Myles Collins

Lover Come Back To Me is generally played at a fairly brisk pace. However, this rare chart from the Artie Shaw book takes the tune at a pretty relaxed tempo which allows all of the harmonic structures...

Here is Glenn Miller's Chattanooga Choo Choo in all its glory. This is the extended version from the film Sun Valley Serenade scored for Boy & Girl vocal with 4-piece backing group and it is four and...

A hit for Anita O'Day during her second spell with the Gene Krupa Orchestra, this chart is taken from the album Let Me Off Uptown on Columbia/Legacy (CK 65625). The opening Boogie, followed by an Alto...

This version of I Know Why is taken from the film 'Sun Valley Serenade' and includes an additional instrumental chorus not found in the earlier Miller recorded version. A lovely vocal ballad, scored f...

This is Glenn Miller's version that was originally performed by the Modernaires vocal group. We have scored it for Boy and Girl vocal duet and have included a part for the vocal harmony group too. The...

Straight from the Miller book, the Story of a Starry Night was originally arranged for the Miller band by Bill Finegan. Based on Tchaikovsky's Pathetique Symphony #6, this arrangement is one of a numb...

This is the original Helen O'Connell version of Amapola, from her 1957 album 'Green Eyes', as recorded with the Marion Evans Orchestra. It is not a transcription. We have adapted it slightly, by addin...

The Joe Williams / Count Basie partnership was a rich one indeed, and together they produced many fine recordings. Roll 'Em Pete, from the early 70's, is one of the best, with JW improvising around th...

A beautiful vocal ballad from the great co-operative writing team of Sammy Cahn & Jule Styne, this chart was made famous by Harry James and features your lead Trumpet, lead Alto and naturally your sin...

This is the original Helen O'Connell version of When the Sun Comes Out, from her 1957 album 'Green Eyes', as recorded with the Marion Evans Orchestra. It is a richly textured and lush, bluesy ballad p...

In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening is another fine song from the pens of Mercer & Carmichael, and this version is a full transcription of the Dean Martin version. The only change we have made is n...

This is the original Helen O'Connell version of Brazil, from her 1957 album 'Green Eyes', as recorded with the Marion Evans Orchestra, and it is an out and out up tempo latin vocal feature. Opening wi...

Here is the Helen O'Connell version of the Johnny Mercer classic 'Come Rain or Come Shine'. This is her original chart, and to the best of our knowledge was never commercially recorded by her. It is a...

This is a great Dean Martin number, transcribed from the original recording and augmented up to full big band voicings. The original band was 3 Saxes (C/A, A, T), Trumpet, Trombone and Rhythm, and we...

The Andrews Sisters had enormous success with Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, and this chart has the same infectious eight beat boogie woogie feel. We have scored the vocals for SSA female trio, and have als...

This is the original Helen O'Connell version of Not Mine, from her 1957 album 'Green Eyes', as recorded with the Marion Evans Orchestra. The arrangement was originally scored for 5 woodwind (123 on Fl...

Written in 1920 by Jolson & DeSylva, this song was a favourite of Nat King Cole, and later featured by Natalie Cole on her 'Unforgettable' album. Ours is a transcription of her Bill Holman chart. It m...

This classic 60's tune was written by the great team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David. This arrangement is an original Hal Mooney chart, as sung by Helen O'Connell on her many concert tours, though as...

Drum Boogie was a big hit for the Gene Krupa band, featuring Irene Daye on vocals (rather than his regular Anita O'Day). We have made a couple of minor changes to the original - the reeds are now AATT...

Transcribed from the album 'Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook' this chart was written by Adler and Ross for the musical 'The Pajama Game', and was a huge hit for Rosemary Clooney. Midle...

Co-written by Les Brown for his own Orchestra, Sentimental Journey was a great hit for Doris Day, and this version remains as the definative standard for the tune. It has to be played bluesy, laid bac...

A lovely, late-night, torch-singer style of arrangement, with the band unobtrusively backing the vocalist throughout. A two bar intro to help the vocalist to pitch the first note, and then it's ballad...

One of the many great songs written by Nat 'King' Cole, it has found its place as a stock tune in the repertoire of many female singers, including Linda Rondstat and Natalie Cole. This version borrows...

Another nostalgic song from the early WWII years, We'll Meet Again remains as popular as ever. It is a particularly good closing number for a nostalgia gig or concert as it is not a long arrangement,...

Immortalised by Vera Lynn in the 1940's, this tune came to symbolise hope in troubled times, though it is also a lovely melody in its own right. Our arrangement is a smooth, flowing ballad in the '40'...