Pickin' A Chicken
Pickin’ A Chicken
Blue Star
Confidentially
Dear Hearts And Gentle People
I Can Dream, Can’t I?
Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered
Beloved, Be Faithful
All My Love
If
I’ll Be Around
I’m Yours
Sugar Bush
Here In My Heart
Moon Above Malaya
Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo
Everything I Have Is Yours
I Believe
Playing With Fire
The Bridge Of Sighs
Romany Violin
If You Love Me
The Little Shoemaker
On The Waterfront
Skokiaan
These Are The Things We’ll Share
Ready, Willing And Able
Young And Foolish
Les Feuilles Mortes (Autumn Leaves)
Cookie
You Go To My Head
Down By The Sugar Cane
As Time Goes By
True Love
Where In The World Is Billy?
Once In A While
The Skye Boat Song
April In Portugal
Saries Marais
Someday I’ll Find You
Anna
Santa Lucia
Sentimental Journey
Gypsy Moon
Amor
You’ll Never Know
The Mexican Hat Dance
I’ll Walk Alone
Besame Mucho
The Gypsy In My Soul
It’s Been A Long, Long Time
Come Prima (More Than Ever)
Heat Wave
La Mer
Quizás, Quizás, Quizás
Auf Wiederseh’n, My Dear

Eve Boswell, voix

This Retrospective survey of 56 prime items from her recorded legacy reminds us of the sheer vivacity and charm with which Hungarian-born Eva Keleti (1922-1988), aka “Eve Boswell”, lit up the 50s; the “Sugar Bush Girl” who sweetened all our lives. She brightened up 50s Britain with a welcome touch of the exotic. Here was a sparkling cosmopolitan performer, pretty and exuberant, who brought a dash of warmer, more colourful climes to the black-and-white film of those days. After establishing her career in South Africa, Eve came to England as vocalist with the famous Geraldo’s Orchestra (8 titles here, including I Can Dream, Can’t I?). Her solo career blossomed with a regular string of singles, the most popular of which emanated from Africa: Sugar Bush, Skokiaan and Pickin’ A Chicken (plus 23 others included here). Disc 2 largely concentrates on her fine LP material, showing off the broad range of her abilities. Her breakthrough 10” LP Sugar And Spice is presented in its entirety, together with 12 tracks from Sentimental Eve and Following The Sun Around. The whole programme is the finest available presentation of one of the most gifted and vivacious popular singers of her era.