In April 1973, “Motown” label released “The Mack”, the fourth Willie Hutch album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Mo West” in Hollywood, and was produced by Willie Hutch.
Personnel:
Willie Hutch – guitar, arrangements
David T. Walker – guitar
Weldon Dean Parks – guitar
Louie Shaldon – guitar
Clarence McDonald – piano, organ, clavinet
Wilton Felder – bass
Edward Green – drums
Bobbye Hall – congas
Jene Estes – percussion
Ernie Watts – horns, strings
A.D. Brisbois, George Bohanon, Joseph Kelson Jr., Keneth Shruyer, Paul Hubinon, Plass Johnson, William Green – horns
Arnold Belnick, Assa Drori, Denzil Lauchton, Douglas Davis, Frederic Seykora, Gareth Nuttycolbe, Gail Vevant, Jerald Vinci, Israel Baker, Jack Shulman, Jacob Krachmalnick, Lou Raderman, Myron Sandler, Paul Bergstrom, Paul Shure, Henry Ruth, Samuel Boghossian – strings
On October 15, 1970, “Uni” label released “Tap Root Manuscript”, the sixth Neil Diamond studio album. It was recorded in 1970, and was produced by Tom Catalano and Neil Diamond.
Personnel:
Neil Diamond – vocals, keyboards, guitar, steel guitar, ukulele
Al Casey, David Bennett Cohen, Neil LeVang, Don Peake, Louis Shelton – guitar
Red Rhodes – steel guitar
Artie Butler, Larry Knechtel, Larry Muhoberac, Marty Paich, Don Randi – keyboards
Randy Cierley, Joe Osborn, Ray Pohlman – bass
Hal Blaine, Larry Bunker, Sandra Crouch, Earl Palmer – drums
Gary Coleman, Gene Estes, Emil Richards, Lee Shamburger – percussion
Joe Estren, Andrea Kostelas, Ronnie Lang, Don Menza, Jay Migliori, Tom Scott – saxophone
Shirley Marcus, George Poole, Henry Sigismonti – woodwinds
Harry Betts, Roger Bobo, Bud Brisbois, Roy Caton, Paul Hubinon, Dick Hyde, Oliver Mitchell, George Roberts, Tony Terran – horns
Jim Arkatov, Israel Baker, Benjamin Barrett, Paul Bergstrom, Harry Bluestone, David Burk, Assa Drori, Jesse Ehrlich, James Getzoff, Lee Holdridge, Armand Kaproff, Jan R. Kelley, Ray Kelley, Lou Klaes, Erno Neufeld, Harvey Newmark, Gareth Nuttycombe, Nathaniel Rosen, Nathan Ross, Henry Roth, Myron Sandler, Joseph Saxon, Sidney Sharp, Jack Shulman, Paul Shure – strings
Nancy Adams, Sherrill Atwood, Billie Barnum, H.B. Barnum Jr., Mabel Bishop, George Bledsoe, Fred Burton, Merry Clayton, Marjorie Cranford, Oma Drake, Sean Engerman, Joe Greene, Alexander Hale, Christopher Hale, Graynston Hale, Molly Halloran, Gwen Johnson, Lou Johnson, Stacey Johnson, Clydie King, Jessie Kirkland, Bill Lee, Sherlie Matthews, Evelyn Meyer, Dwayne Moody, Matthews Muhoberac, Ekundayo Paris, Kevin Parker, Aubrey Porter, Dean Porter, Ricky Porter, Douglas Schwartz, Jean Sewell, Ed Wallace, Phillip Whigham, John Woodson, Donald Wyatt – backing vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Neil Diamond, except where noted.
Cracklin’ Rosie
Free Life
Coldwater Morning
Done Too Soon
He Ain’t Heavy, He Is My Brother – Bob Russell, Bobby Scott
On August 7, 1967, “Columbia” label released “Revolution!”, the seventh Paul Revere & the Raiders studio album. It was recorded in 1967, and was produced by Terry Melcher.
Personnel:
Paul Revere – vocals, keyboards
Keith Allison, James Burton, Glen Campbell, Jerry Cole, Ry Cooder, Mike Deasy, Joel Scott Hill, Drake Levin, Taj Mahal, Jim Valley, Freddy Weller – guitars
Ron Collins, Larry Knechtel – keyboards
Terry Hoffman – harmonica
Charlie Coe, Chris Ethridge, Joe Osborn, Ray Pohlman, Phil Volk – bass
Hal Blaine, Joe Correro, Jim Gordon, Jim Keltner, Mike “Smitty” Smith – drums
Mark Lindsay, Charles Shoemaker, Ed Thigpen – percussion
Jim Horn, John Kelson, Mark Lindsay, Jay Migliori, Plas Johnson, Tom Scott – saxophone
Margaret Aue, Israel Baker, Jimmy Bond, David Burke, Nathan Kaproff, George Kast, Jan Kelley, Lou Klass, Raphael Kramer, William Kurasch, Emmet Sargeant, Ralph Schaeffer, Albert Steinberg, Joseph Stepansky- strings
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 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 February 1968, “Warner Bros” label released “The Mason Williams Phonograph Record”, the second Mason Williams album. It was recorded in 1967, and was produced by Mike Post. Mason Williams won two “Grammy Awards”, for “Best Pop Instrumental Performance” and “Best Instrumental Theme”. Mike Post won “Grammy Award” for “Best Instrumental Arrangement of a song”.
Personnel:
Mason Williams – guitar, arrangements
Alvin Casey, David Cohen, James Burton, Michael Deasy – guitar
Lawrence Knechtel, Michael Melvoin – piano
Carl Fortina – accordion
Bob West, Lawrence Knechtel, Lyle Ritz – bass
Lyle Ritz – double bass
James Beck Gordon – drums
Gary L. Coleman, Gene Estes – percussion
Richard J. Hyde, Hoyt Bohannon, Lew McCreary, Richard Leith – trombone
David Duke, William Hinshaw – French horn, tuba
David Burk, Emanuel Moss, George Kast, Harry Bluestone, Israel Baker, Jack Gootkin, Jimmy Getzoff, Jerry Reisler, John Vidor, Ralph Schaeffer, Robert Korda, Robert Sushel, Sidney Sharp, Stan Plummer, Tibor Zelig, William Kurasch – violin
Armand Kaproff, Jerome Kessler, Jesse Ehrlich, Joe DiTullio – cello
In February 1968, “Warner Bros” label released “The Mason Williams Phonograph Record”, the 20th Mason Williams album. It was recorded in 1967, and was produced by Mike Post. Mason Williams won two “Grammy Awards”, for “Best Pop Instrumental Performance” and “Best Instrumental Theme”. Mike Post won “Best Instrumental Arrangement on the Song”.
Personnel:
Mason Williams – guitar
Alvin Casey, David Cohen, James Burton, Michael Deasy– guitar
Lawrence Knechtel, Michael Melvoin– piano
Carl Fortina – accordion
Bob West, Lawrence Knechtel, Lyle Ritz – bass
Lyle Ritz– double bass
James Beck Gordon– drums
David Duke, William Hinshaw – French horn, tuba
Gary L. Coleman, Gene Estes – percussion
Richard J. Hyde, Hoyt Bohannon, Lew McCreary, Richard Leith – trombone
David Burk, Emanuel Moss, George Kast, Harry Bluestone, Israel Baker, Jack Gootkin, Jimmy Getzoff, Jerry Reisler, John Vidor, Ralph Schaeffer, Robert Korda, Robert Sushel, Sidney Sharp, Stan Plummer, Tibor Zelig, William Kurasch – violin
Gail Levant – harp
Armand Kaproff, Jerome Kessler, Jesse Ehrlich, Joe DiTullio – cello
In February 1963, “RCA Victor” label released “Mr. Soul”, the eleventh Sam Cooke studio album. It was recorded in August; November and December, 1962, at “RCA’s Music Center of the World”, and was produced by Hugo & Luigi.
Personnel:
Sam Cooke – vocals
Clifton White, Bill Pitman,Tommy Tedesco – guitar
Edward Beal, Ernie Freeman, Al Pellegrini, Ernie Freeman – piano
Ray Johnson – piano
Nathan Griffin – organ
Ray Pohlman, Clifford Hils, Red Callender– bass guitar
Sharky Hall – drums
Earl Palmer– drums
Ron Rich – percussion
Bill Green, Plas Johnson– saxophone
John Ewing – trombone
William Hinshaw – French horn
Israel Baker, Robert Barene, Leonard Malarsky, Myron Sandler, Ralph Schaeffer, Sid Sharp, Arnold Belnick, Autrey McKissack, Ralph Schaeffer, Robert Barene, Jermoe Reisler – violin
Harry Hyams, Alexander Neiman – viola
Jesse Ehrlich, Irving Lipschultz, George Neikrug, Emmet Sergeant – cello
Horace Ott, René Hall– arrangements, conductor
Dave Hassinger– recording
Track listing:
I Wish You Love – Charles Trenet, Lee Wilson, Albert Beach
Willow Weep for Me – Ann Ronell
Chains of Love- Ahmet Ertegun, under the pseudonym Nugetre
Smoke Rings – Ned Washington, H. Eugene Gifford
All the Way – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
Send Me Some Lovin’ – Leo Price, John Marascalco
Cry Me a River – Arthur Hamilton
Driftin’ Blues – Johnny Moore, Charles Brown, Eddie Williams
For Sentimental Reasons – Deek Watson, William Best
Nothing Can Change This Love – Sam Cooke
Little Girl – Madeline Hyde, Francis Henry
These Foolish Things – Eric Maschwitz, Jack Strachey, Harry Link
In August 1964, “Reprise” label released “It Might as Well Be Swing”, studio album by Frank Sinatra, accompanied by Count Basie and his orchestra. It was recorded June 9–12, 1964, Hollywood, and was produced by Sony Burke.
Personnel:
Frank Sinatra- vocals
Count Basie- piano
Quincy Jones- arranger, conductor
Al Porcino, Don Rader, Wallace Davenport, Al Aarons, George Cohn and Harry “Sweets” Edison- trumpets
Henry Coker, Grover Mitchell, Bill Hughes, Henderson Chambers and Kenny Shroyer – trombones
Frank Foster, Charles Fowlkes, Marshal Royal, Frank Wessand Eric Dixon – reeds
Emil Richards – vibraphone
George Catlett – double bass
Freddie Green- guitar
Sonny Payne- drums
Gerald Vinci, Israel Baker, Jacques Gasselin, Thelma Beach, Bonnie Douglas, Marshall Sosson, Erno Neufeld, Lou Raderman, Paul Shure and James Getzoff – violins
Virginia Majewski, Paul Robyn, Alvin Dinkin and Stan Harris –
violasEdgar Lustgarten and Ann Goodman – cellos
Lowell Frank – engineer
Ted Allen – cover photo
Track listing:
Fly Me to the Moon – Bart Howard
I Wish You Love – Léo Chauliac, Charles Trenet, Albert Beach
I Believe in You – Frank Loesser
More (Theme from Mondo Cane) – Riz Ortolani, Nino Oliviero, Marcello Ciorciolini, Norman Newell
I Can’t Stop Loving You – Don Gibson
Hello Dolly – Jerry Herman
I Wanna Be Around – Johnny Mercer, Sadie Vimmerstedt
The Best Is Yet to Come – Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh
In June 1968, “Reprise” label released the debut, self-titled Randy Newman album. It was recorded in 1968, and was produced by Lenny Waronker and Van Dyke Parks.
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