Corrina, Corrina: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Corrina Corrina

This is a wonderful CD. It's got a lot of "big names" the older generation recognize, and it's hip hoppy enough to appeal to our kids too. Highly recommend this one: we've already bought it twice and given it as a gift. September 18, 2007

Lose your self in the blues.

This is, in my opinion, one of the best soundtracks out there. If you are a fan of Jazz/Blues, you cannot go wrong buying this CD. The Slow, sultry sound of "You go to my head" makes you feel like you are sipping mint juleps down by the bayou on a late summer evening. The fast-pased "Corrine, Corrina" makes you feel like cutting a jig. Best of all, though is the simplistic yet utterly breathtaking sound that is Thomas Newman . His quiet, melancholy score is the bittersweet topping on this classic compilation. I bought my mom a copy after, of course, securing myself one, and she has not taken it out of her cd player since! The only thing that I found wanting was the Bill Evans classic, "Peace, Piece" was not on the cd. Other than that, it was perfect. What are you waiting for?? GO! Buy this before it becomes unavailable. June 1, 2005

Great assortment of classic tunes

Great musical movie spawns worthy soundtrack CD...super collection of classics performed by the masters of their craft. Sure to be one of the most-played in your collection. April 4, 2004

Great! Awesome! Superb!

Love it, love it, love it. Especially "You Go to My Head" and "Home Movies". Wonderful CD. Buy it! January 7, 2004

An American Slice of Apple Pie: Corrina, Corrina

My favorite movie soundtrack for a few years running is from my favorite 'feel-good' movie, Corrina, Corrina. I grew up in the 70s listening to 50s music 24-7 at my dad's insistence. Many of the songs on this CD were familiar to me, some were not. The Corrina Corrina CD contains a nice eclectic mix of blues and rock with a touch of the contemporary (instrumental) and gospel. None of the selections disappointed me. A beautiful slow belted out rendition of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" certainly gave me goose bumps.

The rich history of the folk song "Corrina Corrina" is confusing. The little interesting tidbits that I have read about it's early 20th century debut, do not concur with more mysterious assertions "No one knows when this song began, it was always there," claims the blurb from the CD liner of "Asleep at the Wheel," the latest of 'reincarnated' Corrinas. However, for good reason, there are folks who specifically collect several decades worth of 'Corrina, Corrina' recordings and keep track of their Corrina archives on the web.

On this CD there are 2 versions of this old favorite, a 'rock bam boom' version from Big Joe Turner that has so much spunk, that I am sure it rocked the joint back in it's day.

But the Corrina by Corrina by Ted Hawkins can make me weep.
I never "knew" Blues until I heard this man's soft voice carmelizing each word of this song-- you can taste the words here.

Sample Lyrics:

"Corrina Corrina, where ya been too long? (x2)
Corrina Corrina, ain't had me no laughter, since you been gone"

"I got a bird that whistles and a robin that sings
got a bird that whistles, and a robin that sings
ain't got Corrina, don't mean a thing"

The Ted Hawkins "Corrina" has to be the best of the three I have heard on recording, and I cannot imagine a finer version.... okay, maybe Burl Ives singing a folk rendition... that would match the Ted Hawkins way of doing it: 'grab at your heart and get you a big lump in your throat'
Damn he was good. January 31, 2003

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