Original US LP Box set released in 1960 on Vee Jay Records. Cat: 1203. Comes with sheet music booklet and Biography/lyric booklet both in Excellent condition. This album is in MONO.

Phil Moore attended the Cornish School and the University of Washington in Seattle. When Moore was 13, he played piano at speakeasies and small venues in Portland. Later, he supported Lena Horne, Frank Sinatra, Bobby Short, Marshal Royal, Irving Ashby, Julie Wilson, Gene Sedric, Les Hite, and Helen Gallagher. He arranged big-band music for the Tommy Dorsey and Harry James orchestras. In 1946, he played the role of a band leader in a short B-grade film, Stars on Parade. About this time, his relationship with Dorothy Dandridge helped bring her success in a nightclub singing career. Moore served as vocal coach for other performers in Hollywood, including Marilyn Monroe. Phil Moore worked at MGM and Paramount studios as an arranger. He worked on scores for over 30 films, although rarely receiving screen credit, presumably due to his race. These included Ziegfeld Girl, Dumbo, Three Cheers for the Boys, Panama Hattie, Presenting Lily Mars, Cabin in the Sky, the 1944 production of Kismet, and This Gun for Hire.  

Tracks: Introduction band/ Please don’t talk about me when I’m gone (vocal demo)/ Please don’t talk about me when I’m gone (Orchestra only)/ Dancing on the ceiling (Vocal demo)/ Dancing on the ceiling (Orchestra only)/ But not for me (Vocal demo)/ But not for me (Orchestra only)/ Jeepers creepers (Vocal demo)/ Jeepers creepers (Orchestra only)/ September in the rain (Vocal demo)/ September in the rain (Orchestra only)/ Mountain greenery (Vocal demo)/ Mountain greenery (Orchestra only).

There are a few very light spindle marks on labels. Record has some light scuff marks that cause a few light crackles throughout and is in Excellent condition. Box is fully intact with only a few light marks and is in Excellent condition.

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