Cal Collins

About the artist

Cal Collins (b. 5/5/33, d. 8/27/01) was renowned as a sophisticated guitarist on the Cincinnati jazz scene, but was no high brow and dabbled in many music styles. He came about this eclectic bearing by growing up on a farm in Inidiana during the 1930's (Lonnie Mack was a childhood friend), where his first instrument to be played professionally was the mandolin. Exposure to Django Reinhardt led him to pick up the guitar (on which he was self taught

Top songs

  1. Tricia's Fantasy (with Herb Ellis)
  2. Blues On My Mind
  3. Broadway
  4. That's Your Head (with Herb Ellis)
  5. I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good (with Herb Ellis)
  6. Besame Mucho (with Herb Ellis)
  7. I'll Be Seeing You (with Herb Ellis)
  8. Little Susie
  9. Limehouse Blues (with Herb Ellis)
  10. Besame Mucho
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  1. There Is No Greater Love
  2. Ill Wind
  3. Forty Miles Of Bad Road
  4. Be Anything (But Be Mine)
  5. Until The Real Thing Comes Along
  6. I've Got the World on a String
  7. Sweet Sue
  8. Bags' Groove
  9. Down In Brazil
  10. East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)
  11. If I Had You
  12. Marie
  13. Easy Living
  14. Soon
  15. Ruby
  16. I Hear A Rhapsody
  17. Imagination
  18. Laura
  19. Dream A Little Dream Of Me
  20. Willow Weep For Me
  21. Blue Haze
  22. I Fall In Love Too Easily
  23. The End Of A Beautiful Friendship
  24. Limehouse Blues
  25. A Child is Born
  26. East Of The Sun And West Of The Moon
  27. Poor Butterfly
  28. Falling In Love With Love
  29. The Big Hurt
  30. I'll Be Seeing You
  31. An Affair to Remember
  32. By Myself
  33. My Old Flame
  34. Corina, Corina
  35. How Long Has This Been Going On
  36. So What
  37. Scrapple from the Apple
  38. Skylark
  39. The Touch Of Your Lips
  40. My Melancholy Baby
  41. When Sunny Gets Blue
  42. Sometimes I'm Happy
  43. On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe
  44. Tumbling Tumbleweeds
  45. For All We Know
  46. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
  47. What Is This Thing Called Love
  48. Exactly Like You
  49. But Beautiful
  50. Miles' Theme
  51. Deep In A Dream
  52. Close Your Eyes
  53. I Love You, Samantha
  54. Bag's Groove
  55. Where Are You
  56. My Gal Sal
  57. Blue Prelude
  58. I Love Lucy
  59. Softly, As In A Morning sunrise
  60. Suzie Q
  61. 'Tis Autumn
  62. Young & Foolish
  63. Autumn In New York
  64. The Nearness of You
  65. cincinnati capers
  66. You're My Everything
  67. Two Note Samba
  68. That's Your Head
  69. Two for Timbuktu
  70. Tricia's Fantasy
  71. All The Things You Are
  72. Stairway To The Stars
  73. a pretty girl
  74. The Gypsy
  75. I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance
  76. Among My Souvenirs
  77. I Love You Samantha
  78. One Mint Julep
  79. Cherry
  80. No Moon At All
  81. Darn That Dream
  82. I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)
  83. Sunrise, Sunset
  84. Tricia`s Fantasy (with Herb Ellis)
  85. I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
  86. Jackson County Blues
  87. P.S. I Love You
  88. Route 66
  89. bernie's tune
  90. Young & Foolish [take 1]

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