On April 1, 1964, “Tamla” label released “When I’m Alone I Cry”, the third Marvin Gaye studio album. It was recorded 1963 – 1964, at “Graystone Ballroom” in Detroit, Michigan, in Chicago and New York City, and was produced by Clarence Paul and William “Mickey” Stevenson.
Personnel:
Marvin Gaye – vocal
Bernard Yeszin – design, photography
Wallace Mead – design, photography
Lee Ivory – liner notes
Track listing:
You’ve Changed – Bill Carey, Carl Fischer
I Was Telling Her About You – Morris Charlap, Don George
I Wonder – Cecil Gant, Raymond Leaven
I’ll Be Around – Alec Wilder, William Engvick
Because of You – Arthur Hammerstein, Dudley Wilkinson
I Don’t Know Why (I Just Do) – Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk
I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
When Your Lover Has Gone – Einar Aaron Swan
When I’m Alone I Cry – Avery Vandenberg, Morris Broadnax, Fredericka Foreman
If My Heart Could Sing – Avery Vandenberg, Morris Broadnax
On March 4, 1946, “Columbia” label released “The Voice of Frank Sinatra”, the debut Frank Sinatra studio album. It was recorded July 1945 in Hollywood, in December 1945, in New York City, and was produced by Bill Richards.
Personnel:
Frank Sinatra – vocal
Axel Stordahl – arrangements, conductor
Hollywood session:
George Van Eps – guitar
Mark McIntyre – piano
John Ryan – bass
Ray Hagan – drums
Jack Mayhew – flute
Mischa Russell, David Frisina – violin
Sam Freed – viola
Fred Goerner – cello
New York City session:
Matty Golizio – guitar
Bill Clifton – piano
Frank Siravo – bass
Nat Polen – drums
Mitch Miller – oboe
Leonard Posner. Raoul Polikian – violin
Sidney Brecher – viola
Anthony Sophos – cello
Track listing:
10-inch LP release
You Go to My Head – Haven Gillespie, J. Fred Coots
Someone to Watch Over Me – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Those Foolish Things – Hot Marvell, Jack Strachey, Harry Link
Why Shouldn’t I? – Cole Porter
I Don’t Know Why – Roy Turk, Fred E. Ahlert
Try a Little Tenderness – Harry M. Woods, James Campbell, Reginald Conelly
I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You – Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young
In October 1954, “Clef” label released “Roy and Diz”, album by Roy Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie. It was recorded in October 1954, and was produced by Norman Granz.
Personnel:
Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie – vocals, trumpet
Oscar Peterson – piano
Herb Ellis – guitar
Ray Brown – bass
Louis Bellson – drums
Track listing:
Sometimes I’m Happy – Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans
Algo Bueno – Woody ‘n’ You) – Dizzy Gillespie
Trumpet Blues – Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie
Ballad Medley – I’m Through with Love/Can’t We Be Friends/Don’t You Know?/I Don’t Know Why I Love You Like I Do/If I Had You – Fud Livingston, Paul James, Kay Swift, Bobby Worth, Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk, Irving King, Ted Shapiro
Blue Moon – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
I’ve Found a New Baby – Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams
Pretty Eyed Baby – Mary Lou Williams, Snub Mosley, William Luther Johnson
In October 1957, “Contemporary” label released “The Poll Winners”, album by Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne and Ray Brown. It was recorded in March 1957, at “Contemporary Records Studio” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Lester Koenig.
Personnel:
Barney Kessel – guitar
Ray Brown – bass
Shelly Manne – drums
Track listing:
Jordu – Duke Jordan
Satin Doll – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer
It Could Happen to You – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
Mean to Me – Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk
Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me – Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler
On Green Dolphin Street – Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington
You Go to My Head – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
On October 2, 1962, “Prestige” label released “Standard Coltrane”, album by John Coltrane. It was recorded in July 1958, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.
Personnel:
John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
Wilbur Harden – trumpet, flugelhorn
Red Garland – piano
Paul Chambers – bass
Jimmy Cobb – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Track listing:
Don’t Take Your Love from Me – Henry Nemo
I’ll Get By – Fred Ahlert, Roy Turk
Spring Is Here – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
Invitation – Bronislau Kaper, Paul Francis Webster
On October 14, 1969, “RCA Victor” label released “From Memphis to Vegas / From Vegas to Memphis”, the eleventh studio and the second live Elvis Presley album. It was released as a double album: the first album, titled In “Person at the International Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada”, contains the live recordings of Presley’s hits recorded at the International Hotel in Winchester, Nevada; the second album, titled “Back in Memphis”, contains entirely new material recorded at “American Sound Studio” in Memphis. The live album was produced by Felton Jarvis, and the studio album was produced by Chips Moman.
Personnel:
Elvis in Person at the International Hotel
Elvis Presley – lead and overdubbed backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
Bobby Morris and his Orchestra – orchestra
James Burton – lead guitar
John Wilkinson − rhythm guitar
Charlie Hodge − acoustic rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Larry Muhoberac − keyboards
Jerry Scheff – bass
Ronnie Tutt − drums
Millie Kirkham − backing vocals
The Imperials − backing vocals
The Sweet Inspirations − backing vocals
Back in Memphis
Elvis Presley − vocals, guitar, piano
Reggie Young − electric guitar
Bobby Wood − piano
Bobby Emmons − organ
Ed Kollis − harmonica
Tommy Cogbill, Mike Leech – bass
Gene Chrisman – drums
Andrew Love, Jackie Thomas, Glen Spreen, J.P. Luper − saxophone
Wayne Jackson, Dick Steff, R. F. Taylor − trumpet
Ed Logan, Jack Hale, Gerald Richardson − trombone
Tony Cason, Joe D’Gerolamo − French horn
Glen Spreen − strings and horn arrangements
Joe Babcock, Dolores Edgin, Mary Greene, Charlie Hodge, Ginger Holladay, Mary Holladay, Millie Kirkham, Ronnie Milsap, Sonja Montgomery, June Page, Susan Pilkington, Sandy Posey, Donna Thatcher, Hurschel Wiginton − backing vocals
Track listing:
Elvis in Person at the International Hotel
Blue Suede Shoes – Carl Perkins
Johnny B. Good – Chuck Berry
All Shook Up – Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley
Are You Lonesome Tonight – Lou Handman, Roy Turk
Hound Dog – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
I Can’t Stop Loving You – Don Gibson
My Babe – Willie Dixon
Mystery Train/Tiger Man – Junior Parker, Sam Phillips, Joe Hill Louis, Sam Burns
Words – Robin Gibb, Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb
In the Ghetto – Mac Davis
Suspicious Minds – Mark James
Can’t Help Falling in Love – George Weiss, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore
Back in Memphis
Inherit the Wind – Eddie Rabbitt
This Is the Story – Chris Arnold, David Martin, Geoff Morrow
Stranger in My Own Home Town – Percy Mayfield
A little Bit of Green – Chris Arnold, David Martin, Geoff Morrow
And the Grass Won’t Pay You No Mind – Neil Diamond
In March 1964, “ABC” label released “Sweet & Sour Tears”, the 20th Ray Charles album. It was recorded in 1964, and was produced by Sid Feller and Ray Charles.
Personnel:
Ray Charles – vocals, keyboards
Billy Preston – electric organ
Gene Lowell Singers – backing vocals
Calvin Jackson, Sid Feller – arrangements
Bill Putnam, Phil Macy – engineer
Joe Lebow – design
Howard Morehead – photography
Track listing:
Cry – Churchill Kohlman
Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out to Dry – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
A Tear Fell – Eugene Randolph, Dorian Burton
No One to Cry To – Sid Robin, Foy Glenn Willing
You’ve Got Me Crying Again – Isham Jones, Charles Newman
After My Laughter Came Tears – Charles Tobias, Roy Turk
Teardrops from My Eyes – Rudolph Toombs
Don’t Cry Baby – Saul Bernie, James P. Johnson, Stella Unger
Cry Me a River – Arthur Hamilton
Baby, Don’t You Cry – Buddy Johnson, Ned Washington
Willow, Weep for Me – Ann Ronell
I Cried for You – Arthur Freed, Abe Lyman, Gus Arnheim
In December 1955, “Norgran” label released “Pres and Sweets”, an album by Lester Young and Harry Edison, It was recorded in November 1955, at “Radio Recorders” in Hollywood, and was produced by Norman Granz.
Personnel:
Lester Young – tenor saxophone
Harry Edison – trumpet
Oscar Peterson – piano
Herb Ellis – guitar
Ray Brown – bass
Buddy Rich – drums
Track listing:
Mean to Me – Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk
Red Boy Blues – Lester Young
Pennies from Heaven – Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke
That’s All – Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes
One O’Clock Jump – Count Basie
She’s Funny That Way – Neil Moret, Richard A. Whiting
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