In August 1966, “Verve” label released “Tequila”, the 17th Wes Montgomery album. It was recorded in March 1966, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Wes Montgomery – guitar
Ron Carter – bass
Grady Tate – drums
Ray Barretto – conga
George Devens – vibraphone
Bernard Eichen – violin
Arnold Eidus – violin
Paul Gershman – violin
Emanuel Green – violin
Julius Held – violin
Gene Orloff – violin
Harry Lookofsky – violin
Joseph Malin – violin
Abe Kessler – cello
Charles McCracken – cello
George Ricci – cello
Harvey Shapiro – cello
Claus Ogerman – arranger, conductor
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Track listing:
Tequila – Chuck Rio
Little Child (Daddy Dear) – Wayne Shanklin
What the World Needs Now Is Love – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
The Big Hurt – Wayne Shanklin
Bumpin’ on Sunset – Wes Montgomery
Insensatez (How Insensitive) – Vinicius De Moraes, Norman Gimbel, Antônio Carlos Jobim
On January 9, 1967, “Colgems” label released “More of the Monkees”, the second Monkees (The) studio album. It was recorded June – November 1966, at “RCA Victor A, B” in Hollywood, “RCA Victor A, B” in New York, “Western Recorders No. 2” in Hollywood, and was produced by Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart, Carole Bayer Sager, Neil Sedaka, Michael Nesmith, Jeff Barry, Jack Keller, Gerry Goffin and Carole King. The album was certified quintuple platinum in the US by the “RIAA”,
Personnel:
Micky Dolenz – lead vocals and backing vocals
Davy Jones – lead and backing vocals
Peter Tork – lead and backing vocals, guitar
Michael Nesmith – lead and backing vocals, steel guitar
Wayne Erwin – guitar, backing vocals
Gerry McGee – guitar
Louie Shelton – guitar
Al Gafa – guitar
Willard Suyker – guitar
Don Thomas – guitar
James Burton – guitar
Glen Campbell – guitar
Al Casey – guitar
Mike Deasy – guitar
Neil Diamond – guitar
Sal DiTroia – guitar
Al Gorgoni – guitar
Carol Kaye – guitar
Norm Jeffries – tambourine
Michael Cohen – keyboards
Larry Knechtel – keyboards
Neil Sedaka – keyboards
Michael Cohen – keyboards
Larry Knechtel – keyboards
Don Randi – keyboards
Michel Rubini – keyboards
George Butcher – keyboards
Stan Free – keyboards
Bobby Hart – organ, backing vocals
Larry Taylor – bass guitar
Russ Savakus – bass guitar
Bob West – bass guitar
Ray Pohlman – bass guitar
Billy Lewis – drums
Herbie Lovelle – drums
Hal Blaine – drums
Buddy Saltzman – drums
George Devens – percussion
Frank Capp – percussion
Julius Wechter – percussion
Gary Coleman – percussion
Jim Gordon – percussion
Louis Haber – violin
Irving Spice – violin
Louis Stone – violin
David Sackson – viola
Murray Sandry – viola
Seymour Barab – cello
Jeff Barry – backing vocals
Tommy Boyce – backing vocals
Ron Hicklin – backing vocals
Don Peake – conductor
Artie Butler – string arrangements
Don Kirshner – music supervisor
Lester Sill – music coordinator
Emil LaViola – music coordinator
Ernie Oelrich – engineer
Henry Lewy – engineer
Hank Cicalo – engineer
Richie Schmitt – engineer
Richard Podolor – engineer
Dave Hassinger – engineer
Ray Hall – engineer
Track listing:
She – Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart
When Love Comes Knockin’ (At Your Door) – Carole Bayer Sager, Neil Sedaka
Mary, Mary – Michael Nesmith
Hold on Girl – Billy Carr, Jack Keller, Ben Raleigh
Your Auntie Grizelda – Diane Hildebrand, Jack Keller
(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone – Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart
Look Out (here Comes Tomorrow) – Neil Diamond
The Kind of Girl I Could Love – Michael Nesmith, Roger Atkins
The Day We Fall in Love – Sandy Linzer, Denny Randell
Sometime in the Morning –Gerry Goffin, Carole King
Laugh – Phil Margo, Mitch Margo, Hank Medress, Jay Siegel
On August 12, 1963, “Columbia” label released “Laughing on the Outside”, the fourth Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded in April – June 1963, at “Columbia Recording Studios” in New York and Hollywood, and was produced by Robert Mersey.
Personnel:
Aretha Franklin – vocals
Robert Mersey – arrangements, conductor
Don Arnome, Tommy Tedesco, Billy Strange – guitar
Earl Van Dyke, Dave Grusin, Andrew Acker, Leon Russell – piano
C. Bosler, Ray Pohlman, Melvin Pollan – bass guitar
Hindel Butts, Hal Blaine – drums
Plas Johnson – saxophone
Jimmy Nottingham – trumpet
Robert Ascher – trombone
Bernard Eichenbaum, Julius Schacter, Leo Kahn, Berl Senofsky, Felix Gigol, Max Pollikoff, George Ockner, John Rublowsky, Sid Sharp, Tibor Zelig, George Poole, Irving Lipschultz, Irving Weinper, Darrel Terwilliger – violin
R. Dickler, Theodore Israel, Jacob Glick – viola
Jesse Erlich, Anthony Twardowsky, Joseph Tekula – cello
Track listing:
Skylark – Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael
For All We Know – Sam M. Lewis, J. Fred Coots
Make Someone Happy – Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne
I Wonder (Where Are You Tonight) – Aretha Franklin, Ted White
Solitude – Duke Ellington, Eddie DeLange, Irving Mills
Laughing on the Outside – Bernie Wayne, Ben Raleigh
Say It Isn’t So – Irving Berlin
Until The Real Thing Comes Along – Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, L. E. Freeman
If Ever I Would Leave You – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
Where Are You? – Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh
Mr. Ugly – Norman Mapp
I Wanna Be Around – Johnny Mercer, Sadie Vimmerstedt
In April 1970, “Verve” label released “Alone”, the 36th Bill Evans album. It was recorded September – October 1968, at “Webster Hall” in New York City, and was produced by Helen Keane.
Personnel:
Bill Evans – piano
Val Valentin – director of engineering
Roy Hall – engineer
Sid Maurer – art direction
Nancy Reiner – cover art
Mickey Leonard – supervising consultant
Track listing:
Here’s That Rainy Day – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
A Time for Love – Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster
Midnight Mood – Joe Zawinul, Ben Raleigh
On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever) – Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner
On July 17, 2012, “HihgNote” label released “Wonderful! Wonderful!”, the 31st Joey DeFrancesco album. It was recorded in March 2012, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood, NJ, and was produced by Joey DeFrancesco and Don Sickler.
Personnel:
Joey DeFrancesco– Hammond B3, trumpet
Larry Coryell– guitar
Jimmy Cobb– drums
Track listing:
Wonderful! Wonderful! – Sherman Edwards, Ben Raleigh
Five Spot After Dark – Benny Golson
Wagon Wheels – Billy Hill, Peter DeRose
Solitude – Duke Ellington, Eddie DeLange, Irving Mills
On October 14, 1961, “EMI Columbia Records” label released “21 Today”, the fourth Cliff Richard studio album. It was recorded September 1960 – July 1961, and was produced by Norrie Paramor.
Personnel:
Cliff Richard and The Shadows.
Cliff Richard– lead vocals
Hank Marvin– lead guitar
Bruce Welch– rhythm guitar
Jet Harris– bass guitar
Tony Meehan– drums
Track listing:
Happy Birthday to You – Mildred J. Hill
Forty Days (To Come Back Home) – Chuck Berry
Catch Me – Sid Tepper, Roy C. Bennett
How Wonderful to Know – Salvatore D’Esposito, Kermit Goell
Tough Enough – Johnny Otis
Fifty Years for Every Kiss – Sammy Bella
The Night Is So Lonely – Gene Vincent, Clifton Simmons
Poor Boy – Vern McEntire
Y’Arriva – Bruce Welch, Hank Marvin
Outsider – Sid Tepper, Roy C.Bennett
Tea For Two – Vincent Youmans, Irving Ceasar
To Prove My Love for You – Don Wolf, Ben Raleigh
Without You – Cliff Richard, Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch
A mighty lonely Man – Eddie Curtis
My Blue Heaven – George A. Whiting, Walter Donaldson
Shame on You – Bruce Welch, Hank Marvin, Kevin Jacobson
In March 1962, “Verve” label released “Rhythm Is My Business”, album by Ella Fitzgerald. It was recorded on January 30 and 31, 1962, and was produced by Norman Granz.
Personnel:
Ella Fitzgerald- vocals
Hank Jones- piano
Mundell Lowe- guitar
Lucille Dixon, George Duvivier – double bass
Gus Johnson- drums
Taft Jordan, Ernie Royal, Joe Wilder – trumpet
Melba Liston, Kai Winding, Britt Woodman – trombone
Carl Davis, Jerry Dodgion, William Shakesnider, Les Taylor, Phil Woods – reeds
Bill Doggett- arranger, conductor, organ
Track listing:
Rough Ridin’ – Ella Fitzgerald, Hank Jones, William Tennyson
Broadway – Billy Bird, Teddy McRae, Henri Woode
You Can Depend On Me – Charles Carpenter, Louis Dunlap, Earl Hines
Runnin’ Wild – Arthur Gibbs, Joe Grey, Leo Wood
Show Me the Way to Get Out of This World ‘Cause That’s Where Everything Is – Les Clark, Matt Dennis
I’ll Always Be In Love With You – Bud Green, Herman Ruby, Sam H. Stept
Hallelujah, I Love Him So – Ray Charles
I Can’t Face the Music – Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler
No Moon at All – Redd Evans, Dave Mann
Laughin’ on the Outside – Ben Raleigh, Bernie Wayne
In May 1963, “Capitol” label released “Where Did Everyone Go?” the 34th Nat King Cole album. It was recorded in August 1962, and was produced by Lee Gillette.
Personnel:
Nat King Cole– vocal
Gordon Jenkins Orchestra – instrumentation
Gordon Jenkins– arranger, conductor
Ken Veeder – photography
Track listing:
Where Did Everyone Go? – Mack David, Jimmy Van Heusen
Say It Isn’t So – Irving Berlin
If Love Ain’t There – Johnny Burke
(Ah, the Apple Trees) When the World Was Young – Philippe Gerard, Angela Vannier, Johnny Mercer
Am I Blue – Harry Akst, Grant Clarke
Someone to Tell It To – Sammy Cahn, Dolores Fuller, Van Heusen
The End of a Love Affair – Edward Redding
I Keep Going Back to Joe’s – Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal
Laughing on the Outside (Crying on the Inside) – Ben Raleigh, Bernie Wayne
No, I Don’t Want Her – Joe Bailey
Spring Is Here – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
That’s All There Is (There Isn’t Anymore) – Gordon Jenkins
On February 17, 1969, “Gordy” label released “Cloud Nine”, the ninth Temptations (The) studio album. It was recorded 1968 – January 1969, and was produced by Norman Whitfield. This was first Temptations studio album to feature Dennis Edwards as the replacement for David Ruffin, and it marks the beginning of the Temptations’ psychedelia period, in a fusion genre referred to as “psychedelic soul.” In 1969, the album won The Temptations their first “Grammy Award”.
Personnel:
Dennis Edwards– vocals (tenor)
Eddie Kendricks– vocals (tenor/falsetto)
Paul Williams– vocals (tenor/baritone)
Melvin Franklin– vocals (bass)
Otis Williams– vocals (tenor/baritone)
Ken Kim – art disrection
Chester Higgins – liner notes
Track listing:
Cloud Nine – Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield
I Heard It Through the Grapevine – Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield
Run Away Child, Running Wild – Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield
Love Is a Hurtin’ Thing – Ben Raleigh, Dave Linden
Hey Girl – Gerry Goffin, Carole King
Why Did She Have to Leave Me (Why Did She Have to Go) – Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield
I Need Your Lovin’ – Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield
Don’t Let Him Take Your Love From Me – Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield
I Gotta Find a Way (To Get You Back) – Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield,Eddie Holland, Cornelius Grant, Eddie Kendricks
Gonna Keep on Tryin’ till I Win Your Love – Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield
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