In November 1970, “A&M” label released “The American Dream”, the debut Emitt Rhodes album. It was recorded 1967 – 1969, and was produced by Larry Marks and Peter Pilafian.
On September 24, 1996, “Elektra” label released “Stardust”, the 15th Natalie Cole album. It was recorded June – September 1996, at “Ocean Way Recording”, “Capitol Studios”, “Conway Studios” and “LeGonks West” in Hollywood, “Record Plant” in Los Angeles, “Chartmaker Studios” in Malibu, California, “The Hit Factory” and “Sony Music Studios” in New York, “The Shire” in Bedford, New York, “Wisseloord Studios” in Hilversum, Netherlands, and was produced by George Duke, David Foster, Phil Ramone and Natalie Cole. At the 39th “Grammy Awards”, Natalie Cole won the “Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals” for the song “When I Fall in Love”, a duet with Nat King Cole. The song also won the “Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocal(s)” for arrangers Alan Broadbent and David Foster.
Personnel:
Natalie Cole – lead and backing vocals, vocal and music arrangements, album concept, executive producer
Nat King Cole – lead vocals, Hammond B3 organ
John Chiodini – guitar, acoustic guitar
John Pizzarelli – guitar
Paul Jackson Jr. – electric guitar
Lee Ritenour – guitar
Terry Trotter – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, keyboards
Michael Lang – acoustic piano
Rob Mounsey – acoustic piano, keyboards, music arrangements
George Duke – acoustic piano, keyboards, vibraphone, music arrangements, horn arrangements, vocals arrangements
Bob James – keyboards, acoustic piano, music arrangements
Toots Thielemans – harmonica
Jim Hughart – bass, music arrangements
Chuck Domanico – bass
David Finck – bass
Reggie Hamilton – bass
Chuck Berghofer – bass
Nathan East – bass
Harold Jones – drums
Ralph Penland – drums
Chris Parker – drums
John Guerin – drums
John Robinson – drums
Harvey Mason – drums
Bashiri Johnson – percussion
Paulinho da Costa – percussion
Rafael Padilla – percussion
Dan Higgins – saxophone
Everette Harp – alto saxophone
Michael Brecker – saxophone
Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
George Bohanon – trombone
Jon Clarke – oboe
Alan Broadbent – music arrangements
John Clayton – music arrangements
David Foster – music and vocals arrangements
Johnny Mandel – music arrangements
Charles Floyd – music arrangements
Gordon Jenkins – original music arrangements
Clare Fischer – strings arrangements
Jerry Hey – horns arrangements
Janis Siegel – backing and harmony vocals
Al Schmitt – recording, mixing
Elliot Scheiner, Erik Zobler, Dave Reitzas – recording
Felipe Elgueta, Wayne Holmes, Henk Korff, John Patterson, Patrick Ulenberg – additional engineering
Jeffrey Demorris, Peter Doell, Koji Ejawa, Rob Frank, Barry Goldberg, John Hendrickson, Glenn Marchese, Eddie Miller, Charlie Paakkari, Rail Rogut, Robbes Stieglitz – engineer assistant
Gabrielle Raumberger – art direction
Emily Rich – design
Rocky Schenck – photography
Simon Ramone, Corrine Duke – production assistant
Shari Sutcliffe – project coordinator
Dick La Palm – liner notes
Track listing:
There’s a Lull in My Life – Mack Gordon, Harrye Revel
Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
Let’s Face the Music and Dance – Irving Berlin
Teach Me Tonight – Sammy Cahn, Gene de Paul
When I Fall in Love – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
What a Difference a Day Made – Stanley Adams, María Méndez Grever
Love Letters – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
He Was Too Good to Me – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
Dindi – Ray Gilbert, Antônio Carlos Jobim
Two for the Blues – Neal Hefti, Jon Hendricks
If Love Ain’t There – Johnny Burke
To Whom It May Concern – Nat King Cole, Charlotte Hawkins
Where Can I Go Without You? – Victor Young, Peggy Lee
Ahmad’s Blues – Ahmad Jamal. Bobby Williams
Pick Yourself Up – Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern
If You Could See Me Now – Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman
Like a Lover – Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Nelson Motta
This Morning It Was Summer – Bob Haynes
When I Fall in Love (Spanish version) – Victor Young, Edward Heyman
In August 1969, “Reprise” label released “A Man Alone” (fully titled A Man Alone: The Words and Music of McKuen), the 55th Frank Sinatra album. It was recorded in March 1969, in Hollywood, and was produced by Sonny Burke.
Personnel:
Frank Sinatra – vocal
Don Costa – arrangements, conductor
Jerry Whitman – vocal
Nancy Adams, Tom Bahler, Betty Baker, James Bryant, Jan Gassman, Bill Lee, Diana Lee, Susan Tallman, Marie Vernon – vocals
Al Viola – guitar
Bill Miller – piano
Chuck Berghofer, Eddie Gilbert – bass
Alvin Stoller – drums
Irving Cottler – drums
Larry Bunker – percussion
Gene Cipriano, Norman Herzberg, Bill Hood, Ronny Lang, Don Lodice, Ted Nash, Bud Shank, Nino Tempo – saxophone
John Cave, Vincent DeRosa, James Decker, James McGee, Arthur Maebe, William Hinshaw, Richard Perissi – French horn
Thelma Beach, Arnold Belnick, James Getzoff, William Kurasch, Emo Neufeld, Lou Raderman, Sally Raderman, Mischa Russell, Ralph Schaeffer, Marshall Sosson, Gerald Vinci, Tibor Zelig, Israel Baker, Bonnie Douglas, Jacques Gasselin, Nathan Ross, Paul Shure – violin
Alvin Dinkin, Alex Neiman, Allan Harshman, Paul Robyn – viola
Justin DiTullio, Armand Kaproff, Edgar Lustgarten, Kurt Reher. Nino Rosso – cello
Kathryn Julye – harp
Justin DiTullio, Armand Kaproff, Ray Kramer, Jacqueline Lustgarten – vielle
On August 9, 1971, “Capitol” label released “Someday We’ll Look Back”, the 15th Merle Haggard and The Strangers album. It was recorded 1969 – 1970, at “Capitol” in Hollywood, and was produced by Ken Nelson.
Personnel:
Merle Haggard– vocals, guitar
The Strangers:
Roy Nichols – lead guitar
Norman Hamlet – steel guitar, dobro
Bobby Wayne – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Dennis Hromek – bass, backing vocals
Biff Adam – drums
James Burton – guitar, dobro
Glen Campbell – guitar, backing vocals
Glen D. Hardin – piano
Hargus “Pig” Robbins – piano
Willard Price – bass
Leon Copeland – bass
Chuck Berghofer – bass
Tommy Ash – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Merle Haggard, except where noted.
Someday We’ll Look Back
Train of Life – Roger Miller
One Sweet Hello
One Row at a Time – Red Lane, Dottie West
Big Time Annie’s Square
I’d Rather Be Gone
California Cottonfields – Dallas Frazier, Earl Montgo
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
On November 19, 2002, “Nonesuch” label released “Travelogue”, the 18th Joni Mitchell studio album. It was recorded in 2002, and was produced by Joni Mitchell and Larry Klein. The album features orchestral recordings of songs from throughout her career. The composer of the orchestral arrangements Vince Mendoza, won a 2004 “Grammy Award” for “Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist” for the arrangement of the track “Woodstock”.
Personnel:
Joni Mitchell – vocals
Herbie Hancock– piano
Billy Preston– Hammond B3 organ
Larry Klein– bass, musical direction
Chuck Berghofer– double bass
Brian Blade– drums
Paulinho da Costa– percussion
Wayne Shorter– soprano saxophone
Plas Johnson– tenor saxophone
Kenny Wheeler– flugelhorn
Gavyn Wright– orchestra leader
Vince Mendoza– conductor, arrangement
Track listing:
All tracks by Joni Mitchell, except where noted.
Otis and Marlena
Amelia
You Dream Flat Tires
Love
Woodstock
Slouching Toward Bethlehem – based on a poem by B. Yeats
Judgement of the Moon and Stars (Ludwig’s Tune)
The Sire of Sorrow (Job’s Sad Song)
For the Roses
Trouble Child
God Must Be a Boogie Man
Be Cool
Just Like This Train
Sex Kills
Refuge of the Roads
Hejira
Chinese Café / Unchained Melody – Alex North, Hy Zaret
In December 1967, “Warner Bros” label released “Song Cycle”, the debut Van Dyke Parks album. It, was recorded in 1967 at “Sunset Sound Recorders” in Hollywood, and was produced by Lenny Waronker.
Personnel:
Van Dyke Parks – vocal
Ron Elliott, Dick Rosmini – guitar
Nicolai Bolin, Vasil Crlenica, William Nadel, Alan Reuss, Leon Stewart, Thomas Tedesco– balalaika
Carl Fortina – accordion
Misha Goodatieff – violin
Virginia Majewski – viola
Don Bagley, Gregory Bemko, Chuck Berghofer, Harry Bluestone, Samuel Boghossian, Dennis Budimir, Joseph Ditullio, Jesse Ehrlich, Nathan Gershman, Philip Goldberg, Armand Kaproff, William Kurasch, Leonard Malarsky, Jerome Reisler, Orville Rhodes, Trefoni Rizzi, Lyle Ritz, Joseph Saxon, Ralph Schaffer, Leonard Selic, Frederick Seykora, Darrel Terwilliger, Bob West – strings
Gayle Levant – harp
Norman Benno, Arthur Briegleb, Vincent DeRosa, George Fields, William Green, James Horn, Richard Hyde, Jay Migliori, Thomas Morgan, Ted Nash, Richard Perissi, Thomas Scott, Thomas Shepard– woodwind
Billie J. Barnum, Gerri Engeman, Karen Gunderson, James and Vanessa Hendricks, Durrie and Gaile Parks, Julia E. Rinker, Paul Jay Robbins, Nik Woods – choir
Hal Blaine, Gary Coleman, James Gordon, Earl Palmer– percussion
On June 4, 2013, “Concord Jazz” label released “Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat King Cole”, the 36 George Benson studio album. It was recorded in 2013, and was produced by John Burk.
Personnel:
George Benson- vocals, guitar
Tim May – guitar
Michael O’Neill- baritone guitar, banjo
Lil’ Georgie Benson- vocals, ukulele
Randy Waldman- piano
Chuck Berghofer- bass
Gregg Field – drums
Michael Fisher – percussion
Sheila E.- percussion
Wynton Marsalis– trumpet
Till Brönner– trumpet
Idina Menzel– vocals
Judith Hill- vocals
Janey Clewer, Alvin Chea, Don Chelton – background vocals
Chris Papastephanou, Randy Waldman- backing vocals
Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra:
Ryan Chapman, Chris Burbank, Gilbert Paz, Jared Hall – trumpet
Chris Gagne, Kendall Moore, Stephen Szabadi, Major Bailey p trombone
Neil Carson, Kevin McKeown – alto saxophone
Mark Small, Alex Weitz – tenor saxophone
Derek Smith – baritone saxophone
Cassandra Eisenreich – flute
Jon Anderson – French horn
Steffen Zeichner (concertmaster and soloist), Abby Young, Adam Diderrich, Karin O’Keefe, Zack Piper, Michelle Godbee, Patricia Jancova, Tomas Cotik, Victor Colmenares, James Reynolds, Jonah Osawa, Rob Patrignani, Arianne Urban, Michelle Mlacker, Katrina Schaeffer – violin
Robyn Savitzky, Kathryn Severing, Marcela Fernandez, Lauren Miller – viola
Joy Adams, Cecilia Huerta, Andrew Kromholz, Chia-Li Yu, Sarah Gongaware – cello
Rachel Hershey, Jeff Kipperman, Yen-Ling Lin – bass
Christina Hardister – harp
Shelton Berg – dean
Terence Blanchard – artistic director
Scott Flavin – artistic coordinator
Stephen Guerra – managing director
Track listing:
Mona Lisa – (as Lil’ Georgie Benson)
Just One of Those Things – Cole Porter
Unforgettable – Irving Gordon
Walkin’ My Baby – Roy Turk, Fred E. Ahlert
When I Fall in Love – Victor Young, Edward Heyman
Route 66 – Bobby Troup
Nature Boy – Eden Ahbez
Ballerina – Carl Sigman, Bob Russell
Smile – Charlie Chaplin, John Turner, Geoffrey Parsons
Straighten Up and Fly Right – Nat King Cole, Irving Mills
Too Young – Sidney Lippman, Sylvia Dee
I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter – Joe Young, Fred E. Ahlert
On August 7, 1967, “Capitol” label released “Lumpy Gravy”, the debut Frank Zappa album. It was recorded in February 1967, and was produced by Nick Venet. “Lumpy Gravy” is an album of orchestral, electric and concrete sound, performed by a group of session players Zappa dubbed the Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra.
Personnel:
Frank Zappa – conductor
Glenn Phillips – vocals
Tommy Tedesco – guitar
Al Viola – guitar
Dennis Budimir – guitar
Jimmy “Senyah” Haynes – guitar
Tony Rizzi – guitar
Michael Lang – piano, celeste, harpsichord
Lincoln Mayorga – piano, celeste, harpsichord
Paul Smith – piano, celeste, harpsichord
Pete Jolly – piano, celeste, harpsichord
Bob West – bass
Jimmy Bond– bass
Chuck Berghofer – bass
Roy Estrada– bass, chorus
Frank Capp – drums
John Guerin – drums
Shelly Manne – drums
Alan Estes – percussion, drums
Victor Feldman– percussion, drums
John Rotella – percussion, woodwind
Emil Richards – percussion
Gene Estes – percussion
Jimmy Zito – trumpet
Kenny Shroyer – trombone
Richard Parissi – French horn
Vincent DeRosa– French horn
Arthur Maebe – French horn
Arnold Belnick – strings
Harold Bemko – strings
Joseph DiFiore – strings
Jesse Ehrlich – strings
Ray Kelly – strings
Jerome Kessler – strings
Alexander Koltun – strings
Bernard Kundell – strings
William Kurasch – strings
Harry Hyams – strings
Leonard Malarsky – strings
Jerome Reisler – strings
Joseph Saxon – strings
Ralph Schaeffer – strings
Leonard Selic – strings
Tibor Zelig – strings
James Getzoff – strings
Philip Goldberg – strings
Bunk Gardner – woodwind
Jules Jacob – woodwind
Ted Nash – woodwind
Donald Christlieb – woodwind
Gene Cipriano – woodwind
Harold Kelling – vocals
Larry Fanoga (Euclid James “Motorhead” Sherwood) – vocals, chorus
On May 16, 1966, “Capitol” label released “Pet Sounds”, the eleventh Beach Boys studio album. It was recorded July 12, 1965 – April 13, 1966, at “United Western Recorders”, “Gold Star Studios”, “CBS Columbia Square”, and “Sunset Sound Recorders” in Hollywood, and was produced by Brian Wilson. The album is regarded as one of the most important and influential albums in the music history. In 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Pet Sounds” at number two on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.
Personnel:
The Beach Boys
Al Jardine– lead, harmony and backing vocals, tambourine
Bruce Johnston– harmony and backing vocals
Mike Love– lead, harmony and backing vocals
Brian Wilson– lead, harmony and backing vocals, dog whistles, organ, piano, sound effects
Carl Wilson– lead, harmony and backing vocals, guitar, twelve-string guitar
Dennis Wilson– harmony and backing vocals, drums
Glen Campbell– guitar, twelve-string electric guitar
Al Casey– guitar
Mike Deasy– guitar
Bill Pittman– guitar
Tommy Tedesco– acoustic guitar
Barney Kessel– guitar, mandolin
Billy Strange– electric guitar, guitar, twelve-string electric guitar
Jerry Cole– electric guitar, guitar, mandolin
Terry Melcher– tambourine
Ron Swallow– tambourine
Don Randi– piano
Al De Lory– harpsichord, organ, piano, tack piano
Tony Asher– plucked piano, strings
Carl Fortina– accordion
Frank Marocco– accordion
Tommy Morgan– harmonica
Larry Knechtel– organ
Ray Pohlman– Danelectro bass, electric bass, mandolin, guitar
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