Regis Philbin, When You're Smiling - 40m 5s

Tracks & Durations

1. You Make Me Feel So Young	3:23
2. Pennies From Heaven	3:17
3. It Had to Be You	3:08
4. When You're Smilling	3:14
5. I Can't Give You Anything But Love	2:44
6. They Can'Take That Away From Me	2:43
7. The Very Thought Of You	3:55
8. Cheek To Cheek	3:55
9. What'll I Do	3:07
10. You'Re Nobody Til Somebody Loves You	2:38
11. Exactly Like You	2:24
12. Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral	5:08
13. DATA	0:21

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Review

No on can accuse Regis Philbin of not having a sense of humor. Why else would the 73-year-old raconteur/talk show host kick off his CD with an arch version of Myron and Gordon's "You Make Me Feel So Young" on his first recording in over 37 years? But despite that initial eyebrow-raising rendition, his famous ribald sense of humor and sense of absurd comic timing is absent from the rest of the recording. Instead, Philbin plays it completely straight on these rather pedestrian standards, his ragged but mightily recognizable tenor--from thousands of on air duets--often strains for notes, but his delivery is sure-footed and never coy. In fact, if you don't watch yourself, you'll feel a tug at your tear ducts during his version of "Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral" with renowned Irish tenor Ronan Tynan. His other coupling is with wife Joy Philbin, who will surprise listeners with her nuanced and deft singing. Although he may not be the world's best singer, Philbin does have a tonality that is not unlike Bing Crosby's and his oversized, warm personality and the elegant instrumentation of his backing combo--with guest appearance by world class trumpeter Warren Vaché--seems to make everything work. --Jaan UhelszkiHe's one of TV's most popular personalities, host of one of the most popular game shows in history, and a bestselling author, but what Regis Philbin has always wanted to do most is sing.

Among the songs he croons on the new disc, produced by acclaimed producer/ singer Steve Tyrell (A New Standard, Rod Stewart), is Bing's "Pennies From Heaven," which Regis performed live on at least two memorable, life-changing occasions. Once was for his shell-shocked parents, who had traveled through a midwestern thunderstorm to visit him at his graduation from Notre Dame. They were expecting to hear about the great life plans their son, who they'd struggled to put through school, had made. He surprised them with, "what I want to do with the rest of my life -is to be a singer." Confronted with his parents' disappointment and respectful of their sacrifices, Regis made a fateful, responsible choice - he would be a talker on television.

The second time was an impromptu performance for Bing Crosby during the legendary singer's appearance on The Joey Bishop Show, where Philbin was the comic's sidekick. That performance led directly to his first album, a recording for Mercury Records. It gave him a taste of the music business and led to his developing a nightclub act, but the responsibility and demands of his family and career precluded further recordings. Both a favorite song and a lucky charm throughout Regis' life, he's included a new version of "Pennies From Heaven" on When You're Smiling, completing the cycle.

Regis has performed his singing and comedy nightclub act through the years, initially opening for Steve and Eydie, Tony Bennett and Don Rickles, and then becoming a headliner on his own in the big rooms.

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