Credits:

Various Artists

Description:

James Taylor's latest album, "American Standards," released in 2020, is a collection of beautiful covers of memorable movie and musical numbers he heard as a child, filled with the romantic moods of the good old U.S. of A. It is a wonderful collection of covers filled with romantic moods, and it can be said that these songs formed the origin of JT as a singer-songwriter. DISC-1 contains oldies songs he has covered, and DISC-2 contains versions of "American Standards" by the original artists. This is a great opportunity to experience "JT's Roots. Commentary by Yutaka Kimura

Tracklisting:

DISC 1:AMERICAN OLDIES SIDE

01. PROMISED LAND / CHUCK BERRY
02. MOCKINGBIRD / INEZ FOXX
03. HOW SWEET IT IS TO BE LOVED BY YOU / MARVIN GAYE
04. HANDY MAN / JIMMY JONES
05. DEVOTED TO YOU / THE EVERLY BROTHERS
06. UP ON THE ROOF / THE DRIFTERS
07. EVERYDAY / BUDDY HOLLY
08. (THE MAN WHO SHOT) LIBERTY VALANCE / GENE PITNEY
09. EVERYBODY LIKES TO CHA CHA CHA / SAM COOKE
10. WALKIN' MY BABY BACK HOME / NAT KING COLE
11. IT'S GROWING / THE TEMPTATIONS
12. (I'M A) ROAD RUNNER / JR. WALKER AND THE ALL STARS
13. WHY BABY WHY / GEORGE JONES
14. HOUND DOG / ELVIS PRESLEY
15. ON BROADWAY / THE DRIFTERS
16. SUMMERTIME BLUES / EDDIE COCHRAN
17. NOT FADE AWAY / THE CRICKETS
18. GET A JOB / THE SILHOUETTES
19. MEMPHIS. TENNESSEE / CHUCK BERRY
20. IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR / WILSON PICKETT
21. KNOCK ON WOOD / EDDIE FLOYD
22. OH. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNIN'/ FRANK SINATRA

DISC 2:AMERICAN STANDARD SIDE

01. MY BLUE HEAVEN / GENE AUSTIN
02. MOON RIVER / ANDY WILLIAMS
03. TEACH ME TONIGHT / THE DE CASTRO SISTERS
04. AS EASY AS ROLLING OFF A LOG (FROM KATNIP KOLLEGE SOUNDTRACK)
05. ALMOST LIKE BEING IN LOVE / GENE KELLY
06. SIT DOWN YOU'RE ROCKIN' THE BOAT / STUBBY KAYE
07. THE NEARNESS OF YOU / GLENN MILLER
08. CAREFULLY TAUGHT / WILLIAM TABBERT
09. GOD BLESS THE CHILD / BILLIE HOLIDAY
10. PENNIES FROM HEAVEN / BING CROSBY
11. MY HEART STOOD STILL / CHET BAKER
12. OL' MAN RIVER / PAUL ROBESON
13. IT'S ONLY A PAPER MOON / ELLA FITZGERALD AND DELTA RHYTHM BOYS
14. THE SURREY WITH THE FRINGE ON TOP / GORDON MACRAE. SHIRLEY JONES. CHARLOTTE GREENWOOD
15. I'VE GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO HER FACE / COUNT BASIE AND TONY BENNETT
16. NEVER NEVER LAND / MARY MARTIN. KATHY NOLAN