Rusty Draper - Collection 1939-62Rusty Draper was a country singer and guitarist who began his career in playing on country radio shows in the mid West before becoming a radio announcer during the 1940s and finding a niche as a nightclub singer in California in the early '50s when he made his first television appearances, leading to a recording contract with Mercury as he made the transition into pure pop music, although he always retained some country roots. This excellent value 60

24 tracks including three previously unissued

The record was a Top 20 pop and R&B hit

shortly after which he embarked on the sessions featured here for the Prestige label during the middle years of the decade

this was nothing new

The Merced Blue Notes (named after their hometown of Merced

and made his first movie appearances in the early '50s

He reached a career peak as a recording artist with the humorous novelty US No

A choir rich in tradition

Anita O'Day has long been admired as one of the very best jazz singers of the post-war era

composed only seven years apart

Wild One (his biggest hit at No

This 75-track 3-CD set comprises most of his A and B sides on the Aladdin