I first heard the voice of Polly Bergen totally by chance and I knew I had to hunt more of her music down. "Sings songs of Helen Morgan" was her first on Columbia Records and was partially the results of her Emmy-winning appearance in The Helen Morgan Story. This album is a fantastic example of her beautiful and powerful voice.
Orchestration is handled by Luther Henderson and nicely compliments Bergens vox!
This album is a fine collection of old standards and songs of Helen Morgan sung in Bergen's way. I am a big fan of the 50's female crooner scene.....June Christy..Helen Merill, Jane Morgan, Julie London and I would put Polly Bergen's early albums right at the top of the pile!
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