But Beautiful: The Best of Shirley Horn

But Beautiful: The Best of Shirley Horn
But Beautiful: The Best of Shirley Horn
Greatest hits album by Shirley Horn
Released	October 11, 2005
Recorded	1987–2005
Genre	Jazz
Length	63:01
Label	Verve
Shirley Horn chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
All About Jazz	^[2]
AllMusic	^[1]
The Austin Chronicle	^[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[4]

But Beautiful: The Best of Shirley Horn is a greatest hits album by American jazz singer and pianist Shirley Horn, released on October 11, 2005, by Verve Records.^[5] The album, among other things, also contains three live recordings made at the Au Bar in New York in January 2005.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Just Found Out About Love"	Harold Adamson Jimmy McHugh	2:27
2.	"You Won't Forget Me"	Kermit Goell Fred Spielman	7:10
3.	"You Don't Know Me"	Eddy Arnold Cindy Walker	2:58
4.	"The Great City"	Curtis Lewis	2:05
5.	"Fever"	Eddie Cooley John Davenport	4:45
6.	"If You Love Me"	Marguerite Monnot Geoffrey Parsons	6:04
7.	"A Time for Love"	Johnny Mandel Paul Francis Webster	6:45
8.	"Come Dance with Me"	Sammy Cahn James Van Heusen	2:51
9.	"Nice 'n' Easy" (Live)	Alan Bergman Michael Keith Lew Spence	4:53
10.	"But Beautiful"	Johnny Burke Van Heusen	4:42
11.	"Here's to Life"	Artie Butler Phyllis Molinary	5:37
12.	"Jelly, Jelly" (Live)	Billy Eckstine Duke Henderson Earl Hines	4:54
13.	"Loads of Love" (Live)	Richard Rodgers	3:07
14.	"I Didn't Know What Time It Was" (Live)	Lorenz Hart Rodgers	4:43
Total length:			63:01

Charts

Chart performance for *But Beautiful: The Best of Shirley Horn*
Chart (2005)	Peak position
US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard)^[6]	20
US Top Traditional Jazz Albums (Billboard)^[7]	8

References

^ ^a ^b Sendra, Tim. "But Beautiful: The Best of Shirley Horn Review". AllMusic. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
^ Wilkins, Woodrow (January 5, 2006). "Shirley Horn: But Beautiful: The Best of Shirley Horn album review". All About Jazz. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
^ Trachtenberg, Jay (December 30, 2005). "Shirley Horn: But Beautiful: The Best of Shirley Horn Album Review – Music". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
^ Larkin, Colin (2011). "Horn, Shirley". Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-1561592371.
^ Ouelette, Dan (October 29, 2005). "Horn's 'Beautiful' Music". Billboard. Vol. 117, no. 44. New York. p. 61. ISSN 0006-2510.
^ "Shirley Horn Chart History (Top Jazz Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
^ "Shirley Horn". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 2, 2022. Retrieved February 7, 2023.

External links

But Beautiful: The Best of Shirley Horn at Discogs (list of releases)

[AllMusic-1] Sendra, Tim. "But Beautiful: The Best of Shirley Horn Review". AllMusic. Retrieved February 7, 2023.

[2] Wilkins, Woodrow (January 5, 2006). "Shirley Horn: But Beautiful: The Best of Shirley Horn album review". All About Jazz. Retrieved February 7, 2023.

[3] Trachtenberg, Jay (December 30, 2005). "Shirley Horn: But Beautiful: The Best of Shirley Horn Album Review – Music". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved February 7, 2023.

[4] Larkin, Colin (2011). "Horn, Shirley". Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-1561592371.

[Billboard1-5] Ouelette, Dan (October 29, 2005). "Horn's 'Beautiful' Music". Billboard. Vol. 117, no. 44. New York. p. 61. ISSN 0006-2510.

[ac_BillboardJazz_Shirley_Horn-6] "Shirley Horn Chart History (Top Jazz Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 7, 2023.

[Billboard-7] "Shirley Horn". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 2, 2022. Retrieved February 7, 2023.

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Discography
Studio albums	Embers and Ashes (1960) Loads of Love (1962) Shirley Horn with Horns (1963) Travelin' Light (1965) Where Are You Going (1972) A Lazy Afternoon (1978) All of Me (1987) Softly (1988) Close Enough for Love (1989) You Won't Forget Me (1991) Here's to Life (1992) Light Out of Darkness (A Tribute to Ray Charles) (1993) The Main Ingredient (1996) Loving You (1997) I Remember Miles (1998) You're My Thrill (2001) May the Music Never End (2003)
Live albums	All Night Long (1981) Violets for Your Furs (1981) The Garden of the Blues (1984) I Thought About You (1987) I Love You, Paris (1994) Live at the 4 Queens (2016)
Compilation albums	But Beautiful: The Best of Shirley Horn (2005)
Soundtracks	For Love of Ivy (1968)
With others	Cat on a Hot Fiddle (Stuff Smith, 1959) Sarah: Dedicated to You (Carmen McRae, 1991) The Art of the Song (Charlie Haden, 1999) A Tribute to Oscar Peterson – Live at the Town Hall (1996)