Hugo Winterhalter was an arranger, conductor, composer and musical director, who held posts at MGM, Columbia and RCA-Victor through the post-war decades, and was involved in arranging and providing accompaniment on many hit records by major artists during those years. 

However, he also made records on his own account under his own name, and had more than 25 hits in US pop charts. 

This 50-track 2-CD collection comprises selected A & B sides of releases on the MGM, Columbia and RCA-Victor labels from this era, and features all his hits under his own name from this era, including those where he received equal billing on the label with featured vocalists or soloists. It includes his No. 2 hit “Canadian Sunset” with pianist Eddie Heywood, plus Top 10 hits “Jealous Heart”, “Blue Christmas”, “Count Every Star”, “Blue Tango”, “Vanessa”, “The Velvet Glove” and “The Little Shoemaker”, along with hits with The Fontane Sisters, Don Cornell and Merv Griffin. 

He was one of the vital backroom practitioners, whose contributions were often overlooked, but who sometimes had the chance to grab the limelight, and this collection is an enjoyable insight into the orchestral work of one the most renowned of those great arranger/conductors.

CD 1
1. BALI HA'I Hugo Winterhalter & His Orch (MGM 10399) 1948 
2. JEALOUS HEART Hugo Winterhalter And His Orch With Vocal Group (Columbia 38593) 1949 
3. BLUE CHRISTMAS Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra & Chorus (Columbia 38635) 1949 
4. WHEN THE WIND WAS GREEN Bruno Coquatrix, Sammy Gallop (Columbia 38636) 1949 
5. MY FOOLISH HEART Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra & Choir (Columbia 38697) 1950 
6. (PUT ANOTHER NICKEL IN) MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC Hugo Winterhalter & The Five Gems (Columbia 38704) 1950 
7. GLOW WORM Hugo Winterhalter & The Five Gems (Columbia 38704) 1950 
8. THE THIRD MAN THEME Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra & Choir (Columbia 38706) 1950 
9. COUNT EVERY STAR Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra & Chorus (RCA-Victor 20-3697) 1950 
10. AS WE ARE TODAY Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra & Chorus (RCA-Victor 20-3737) 1950 
11. I WANNA BE LOVED Fontane Sisters with Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra & Chorus (RCA-Victor 20-3772) 1950 
12. BABES IN THE WOOD Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra & Chorus (RCA-Victor 20-3807) 1950 
13. I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra & Chorus (RCA-Victor 20-3857) 1950 
14. IT HAD TO BE YOU Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra & Chorus (RCA-Victor 20-3858) 1950 
15. I NEED YOU SO Don Cornell With Hugo Winterhalter's Orch. & Chorus (RCA-Victor 20-3884) 1950 
16. MR TOUCHDOWN U.S.A Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra & Chorus (RCA-Victor 20-3913) 1950 
17. MY BOUQUET Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra & Chorus (RCA-Victor 20-3943) 1951 
18. ONCE UPON A TIME TODAY Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra & Chorus (RCA-Victor 20-3951) 1951 
19. ACROSS THE WIDE MISSOURI Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra & Chorus (RCA-Victor 20-4087) 1951 
20. WAVE TO ME MY LADY Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra & Chorus (RCA-Victor 20-4167) 1951 
21. BELLE, BELLE, MY LIBERTY BELLE Merv Griffin With Hugo Winterhalter's Orch. & Chorus (RCA-Victor 20-4217) 1951 
22. BEYOND THE BLUE HORIZON Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra & Chorus (RCA-Victor 20-4288) 1951 
23. BLUE DECEMBER Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra & Chorus (RCA-Victor 20-4412) 1952 
24. A KISS TO BUILD A DREAM ON  Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra & Chorus (RCA-Victor 20-4455) 1952

CD 2
1. BLUE TANGO Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra (RCA-Victor 20-4518) 1952 
2. STAR GAZING Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra & Chorus (RCA-Victor 20-4586) 1952 
3. VANESSA Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra (RCA-Victor 20-4691) 1952 
4. BLUE VIOLINS Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra & Chorus (RCA-Victor 20-4997) 1952 
5. FANDANGO Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra (RCA-Victor 20-4997) 1952 
6. YOU CAN FLY, YOU CAN FLY, YOU CAN FLY Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra & Chorus (RCA-Victor 20-5093) 1952 
7. WONDERFUL COPENHAGEN Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra & Chorus (RCA-Victor 20-5125) 1952 
8. THE MAGIC TOUCH Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra (RCA-Victor 20-5209) 1953 
9. SYMPHONY OF A STARRY NIGHT Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra & Chorus (RCA-Victor 20-5326) 1953 
10. LOVER'S WALTZ Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra (RCA-Victor 20-5369) 1953 
11. THE VELVET GLOVE Hugo Winterhalter and Henri Rene (RCA-Victor 20-5405) 1953 
12. STELLA BY STARLIGHT Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra (RCA-Victor 20-5547) 1954 
13. LATIN LADY Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra (RCA-Victor 20-5655) 1954 
14. THE MAGIC TANGO Hugo Winterhalter's Orch And Chorus + A Friend (RCA-Victor 20-5769) 1954 
15. THE LITTLE SHOEMAKER Hugo Winterhalter's Orch And Chorus + A Friend (RCA-Victor 20-5769) 1954 
16. SONG OF THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA Hugo Winterhalter's Orch And Chorus (RCA-Victor 20-5888) 1954 
17. LAND OF DREAMS Hugo Winterhalter & His Orch. (Eddie Heywood, Piano) (RCA-Victor 20-5888) 1954 
18. CRYSTAL CHANDELIER Hugo Winterhalter and Henri Rene (RCA-Victor 20-6076) 1955 
19. MEMORIES OF YOU Hugo Winterhalter's Orch And Chorus (RCA-Victor 20-6339) 1956 
20. THE LITTLE MUSICIANS Hugo Winterhalter's Orch And Chorus (RCA-Victor 20-6459) 1956 
21. CANADIAN SUNSET Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra (RCA-Victor 20-6537) 1956 
22. IT'S GOOD TO BE ALIVE Hugo Winterhalter's Orch And Chorus (RCA-Victor 20-6889) 1957 
23. HAPPINESS THEME Hugo Winterhalter & The General Motors Orch. (RCA-Victor 20-7095) 1957 
24. MIDNIGHT Hugo Winterhalter's Orch And Chorus + A Friend (RCA-Victor 20-7182) 1958 
25. ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra & Chorus (RCA-Victor 47-7454) 1959 
26. THEME FROM "A SUMMER PLACE" Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra (RCA-Victor 47-7599) 1959