Rudy Vallée - Dancing in the Moonlight (CD)

All Music Guide

Lacking any annotation beyond song titles and songwriter credits, this 63-minute, 20-song compilation (apparently a European import) consists of recordings made by Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees for Victor, Columbia, and other labels between 1928 and 1937. Only four of the tracks -- "You're Driving Me Crazy (What Did I Do?)," "My Song," "You Oughta Be In Pictures," and "Dancing in the Moonlight" -- were popular in their day; none of Vallée's big hits are included. But a number of standards are included, among them "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody," "These Foolish Things," and "Makin' Whoopee," and Vallée approaches every song with his usual assurance. Sound quality is surprisingly good, given the age of the recordings.

- William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide