Ralph Marterie was one of the last big band leaders to have repeated commercial success in the face of the rock and roll revolution of the '50s.

Includes many standards and well known songs like the swinging 'Bumble Boogie', the R&B themed 'Tricky' and the Top Ten hits 'Pretend', 'Caravan', 'Skokiaan' and the twangy surf guitar lines 'Shish Kebab'.

There has always been a market for music that aspires to do nothing more than entertain and this fantabulous CD does that in bucket loads!

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Disc 1

1. PRETEND
2. CARAVAN
3. WARSAW CONCERTO
4. THE CREEP
5. SKOKIAAN
6. BLUE MIRAGE (Don't Go)
7. TRICKY
8. SHISH-KEBAB
9. BUMBLE BOOGIE
10. LOVE THEME
11. PURPLE SHADES
12. DEEP FOREST
13. DRY MARTERIE
14. DETOUR
15. MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT
16. PENNSYLVANIA
17. OYE NEGRA
18. TAKE THE ‘A' TRAIN
19. CHICKEN BOOGIE
20. AFTER MIDNIGHT
21. DOWN BEAT
22. EVERYTHING I HAVE IS YOURS
23. THE SWINGIN' KING
24. THRU FOR THE NIGHT
25. CRAZY EYES

Disc 2

1. DARLING JE VOUS AIME BEAUCOUP
2. LA ROSITA
3. CHERRY PINK AND APPLE BLOSSOM WHITE
4. BARITONE BOOGIE
5. CIRIBIRI MAMBO
6. CASTLE ROCK
7. SEPTEMBER SONG
8. BEAUTIFUL OHIO
9. ALICE BLUE GOWN
10. ALONE
11. ONCE IN A WHILE
12. PERDIDO
13. THE MOON IS BLUE
14. TENDERLY
15. DIANE
16. STOMPIN' AT THE SAVOY
17. BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS
18. TRAVEL AT YOUR OWN RISK
19. BOP-A-DOO BOP-A-DOO
20. LAZY RIVER
21. CLEOPATRA'S DREAM
22. WAMPUM
23. JOHN AND JULIE
24. LULLABY OF BIRDLAND
25. IN A PERSIAN MARKET