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Dorothy Squires was, quite simply, one of the most popular
British singing stars of the 1940s - a charismatic and electrifying stage
performer who, thanks to her enduring musical partnership with the
respected composer and musician Billy Reid, topped theatre bills throughout
Britain, and whose many recordings included such smash hits as Coming Home,
The Gipsy, I'll Close My Eyes, It's A Pity To Say Goodnight, I'm Walking
Behind You, A Tree In The Meadow, Mother's Day and Safe In My Arms.
British singing stars of the 1940s - a charismatic and electrifying stage
performer who, thanks to her enduring musical partnership with the
respected composer and musician Billy Reid, topped theatre bills throughout
Britain, and whose many recordings included such smash hits as Coming Home,
The Gipsy, I'll Close My Eyes, It's A Pity To Say Goodnight, I'm Walking
Behind You, A Tree In The Meadow, Mother's Day and Safe In My Arms.
Notes and compilation by Chris White, who runs a successful Dorothy Squires
website (dorothysquires).
Includes her hit single "Say It With Flowers".
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2 Great CD's, 49 tracks including, say it with flowers & How deep is the Ocean? fast dispatch, UK SELLER
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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In Britain, where she was born Edna May Squires in 1915, Dorothy Squires established herself as a popular singer of the forties in her homeland. Her most popular recordings from the period included Coming home, The gypsy, I'll close my eyes, It's a pity to say goodnight, A tree in the meadow and Mother's day, all to be found here. I'm walking behind you, mentioned in the booklet notes as another of her popular recordings, is omitted from this collection. Fans of forties music are likely to be familiar with the Margaret Whiting version of A tree in the meadow, but Dorothy's version is the original recording of the song. Like the other songs mentioned above, the writer was Billy Reid, a songwriter-musician with whom Dorothy established a successful professional relationship beginning in 1936, although it eventually broke up circa 1949. The set actually opens with a 1938 recording of a lovely song that I've not heard elsewhere titled Little drummer boy, which I like better than the famous similarly-titled Christmas song.
Without Billy Reid's original material, Dorothy moved to America, where she was married for a time to Roger Moore and helped to establish his acting career. During this period, Dorothy recorded covers of American songs including On the sunny side of the street, Be anything but be mine and Bewitched among others included here. Dorothy also started writing her own songs including Maid of the valley and Our song, featured here. In 1961, Dorothy, with pianist Russ Conway, recorded her own composition Say it with flowers. It gave her a British chart hit, but 1961 was also the year when her marriage to Roger Moore failed although the divorce was delayed until 1968. The intervening years were not among Dorothy's happiest, but they inspired her to write and record some heartfelt songs including How deep is the ocean?, Whoever, Are you?, Once upon a time, I won`t cry anymore, Red the rose, Look around, Two strangers met, The call of Spring and Someone other than me.
Dorothy had hits with a different label in 1969 and 1970 including a cover of My way, but these recordings are outside the scope of this collection. (The notes say that My way is a cover of Frank Sinatra's classic song. While it is fair to say that he made the song his own, his version was itself a cover of Paul Anka's translation of the French song Comme d'habitude, co-written and first recorded by Claude Francois in 1967.) After those recordings for that other label, it seems that Dorothy briefly returned to EMI in 1973, as a couple of recordings from that year close this excellent collection.
Dorothy's basic style didn't change much during her career, so her music will mainly appeal to fans of female vocalists of the forties and early fifties. While so many of her British contemporaries relied heavily on covering American songs, much of Dorothy's music is original, whether self-penned or written by Billy Reid. For that reason, Dorothy's music is likely to prove much more enduring than the music by some of her equally talented contemporaries. And this particular collection provides an excellent overview of Dorothy's music.
Without Billy Reid's original material, Dorothy moved to America, where she was married for a time to Roger Moore and helped to establish his acting career. During this period, Dorothy recorded covers of American songs including On the sunny side of the street, Be anything but be mine and Bewitched among others included here. Dorothy also started writing her own songs including Maid of the valley and Our song, featured here. In 1961, Dorothy, with pianist Russ Conway, recorded her own composition Say it with flowers. It gave her a British chart hit, but 1961 was also the year when her marriage to Roger Moore failed although the divorce was delayed until 1968. The intervening years were not among Dorothy's happiest, but they inspired her to write and record some heartfelt songs including How deep is the ocean?, Whoever, Are you?, Once upon a time, I won`t cry anymore, Red the rose, Look around, Two strangers met, The call of Spring and Someone other than me.
Dorothy had hits with a different label in 1969 and 1970 including a cover of My way, but these recordings are outside the scope of this collection. (The notes say that My way is a cover of Frank Sinatra's classic song. While it is fair to say that he made the song his own, his version was itself a cover of Paul Anka's translation of the French song Comme d'habitude, co-written and first recorded by Claude Francois in 1967.) After those recordings for that other label, it seems that Dorothy briefly returned to EMI in 1973, as a couple of recordings from that year close this excellent collection.
Dorothy's basic style didn't change much during her career, so her music will mainly appeal to fans of female vocalists of the forties and early fifties. While so many of her British contemporaries relied heavily on covering American songs, much of Dorothy's music is original, whether self-penned or written by Billy Reid. For that reason, Dorothy's music is likely to prove much more enduring than the music by some of her equally talented contemporaries. And this particular collection provides an excellent overview of Dorothy's music.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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A very nice 2cd set covering most of her output from the Emi years, an essential collection, for her fans, early material is limited to Little Drummer Boy, but The Unforgettable cd on Hallmark covers this very well ,so all in all a cornucopia of music for Dorothys many fans, I very much enjoyed the later recordings on this cd,Solitudes My Home being a first rate example,This collection is well put together, and the cover quite artistic for these days. Well done Chris White who compiled this and who opertates, The Dorothy Squires website.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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The 49 tracks on these two cd's date from 1939-1973 and the change in Dorothy's style is amazing.
In the early days Dorothy was very laid back in her vocal style but progressed as the years went on to a much more forceful style as is evident on her President recordings (i.e. If You Love Me, My Way etc)
I was familiar with some of her songs on this cd, there's one that recently surfaced A Secret That's Never Been Told which is quite up-tempo for Dorothy and it's really good, it was also interesting to hear Dorothy double track on certain tracks as I'd never heard her do that before.
The most well known songs Dorothy recorded again later, songs like Look Around, Red The Rose, Two Strangers Met etc.
Seeing Dorothy Squires in concert was a wonderful experience as you got 101% from this pint sized woman, she never held back but gave it everything she had and more.
For fans more familiar with Dorothy's more recent recordings check this out as it's very interesting to see how her style developed from the early days. Also checkout Dorothy's website which is very informative.
In the early days Dorothy was very laid back in her vocal style but progressed as the years went on to a much more forceful style as is evident on her President recordings (i.e. If You Love Me, My Way etc)
I was familiar with some of her songs on this cd, there's one that recently surfaced A Secret That's Never Been Told which is quite up-tempo for Dorothy and it's really good, it was also interesting to hear Dorothy double track on certain tracks as I'd never heard her do that before.
The most well known songs Dorothy recorded again later, songs like Look Around, Red The Rose, Two Strangers Met etc.
Seeing Dorothy Squires in concert was a wonderful experience as you got 101% from this pint sized woman, she never held back but gave it everything she had and more.
For fans more familiar with Dorothy's more recent recordings check this out as it's very interesting to see how her style developed from the early days. Also checkout Dorothy's website which is very informative.
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