On May 31, 1966, “Epic” label released “Try Too Hard”, the eighth Dave Clark Five (The) album. It was recorded in 1966, and was produced by Dave Clark.
Personnel:
Dave Clark – drums, backing vocals
Lenny Davidson – electric guitars, backing vocals
Mike Smith – lead vocals, keyboards
Rick Huxley – bass guitar, backing vocals
Denis Payton – tenor saxophone, backing vocals
Dom Cerulli – liner notes
Track listing:
Try Too Hard – Dave Clark, Mike Smith
Today – Dave Clark, Lenny Davidson
I Never Will – Dave Clark, Denis Payton
Looking In – Dave Clark, Lenny Davidson
Ever Since You’ve Been Away – Dave Clark, Denis Payton
Somebody Find a New Love – Dave Clark, Mike Smith
I Really Love You – Dave Clark, Lenny Davidson
I Don’t feel Good – Dave Clark, Denis Payton
Scared of Falling in Love – Dave Clark, Mike Smith
On May 30, 1966, “Reprise” label released “Strangers in the Night”, the 43rd Frank Sinatra album. It was recorded April – May 1966, in Hollywood, and was produced by Jimmy Bowen. At the 1967 “Grammy Awards”, Frank Sinatra won “Record of the Year” and “Best Male Vocal Performance”. Ernie Freeman’s arrangement of the title track won him the “Grammy Award for Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist”, and Eddie Brackett and Lee Herschberg’s engineering earned them the “Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical”. The album was certified Platinum in Us by the “RIIA”.
Personnel:
Frank Sinatra – vocals
The Nelson Riddle Orchestra
Nelson Riddle – arranger, conductor
Glen Campbell, Al Viola – guitar
Artie Kane – Hammond B3 organ
Pete Candoli, Don Fagerquist, Cappy Lewis, Ray Triscari – trumpet
Dick Noel, Tommy Pederson, Tom Shepard – trombone
George Roberts – bass trombone
Chuck Gentry, Bill Green, Justin Gordon, Harry Klee, Ronny Lang – saxophone
Vincent DeRosa, Henry Sigismonti, Gale Robinson, Richard Perissi – French horn
Bill Green, Andreas Kostelas – flute
Sidney Sharp, Lennie Malarsky, William Kurasch, Ralph Schaeffer, Israel Baker, Arnold Belnick, Jerome Reisler, Robert Sushe, John De Voogdt, Bernard Kundell, Tibor Zelig, Victor Amo, Alex Beller, Herman Clebanoff, James Getzoff, Anatol Kaminsky, Paul Shure, Gerald Vinci Gerald Vinci, William Weiss, Harry Bluestone – violin
Harry Hyams, Joseph Di Fiore, Darrel Terwilliger, Alex Neiman, Joseph Saxon, Jesse Ehrlich, Emmet Sargeant, Stanley Harris, Paul Robyn, Armand Kaproff – viola
Justin DiTullio, Elizabeth Greenschpoon, Armand Kaproff – vielle
Bill Miller, Michel Rubini – piano
Alvin Casey, William Pitman, Glen Campbell, Tommy Tedesco – guitar
Chuck Berghofer, Ralph Pefla – bass
Hal Blaine, Irving Cottler – drums
Eddie Brackett Jr., Emil Richards – percussion
Ernie Freeman – arrangements
Donnie Lanier, Nelson Riddle – conductor
Track listing:
Strangers in the Night (from the “Universal” picture “A Man Could Get Killed” – Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder
Summer Wind – Heinz Meier, Hans Bradtke, Johnny Mercer
All or Nothing at All – Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence
Call Me – Tony Hatch
You’re Driving Me Crazy – Walter Donaldson
On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever) – Alan Jay Lerner, Burton Lane
My baby Just Cares for Me – Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
Downtown – Tony Hatch
Yes Sir, That’s My Baby – Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
In May 1966, “Capitol” label released “Great Love Themes”, the 35th Julian Edwin “Cannonball” Adderley album. It was recorded in April 1966, in New York City, and was produced by Tom Morgan.
Personnel:
Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
Nat Adderley – cornet
Joe Zawinul – piano
Herbie Lewis – bass
Roy McCurdy – drums
Unidentified strings
Ray Ellis – conductor, arranger
Track listing:
Somewhere – Leonard Bernstein
The Song Is You – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
Autumn Leaves – Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer
I Concentrate on You – Cole Porter
This Can´t Be Love – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Stella By Starlight – Victor Young, Ned Washington
Morning of the Carnival (Manhã de Carnaval) – Luis Bonfá, Antônio Maria
In April 1966, “Verve” label released “Soul & Inspiration”, the seventh Righteous Brothers (The) album. It was recorded in 1966, at “United Recording”, Hollywood, and was produced by Bill Medley.
Personnel:
Bill Medley – vocal
Bobby Hatfield – vocal
Art Munson – guitar
Michael Patterson – piano
Jim Bond – bass
Drew Johnson – drums
Bill Baker – saxophone, arrangements
Bill King – trumpet
Sandford Skinner – trumpet
Bob Faust – trumpet
Dick Shearer – trombone
Michael Patterson – conductor
Jim Lockert – engineer
Val Valentin – engineer
Acy Lehman – design
Mike Gross – liner notes
Track listing:
Soul and Inspiration – Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil
He Will Break Your Heart – Calvin Carter, Curtis Mayfield, Jerry Butler
Stand By – Bill Medley
In the Midnight Hour – Steve Cropper, Wilson Pickett
He – Jack Richards, Richard Mullan
I’m Leaving It Up to You – Dewey Terry, Don Harris
Turn On Your Love Lights – Deadric Malone, Joseph Scott
In April 1967, “Pacific Jazz” label released “Structurally Sound”, the 16th Booker Ervin album. It was recorded in December 1966, at “Pacific Jazz Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Richard Bock.
Personnel:
Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
Charles Tolliver – trumpet
John Hicks – piano
Red Mitchell – bass
Lenny McBrowne – drums
Dino Lappas – engineer
Woody Woodward – art direction
Gabor Halmos – design
Fred Seligo – photography
Leroy Robinson – liner notes
Track listing:
Berkshire Blues – Randy Weston
Dancing in the Dark – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
Stolen Moments – Oliver Nelson
Franess – Charles Tolliver
Boo’s Blues – Booker Ervin
You’re My Everything – Harry Warren, Mort Dixon, Joe Young
On February 27, 1967, “RCA Victor” label released “How Great Thou Art”, the eighth Elvis Presley studio album. It was recorded October 1960 – May 1966, at “RCA Studio B” in Nashville, and was produced by Felton Jarvis. The album won “Grammy Award” for “Best Sacred Performance”.
Personnel:
Elvis Presley – vocals
The Jordanaires – vocals
The Imperials – vocals
Millie Kirkham – vocals
Dolores Edgin – vocals
June Page – vocals
Scotty Moore – guitar
Chip Young – guitar
Charlie McCoy – guitar, bass, harmonica
Pete Drake – pedal steel guitar
Floyd Cramer – piano
David Briggs – piano, organ
Henry Slaughter – piano, organ
Boots Randolph – saxophone
Rufus Long – saxophone
Bob Moore – double bass
Henry Strzelecki – double bass
D. J. Fontana – drums, tambourine
Buddy Harman – drums, timpani
Track listing:
How Great Thou Art – Stuart K. Hine
In the Garden – C. Austin Miles
Somebody Bigger Than You and I – Hy Heath, Sonny Burke, Johnny Lange
Farther Along – traditional, arranged by Elvis Presley
Stand by Me – traditional, arranged by Elvis Presley
Without Him – Mylon LeFevre
So High – traditional, arranged by Elvis Presley
Where Could I Go but to the Lord – James B. Coats
By and By – traditional, arranged by Elvis Presley
If the Lord Wasn’t Walking by My Side – Henry Slaughter
In February 1968, “Atlantic” label released “I Believe to My Soul”, the twelve Junior Mance album. It was recorded in September 1966 – August 1967, in New York City, and was produced by Joel Dorn.
Personnel:
Junior Mance – piano
David Newman, Frank Wess – tenor saxophone
Hubert Laws – tenor saxophone, flute
Bobby Capers, Haywood Henry – baritone saxophone
Melvin Lastie, Joe Newman, Jimmy Owens – trumpet
Bob Cunningham, Richard Davis – bass
Jimmy Tyrell – electric bass
Alan Dawson, Ray Lucas, Freddie Waits – drums
Ray Barretto – congas
Sylvia Shemwell – vocals
Arif Mardin – arrangements
Gene Orloff – strings conductor
Bruce Tergesen – engineer
Phil Lehle – engineer
Rob Grenell – mastering
Marvin Israel – front cover design
Lee Friedlander – photography
Ray Spaulding – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Junior Mance, except where noted.
I Believe to My Soul – Ray Charles
A Time and a Place – Jimmy Heath
Sweet Georgia Brown – Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard, Kenneth Casey
In February 1968, “Immediate Records” label released “There Are but Four Small Faces”, the third Small Faces (The) album. It was recorded October 1966 – November 1967, at “Olympic” in London, and was produced by Steve Marriot and Ronnie Lane.
Personnel:
Steve Marriott – lead, harmony, and backing vocals, guitars, piano, arrangements
Ian McLagan – lead, harmony, and backing vocals, keyboards, bass guitar, guitar, arrangements
Ronnie Lane – lead, harmony, and backing vocals, bass guitar, arrangements
Kenney Jones – drums, percussion, arrangements
P.P. Arnold – backing vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane, except where noted.
Itchycoo Park
Talk to You
Up the Wooden Hills – Ian McLagan
My Way of Giving
I’m Only Dreaming
I Feel Much Better – Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Ian McLagan
I’m Soldier
Get Yourself Together
Show Me the Way
Here Come the Nice
Green Circles – Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Michael O’Sullivan
In February 1967, “Impulse!” label released “Let It Go”, the 20th Stanley Turrentine album. It was recorded September 1064 – April 1966, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.
Personnel:
Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone
Shirley Scott – organ
Ron Carter – bass
Bob Cranshaw – bass
Mack Simpkins – drums
Otis Finch – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Joe Lebow – design
Robert Flynn – design
Charles Stewart – photography
Stanley Dance – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Stanley Turrentine, except where noted.
Let It Go
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever – Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner
Ciao, Ciao
T’ain’t What You Do (It’s the Way That You Do It) – Sy Oliver, Trummy Young
In February 1967, “Impulse!” label released “Passin’ Thru”, the 20th Chico Hamilton album. It was recorded September 1964 – April 1966, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.
Personnel:
Chico Hamilton – drums
Charles Lloyd – tenor saxophone, flute
George Bohanon – trombone, percussion
Gábor Szabó – guitar
Albert Stinson – bass
Rudy Van Gelder – recording
Jim Marshall – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Charles Lloyd, except where noted.
Passin’ Thru
The Second Time Around – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
El Toro – Chico Hamilton, Charles Lloyd, Gabor Szabo
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