On May 27, 1963, “Decca” label released “For Your Sweet Love”, the eighth Rick Nelson studio album. It was recorded in 1963, and was produced by Charles “Bud” Dant.
Personnel:
Rick Nelson – vocals, guitar
James Burton – guitar
Ray Johnson – piano
Joe Osborn – bass
Richie Frost – drums
Track listing:
For Your Sweet Love – Jerry Fuller
Gypsy Woman – Dorsey Burnette, Joe Osborn
You Don’t Love Me Anymore (And I Can Tell) – Nicollet Tady
Everytime I See You Smiling – Dorsey Burnett, Joe Osborn
Pick Up the Pieces – Hal David, Sherman Edwards
String Along – Bobby Doyle, Jimmy Duncan
One Boy Too Late – Ellie Greenwich, Tony Powers
Everytime I Think About You – Claude Demetris
Let’s Talk the Whole Thing Over – Mike McCaffrey
I Got a Woman – Ray Charles
What Comes Next? – Jerry Crutchfield
I Will Follow You – Franck Pourcel, Paul Mauriat, Arthur Altman, Norman Gimbel
On August 26, 1997, “Impulse!” label released “Love Scenes”, the fourth Diana Krall studio album. It was recorded in 1997, at “Avatar” in New York City, and was produced by Tommy LiPuma.
Personnel:
Diana Krall – lead vocals, piano, liner notes
Russell Malone – guitar
Christian McBride – bass
Al Schmitt – recording, mixing
Lawrence Manchester – recording assistant
Koji Egawa – mixing assistant
Doug Sax – mastering
Hollis King – art direction
Isabelle Wong – design
Rocky Schenck – photography
Marsha Black – project coordination
Track listing:
All or Nothing at All – Jack Lawrence, Arthur Altman
Peel Me a Grape – Dave Frishberg
I Don’t Know Enough About You – Peggy Lee, Dave Barbour
I Miss You So – Jimmy Henderson, Bertha Scott, Sid Robin
They Can’t Take That Away from Me – Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin
Lost Mind – Percy Mayfield
I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You – Victor Young, Bing Crosby, Ned Washington
You’re Getting to Be a Habit with Me – Harry warren, Al Dubin
Gentle Rain – Luiz Bonfá, Matt Dubey
How Deep Is the Ocean (How High Is the Sky) – Irving Berlin
My Love Is – Billy Miles
Garden in the Rain – Carroll Gibbons, James Dyrenforth
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 January 1963, “Impulse!” label released “Ballads”, album by John Coltrane Quartet. It was recorded December 1961, September – November 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.
On May 20, 2016, “Columbia” label released “Fallen Angels”, the thirty-seventh Bob Dylan studio album. It was recorded February 2015-March 2016, at “Capitol Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Jack Frost. The album features covers of twelve classic American songs.
Personnel:
Bob Dylan – vocals
Charlie Sexton – guitar
Donnie Herron – steel guitar, viola
Stu Kimball – guitar
Dean Parks – guitar
Tony Garnier – bass guitar
George Recile – drums
James Harper – horn arrangements, conducting
Al Schmitt – engineer, mixing
Steve Genewick – engineer assistant
Greg Calbi – mastering
Geoff Gans – album artwork
Track listing:
Young at Heart – Johnny Richards, Carolyn Leigh
Maybe You’ll Be There – Rube Bloom, Sammy Gallop
Polka Dots and Moonbeams – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
All the Way – Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn
Skylark – Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer
Nevertheless – Harry Ruby, Bert Kalmar
All or Nothing at All – Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence
On a Little Street in Singapore- Peter DeRose, Billy Hill
It Had to Be You – Isham Jones, Gus Kahn
Melancholy Mood – Walter Schumann, Vick R. Knight, Sr.
That Old Black Magic – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
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