Tony Martin
was an enormously popular crooner of
romantic
tunes that were featured in early Hollywood films of the mid-'30s.
The Early Years
is a budget-priced, 19-track selection recorded for the
Brunswick
and
Vocalion
labels between 1936-1938. Among the sentimental and
fodder are versions of
"Where the Lazy River Goes By"
featuring
Ray Noble & His Orchestra
,
"Marching Along With Time"
by
Mannie Klein & His Swing-A-Hulas
, and
Martin
's first hit in 1938,
Irving Berlin
's
"Now It Can Be Told."
~ Al Campbell