Title:
The
High
And
The
Mighty
Artist:
Johnny
Desmond
Catalogue
No:
SEPIA
1057
Barcode:
5055122110576
Release
Date:
4
October
2005
Born
in
Detroit
in
1920
Johnny
Desmond
started
his
career
as
a
child
performer.
After
leaving
the
Detroit
Conservatory
of
Music
Johnny
sang
with
Bob
Crosby,
Gene
Krupa
and
Glenn
Miller’s
Army
Air
Force
band
during
WW2
before
branching
out
as
a
solo
performer.
Throughout
the
1950s
the
multi-talented
Johnny
was
a
regular
on
the
“Breakfast
Club”
radio
show
and
also
appeared
on
television
singing
his
latest
hits.
As
an
actor
he
appeared
in
straight
plays
on
stage
and
screen
and
in
Broadway
musicals
he
starred
opposite
Vivian
Blaine
in
“Say
Darling”
and
with
Barbra
Streisand
in
“Funny
Girl”.
An
accomplished
pianist
Johnny
was
also
a
prolific
composer
and
one
of
his
compositions,
“Oh,
My
Darling”
is
heard
on
this
CD.
In
the
U.S.A.
Johnny
achieved
19
chart
entries
in
the
1950s
hitting
the
Top
Ten
with
4
recordings
-
“Woman”,
“Heart
of
My
Heart”,
“Play
Me
Hearts
and
Flowers”
and
“The
Yellow
Rose
of
Texas”
-
his
biggest
hit
that
went
to
number
3.
All
four
Top
Ten
hits
are
included
on
this
CD
along
with
many
of
his
other
chart
entries
-
“The
High
and
The
Mighty”-
this
title
song
of
the
John
Wayne
movie
went
to
number
17
and
“My
Own
True
Love”,
based
on
Tara’s
Theme
from
“Gone
With
The
Wind”
made
number
23
in
the
U.S.
charts.
Of
the
28
tracks
featured
here,
at
least
24
are
making
their
CD
debut.
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NOW»
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