1. Memphis Blues
2. From the Land of the Sky Blue Water
3. Ace in the Hole
4. Someday You'll Be Sorry
5. My Melancholy Baby
6. Hundred Years from Today
7. Blues in My Heart
8. Maybe You'll Be There
9. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
10. I Don't Want to Walk Without You
11. Make Believe
12. Touch of the Blues
Lee Wiley (9 October 1908–11 December 1975) was an American jazz singer popular in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. She possessed an attractive, slightly husky tone and delivered lyrics with warmth and intimacy. Wiley was born in Fort Gibson, Oklahoma. While still in her early teens, Wiley left home to begin a career singing with the Leo Reisman band. Her career was temporarily interrupted by a fall while horse-riding and she suffered temporary blindness, but she recovered and at the age of 19 was back with Reisman again. She also sang with Paul Whiteman and later, the Casa Loma Orchestra. A collaboration with composer Victor Young resulted in several songs for which Wiley wrote the lyrics, including "Got The South In My Soul" and "Anytime, Anyday, Anywhere", the latter becoming an R&B hit in the 1950s. In 1939, Wiley made a 78 album set of eight Gershwin songs with a small group for Liberty Music Shops. The set sold well and was followed by 78 album sets dedicated to Cole Porter (1940) and Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart (1940 and 1954), Harold Arlen (1943), and Vincent Youmans and Irving Berlin (1951). The players on these recordings included such musicians as Bunny Berigan, Bud Freeman, Max Kaminsky, Fats Waller, Billy Butterfield, Bobby Hackett, Eddie Condon, and the bandleader Jess Stacy, the latter to whom Wiley was married for a number of years. These influential albums launched the concept of a "songbook" (often featuring lesser-known songs), which was later widely imitated by other singers. Wiley's career made a resurgence in 1950 with the much admired ten-inch album Night in Manhattan. In 1954, she opened the very first Newport Jazz Festival accompanied by Bobby Hackett. Later in the decade she recorded two of her finest albums, West of the Moon (1956) and A Touch of the Blues (1957). In the 1960s, Wiley essentially went into retirement, although a 1963 television film, Something About Lee Wiley, which told her life story, stimulated interest in the singer. Her last public appearance was a concert in Carnegie Hall in 1972 as part of the New York Jazz Festival, where she was enthusiastically received. Wiley passed away on December 11th, 1975 after being diagnosed with colon cancer early that year. She was 67 years old.
Lee Wiley - Rarities: Thinking Of You (1997)
2. You've Got Me Crying Again
3. Let's Call It A Day
4. Let's Call It A Day
5. The Kalmar & Ruby Medly: Who's Sorry Now/I Love You So Much/Thinking Of You/I Wanna Be Loved By...
6. Sugar
7. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
8. You Leave Me Breathless
9. Stormy Weather
10. Manhattan
11. A Ghost Of A Chance
12. Someone To Watch Over Me
13. Somebody Loves Me
14. How Deep Is The Ocean?
15. Any Time, Any Day, Anywhere
16. 'Deed I Do
17. Easter Parade
18. I Cried For You
19. Baby, Won't You Please Come Home?
20. Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans?
21. Don't Blame Me
LEE WILEY & ELLIS LARKINS - DUOLOGUE(1954)
2. Looking At You
3. You Took Advantage Of Me
4. By Myself
5. My Romance
6. Give It Back To The Indians
7. Mountain Greenery
8. It Never Entered My Mind
9. Perfume And Rain
10. My Funny Valentine
11. Then I'll Be Tired Of You
12. Glad To Be Unhappy
Although only 38 at the time of this recording and still in her musical prime, singer Lee Wiley was already thought of as a has-been, and was finding it increasingly difficult to locate work. Her sophisticated, gentle, yet sincere swing style was out of favor by the mid-'50s, but she still had something to say. This CD reissue features her haunting voice showcased on eight numbers with a quartet that includes trumpeter Ruby Braff, pianist Jimmy Jones, bassist Bill Pemberton and drummer Jo Jones; the best are "My Heart Stood Still," "My Funny Valentine" and especially memorable versions of "It Never Entered My Mind" and "Glad to Be Unhappy." Although pianist Ellis Larkins, who is heard on four unrelated unaccompanied solos, gets co-billing on the CD, he and Wiley never actually meet. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
LEE WILEY - WEST OF THE MOON (1956)
2. This Is New
3. You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby
4. Who Can I Turn to Now
5. My Ideal
6. Can't Get Out of This Mood
7. East of the Sun
8. I Left My Sugar Standing in the Rain
9. Moonstruck
10. Limehouse Blues
11. As Time Goes By
12. Keepin' Out of Mischief Now
Amazon User's Review:
Lee Wiley made most of her recordings in the 30's with small groups like Eddie Condon(who was a big fan of hers), Jess Stacy(her husband), Fats Waller(who played organ on one of her sessions), and countless other jazz musicians. Wiley was respected by all jazz musicians, as one of the finest singers in the 30's, she was the 1st(not Ella Fitzgerald) to record a full album of songs to one particular artist, she cut her Cole Porter & Gershwin sessions in the early 40's. This CD reissues "West Of The Moon" the better of the two reocrds she cut in the 50's for RCA(the other being "A Touch Of The Blues" with Billy Butterfield's Orch.). Wiley is in exquisite form for this session of jazz standards arranged perfectly by Ralph Burns. This may be the finest jazz vocla album ever recorded.
LEE WILEY - BACK HOME AGAIN (1995)
2. When I Fall in Love
3. You're Lucky to Me
4. A Woman's Intuition
5. I'll Be Home
6. A Love Like This
7. A Sleeping Bee
8. (Back Home Again In) Indiana
9. Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year
10. I'm Coming Virginia
11. If I Love Again
12. Any Time Any Day Any Where
13. When I Leave This World Behind [Take 6][*]
14. When I Leave This World Behind [Take 5][*]
15. When I Leave This World Behind [Take 6][*]
16. Why Shouldn't I [Takes 1 & 2]
17. Why Shouldn't I [Take 3]
18. Why Shouldn't I [Take 4]
19. The Lonesome Road [Rehearsal & Take 1]
20. The Lonesome Road [Take 6a-take 6]
21. The Lonesome Road [Take 3]
22. The Lonesome Road [Take 4]
23. The Lonesome Road [Take 6 A - Take 6 with Overdubbed Trumpet]
24. Someday You'll Be Sorry [Take 1]
25. I Left My Heart in San Francisco [Take 1]
26. Indiana [Flawed-Take 3]
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