyes / An Improvisation On Liebestraum / Walkin' The Bop Again / My Little Friend / Please / The Drop / Favorite Themes From Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony / Harmony / Play A Guitar Solo / Honky-Tonk Rock-Around / Easy To Love / It Might As Well Be Spring / Cheek To Cheek / An Improvisation On Chopin's Nocturne In E-Flat / My Heart Stood Still / Love Theme From An X-Rated Movie / Hello, Dolly! / The Spinner / An Improvisation on ‘Dance of The Sugar Plum Fairy’ / An Improvisation On The Fibich Poeme / Someone / The Flea Hop / Swingin' The Bop / Love Letters / Seventeen / A Banda / Favorite Theme From Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto / Favorite Themes from Grieg's A Minor Concerto / Walkin' The Bop / Yours Is My Heart Alone / ‘One Fine Day’ from Madama Butterfly / Love Story / An Improvisation ‘On My Heart At Thy Sweet Voice’ / Hand Around / Doin' The Twister / Warsaw Concerto / Laura / Just Boppin' / Brazil / With Ev’ry Beat Of My Heart / The Way You Look Tonight / Theme From New York, New York / Yesterdays / An Improvisation on ‘None But The Lonely Heart’ / A Time For Us / My Way / Midnight Lace, parts 1 & 2

“Paradise” features all the tracks from “’s Awful Nice”, 3 from “Young at Heart”, plus “Cuddle Up a Little Closer”, “Symphony of Love”, “They Tried to Tell Me”, “Melody for Two Guitars” and “The Ritz Roll and Rock” (total: 20 tracks), available from December 2011.

“Ray Conniff y su Orquesta” features all the tracks from “The Happy Beat” plus 4 tracks from “’s Marvelous”.

Left: When “Moscow Nights” was first released on CD, the sound quality was very poor. So you had better check out sound samples before you download it. (Available with this cover from January 2012.)

“Play a Guitar Solo” This is a downloadable mp3 compilation of 70 tracks with a title that is rather inappropriate for Ray’s style. It is borrowed from a track written for the “Dance the Bop!”-album (which does have an unusual sound compared to the one Ray became famous with.) The other tracks are from other early albums: “Broadway in Rhythm”, “Hollywood in Rhythm”, “It’s the Talk of the Town”, “Young at Heart”, “‘s Awful Nice”, “Dance the Bop!”, and early recordings featured on “The Singles Collection (Vol. 2)”.

“I Hear a Rhapsody” features 40 tracks taken from Ray’s albums “’s Wonderful!”, “Dance the Bop!”, “’s Marvelous” and “’s Awful Nice”. “VSOM” stands for “Very Special Old Music”.

“Sentimental Journey” features a total of 21 tracks, taken from the following albums: “’s Wonderful!”, “Dance the Bop!”, “’s Marvelous”, and “’s Awful Nice”.

“Be My Love” is a compilation of 20 tracks, featuring selections from Ray Conniff's albums "'s Wonderful!", "Dance the Bop!", "'s Marvelous" and "'s Awful Nice". The combination of the title and the photo of a lady's back, seems a little odd.

The title “Hard Around” should have been “Hand Around”, which is a track from the “Dance the Bop!”-album. This compilation features 20 tracks from “’s Wonderful!”, “’s Marvelous”, “’s Awful Nice” and “Dance the Bop!”

“Dancing in the Dark” features 20 tracks from “’s Wonderful!”, “’s Marvelous”, “’s Awful Nice” and “Dance the Bop!”

“Art Hodes: We’re Only in it for the Money” The Art Hodes compilation “We’re Only in it for the Money” includes four tracks with Ray Conniff on trombone: “Maple Leaf Rag”, “Doctor Jazz”, “Shoe Shiner’s Drag” and “There’ll be Some Changes Made”. The recordings were made in 1944.

“The Best of Me” / “The Ray Conniff Story”, “Tu”, “Merry Christmas” “Ray Conniff Collection” / “The Legends: Ray Conniff” / “The Very Best Of ...” / “Greetings from the Past by Ray Conniff” / “Last Christmas I Gave You My Heart” / “Holy Nights with Ray Conniff” / “Ray Conniff in Christmas Wonderland” / “Christmas Moments with Ray Conniff” All of these feature the same 70 tracks, including tracks from “’s Awful Nice”, “It’s the Talk of the Town”, “Hollywood in Rhythm”, “Broadway in Rhythm”, “Dance the Bop!”, “Young at Heart”, “The Singles Collection, Vol. 2” and one track with Johnnie Ray, and another one with Frankie Laine and Johnnie Ray. Click on the covers for details.

“Remember” A compilation of 30 tracks from “Young at Heart”, “Hollywood in Rhythm”, “It’s the Talk of the Town”, “Broadway in Rhythm”, and “The Singles Collection, Vol. 2”

“Love Is the Sweetest Thing” A compilation of 25 tracks from “Broadway in Rhythm”, “Hollywood in Rhythm”, “It’s the Talk of the Town”, “Young at Heart”, and “The Singles Collection, Vol. 2”

“The Ray Conniff Collection” / “The Complete (Ray) Conniff” Two different titles and covers for the same compilation. They include all 24 tracks originally featured on “The Hi-Fi Companion”, as released in the UK in the early 60s on the Philips label.

“Ray Conniff” / “100” This compilation features 100 selections from the following Ray Conniff albums: Dance the Bop!, ‘s Awful Nice, Hollywood in Rhythm, Broadway in Rhythm, It’s the Talk of the Town, Christmas with Conniff, Young at Heart, Say It With Music, Memories Are Made of This, Rhapsody in Rhythm, and The Singles Collection (Vol. 2 ).

“Dancing in the Dark (That’s Entertainment)” features 14 selections from ‘s Wonderful!, ‘s Marvelous, ‘s Awful Nice, It’s the Talk of the Town and Young at Heart.

“I’m in the Mood for Dancing” features 22 tracks from “Young at Heart”, “Concert in Rhythm, Vol. 1 and 2”, “Memories Are Made Of This”, “’s Marvelous”, “’s Awful Nice”, “Hollywood in Rhythm”, “Conniff Meets Butterfield”, “It’s the Talk of the Town”, “Say It With Music”, and “Broadway in Rhythm”.

“You’ll Never Know” This compilation of 14 tracks includes all the track of “Young at Heart” plus two tracks from “Broadway in Rhythm” (Hello, Young Lovers & On the Street Where You Live). It is titled “You’ll Never Know (Marvelous)”.

“Christmas Collection: Santa Claus is Coming to Town” is a compilation that features tracks from “Christmas with Conniff” and “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”.

“They Say It’s Wonderful” features 36 tracks from “Young at Heart”, “It’s the Talk of the Town”, “Hollywood in Rhythm”, and “Broadway in Rhythm”.

“Symphony of Love” is the title of a compilation featuring 40 tracks from “The Singles Collection, Vol. 2”, “Dance the Bop!”, “Broadway in Rhythm”, and “’s Awful Nice”.

“April in Paris” / “That Old Feeling”

both compilations feature all tracks from “’s Awful Nice” and “Dance the Bop!” plus “Symphony of Love”.

“History Records: Ray Conniff, Vol. 1 - American Edition 71” features the complete “Broadway in Rhythm” and “It’s the Talk of the Town”-albums.

“History Records: Ray Conniff, Vol. 2 - American Edition 72” features the complete “Young at Heart” and “Memories Are Made of This”-albums.

“Stardust” features 16 tracks, 11 from “’s Wonderful!” plus 5 backings (Guy Mitchell, Johnnie Ray, Tony Bennett*, and Johnny Mathis) *Note: The track with Tony Bennett is not the version backed by Ray Conniff.

Three EP’s (4 tracks each)

“All American Favourites” / “I Hear a Rhapsody” / “100% Legends: Ray Conniff” / “Hello Young Lovers” Click on the cover scans for track details.

“Ray Conniff Presents...” If you are interested in the early days of Ray Conniff’s career, you may be interested in his recordings with singers, such as Johnnie Ray, Johnny Mathis, Marty Robbins, Eileen Rodgers, the Four Voices and many others, the so-called “backings”. They are available as downloads. All volumes are available from iTunes. These volumes can be downloaded from Amazon: Vol. 5, Vol. 6.

“L is for Love” is a compilation of 54 tracks from “It’s the Talk of the Town”, “Young at Heart”, “Broadway in Rhythm”, “Hollywood in Rhythm” and “The Singles Collection, Vol. 2”.

“Christmas with Ray Conniff” includes the original album “Christmas with Conniff” plus the medley “Count Your Blessings, Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! and We Wish You a Merry Christmas” from the album “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”.

“Sleigh Ride” / “Christmas Dreaming Collection” / Caroling Caroling,a compilation with 10 tracks each by Ray Conniff and the Singers and Jackie Gleason

“The Big Bands Collection, Vol. 01: Ray Conniff” features 11 tracks from “Hollywood in Rhythm” and 9 from “Broadway in Rhythm”.

“The Big Bands Collection, Vol. 02: Ray Conniff” features 20 tracks from “Say It With Music”, “Just Kiddin’ Around”, “Happiness Is”, “It’s the Talk of The Town”, “Memories Are Made of This”, “Invisible Tears”, “Somebody Loves Me”, “Rhapsody in Rhythm”, “Friendly Persuasion”, “’s Continental”, “The Happy Beat”, and “Concert in Rhythm, Vol. 1”.

“Nothing But the Whole Wide World (Christmas Edition)” is a compilation of 28 tracks from “’s Wonderful!”, “’s Marvelous”, “Just Kiddin’ Around”, “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” and “Christmas with Conniff”.

“101 Beautiful Melodies” features 99 tracks from “’s Wonderful!”, “’s Marvelous”, “Broadway in Rhythm”, “Hollywood in Rhythm”, “It’s the Talk of the Town”, “Young at Heart”, “Say It With Music”, “Memories Are Made of This”, and “Somebody Loves Me”; plus two tracks with Johnnie Ray. (Why can’t they spell Ray’s name right?)

“Ascoltate e Ballate - Uno Stile che Entusiasma il Mondo” “Ein neuer Klang begeistert die Welt” is a compilation of 8 songs (less than 20 minutes) which originally was released on a promo LP in Germany in the late 50s, titled “Hören und Tanzen - ein neuer Klang begeistert die Welt”. Please note that this compilation is in mono, which means that you can download the version of “Schubert’s Serenade” that was only released on the mono version of “Concert in Rhythm, Vol. 1”. Some fans think that this is the better take. That is for you to decide. This compilation was released on a CD on May 1, 2013.

“April in Paris (Music for Every Mood)” is the title of a 14 track compilation with recordings from “’s Continental”, “’s Awful Nice”, “Broadway in Rhythm”, and “Say It With Music”.

“Melodías inolvidables” is a compilation of 20 tracks, taken from the following albums: “Hollywood in Rhythm”, “Conniff Meets Butterfield”, “’s Awful Nice”, and “Christmas with Conniff”.

“Beyond Patina Jazz Masters” features 20 selections from “’s Wonderful!”, “Dance the Bop!”, “’s Marvelous” and “’s Awful Nice”.

“The Complete Collection (68 Best Songs)” features the following complete albums: “’s Awful Nice”, “Say It With Music”, “’s Continental”, “Hollywood in Rhythm”, “Concert in Rhythm (Vol. 1)” and the compilation “Ascottate e Ballate - Uno Stile che Entusiasma il Mondo” (see below).

“Greatest Hits” / “Grandes Exitos”: • From “Say It With Music”: Too Young, I’ve Got You Under My Skin, Besame Mucho, Temptation, Brazil, Deep Purple, Stranger in Paradise, Night and Day • From “’s Continental”: La Mer, Green Eyes, Tico Tico, The Continental, Morgen • From “’s Marvelous”: As Time Goes By, Someone to Watch Over Me, Be My Love, Where or When, Moonlight Serenade, I Hear a Rhapsody • From “’s Awful Nice”: Say It Isn’t So, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, April in Paris, All the Things You Are • From “’s Wonderful!”: ‘s Wonderful • From “The Happy Beat”: Mack the Knife

“That Old Feeling”: includes the complete “Dance the Bop!”-album, 10 tracks from “’s Awful Nice” and “Symphony of Love” (from “The Singles Collection, Vol. 2”)

“Masterpiece Collection: Hits by Ray Conniff” / “Harbor Lights”: • From “Young at Heart”: I’ll See You in My Dreams, Ma He’s Making Eyes at Me, If I Loved You, It’s Dark on Observatory Hill, Harbor Lights, Young at Heart, I’m in the Mood for Love • From “’s Awful Nice”: Say It Isn’t So • From “The Singles Collection, Vol. 2”: The Ritz Roll and Rock, Symphony of Love • From “Broadway in Rhythm”: Oklahoma!, Some Enchanted Evening • From “Hollywood in Rhythm”: Pacific Sunset • From “It’s The Talk of the Town”: They Say It’s Wonderful • plus:“Good Evening Friends” (Johnnie Ray, Frankie Laine)

“Ray Conniff” This compilation features all the tracks from “The Ray Conniff Hi-Fi Companion” (as released on the Philips label in the early sixties in the UK). Selections are from “’s Marvelous”, “’s Awful Nice”, “Broadway in Rhythm”, “Hollywood in Rhythm”, Concert in Rhythm, Vol. 2” and “Young at Heart”.

“The Definite Collection, Vol. 3” features 20 tracks, of which 15 are backed by Ray Conniff.

For other mp3 downloadable compilations click here: 2014 2015 2016

“Laura”: • From “’s Wonderful!”: Dancing in the Dark, Begin the Beguine, That Old Black Magic • From “’s Marvelous”: Be My Love, • From “’s Awful Nice”: Lovely to Look At, April in Paris, June in January • From “Hollywood in Rhythm”: Laura, Love Is a Many- Splendored Thing, Cheek to Cheek, Stella by Starlight • From “It’s the Talk of the Town”: Buttons and Bows, Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, Hands Across the Table