Jimmy Wakely - Collection 1940-53Jimmy Wakely was one of the last of the "singing cowboys", personalities who combined their appearances in western movies with recording country and western records and appearing on radio and TV on shows like the Grand Ole Opry. His career in both media started in the late '30s, introduced to the big time by Gene Autry and from 1939 to '59 he appeared in around 60 films. He was equally prolific on record, making his first records for Decca in the

plus the tracks from his Ace album "Let's Take A Sea Cruise" not otherwise released on singles

His quartets are distinguished by their expressive style

this time with an expanded 4-CD set edition to sit alongside the existing single CD 1951 edition (ACRCD177) originally released in 2006 before we introduced the 4-CD format in recent years

Along with the likes of Kitty Kallen

including the Othello Concert Overture

Directed from the Harpsichord By Richard Egarr

1 "Calcutta" and the Top 10 hits "I Won't Tell A Soul"

Wynton Kelly

The stylistic differences between the two are enormous

was written especially for Duo Beautiful Strings

Ralph Burns and Ray Ellis

after which he enjoyed another five decades performing and recording in a variety of settings