Best Voices That Time Forgot Remastered edition

"It's All Right with Me"

CATHI HAYES, vocals, with Orchestra Arranged and Conducted by BARNEY KESSEL

TRACKS #3, 4, 5, 6, 9: Conte Candoli (tp); Bud Shank (as); Bill Perkins, Ted Nash (ts); Justin

Gordon (bar); Jimmy Rowles (p); Barney Kessel, Howard Roberts (g); Monty Budwig (b); Shelly

Manne (d)

TRACKS #2, 8, 10, 11: Larry Bunker (vb); Barney Kessel, Howard Roberts (g); Monty Budwig

(b); Shelly Manne (d)

TRACKS #1, 7, 12: Four trumpets; four trombones; Barney Kessel (g); Monty Budwig (b); Mel

Lewis (d)

Cathi Hayes (Milwaukee, 1935) began singing in Seattle, Washington,

in 1953, along with her brother Jerry, in a five-vocal group called "The

Signatures." They soon became instrumentally proficient with Cathi

on vibes. Then in 1958 she left to join a versatile and exciting group

called "Gus 'n' Us," directed by Gus Mancuso.

In October that same year, Cathi began her career as a single at the

Facks club in San Francisco. After eight months working the club

circuit, she headed to Hollywood, where she became a prominent

attraction at Dean Martin's restaurant Dino's. It was then--while still

swinging at the bistro--that she recorded her only album--IT'S ALL

RIGHT WITH ME--emerging as a new, individual artist of quality.

Guitarist Barney Kessel, who took care of the superlative

arrangements, described her as "a very adventurous singer who, I'm

convinced, sings for the sheer love of it. As to her style, she's in a cool

groove, all right, but she's not derivative in any way."

RECORDED in Hollywood, 1959

"At Separate Tables"

LU ANN SIMMS, vocals, with DAVE TERRY and His Orchestra

FEATURING: Joe Wilder (tp), Hank Jones (p)

Lu Ann Simms (1932-2003) was born in Rochester, NY, and first bowed

to an audience at the age of three, while singing for a local radio station.

She got her singing break after auditioning on Arthur Godfrey's Talent

Scouts, which she won in 1952. From then on, she performed regularly

on the Godfrey television show for three years, and became so popular

that she even inspired the best-selling Lu Ann Simms doll.

Then in 1957 she signed with Jubilee, recording her only LP for this

label in the fall of 1958: AT SEPARATE TABLES. On this album we

find Lu Ann at her best, singing with feeling and warmth a dozen Harry

Warren songs, all from pictures. The arranger-conductor behind the

singer was Dave Terry. Unfortunately, her career was shaken in 1959

by the death of her first husband and manager Loring Buzzell, and

despite attempts to return to the stage, little by little her star faded.

RECORDED in New York City, November 1958