Gentlemen of Swing

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Tracklist

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1Isn’t It Romantic
engineer:
Frank Laico
vocals:
Tony Bennett (US jazz/standards vocalist)
cover recording of:
Isn’t It Romantic? (from 1932 film “Love Me Tonight”)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1932)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1932)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007-05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody) and Sony/ATV Harmony
Tony Bennett3:24
2Stranger in Paradise
Bing Crosby2:37
3Cheek to Cheek
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1952-12)
producer:
Norman Granz
bass guitar:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist)
drums (drum set):
Alvin Stoller
guitar:
Barney Kessel
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
tenor saxophone:
Flip Phillips
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers
vocals:
Adele Astaire and Fred Astaire (in 1952-12)
cover recording of:
Cheek to Cheek (from “Top Hat”) (in 1952-12)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1935)
publisher:
Irving Berlin (England) Music Ltd., Irving Berlin Music Company, Irving Berlin Music Corp., シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
part of:
Top Hat (1935 film)
recording of:
Cheek to Cheek (from “Top Hat”)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1935)
publisher:
Irving Berlin (England) Music Ltd., Irving Berlin Music Company, Irving Berlin Music Corp., シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
part of:
Top Hat (1935 film)
Fred Astaire5:42
4I Get a Kick Out of You
recording of:
I Get a Kick Out of You
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1934)
publisher:
Chappell Music (UK), Chappell Music Ltd., Harms, Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Chappell (in 1974)
part of:
Anything Goes
Louis Armstrong & Oscar Peterson4:19
5Blueberry Hill
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Everest Records (classical) and Liberty (a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1957)
edit of:
Blueberry Hill (Imperial) by Fats Domino
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1956 (number: 17), Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 81) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 147)
cover recording of:
Blueberry Hill (on 1956-06-27)
lyricist:
Al Lewis (Tin Pan Alley era lyricist) and Larry Stock
composer:
Vincent Rose (early-20th century violinist, pianist, composer & bandleader)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Larry Stock Music Co., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Sovereign Music Company and Victoria Music Publishing Co. Ltd.
part of:
12 Monkeys Soundtrack
Fats Domino4.652:22
6Basin Street Blues / When It’s Sleepy Time Down South
Louis Prima4:14
7I Apologize
cover recording of:
I Apologize
writer:
Ed G. Nelson (Popular music songwriter and bandleader), Al Goodhart and Al Hoffman
publisher:
Crawford Music Corp. and DeSylva, Brown and Henderson, Inc.
Billy Eckstine2:54
8Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu)
producer:
Lee Gillette
vocals:
Dean Martin (American singer/actor) (in 1958)
orchestra:
Dick Stabile and His Orchestra (in 1958)
conductor:
Gus Levene
recording of:
Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu) (English lyrics) (on 1958-07-14)
lyricist:
Franco Migliacci and Domenico Modugno
composer:
Domenico Modugno
translator:
Mitchell Parish
publisher:
Robbins Music Corp.
translated version of:
Nel blu dipinto di blu (Volare)
Dean Martin43:01
9A Cottage for Sale
recording of:
A Cottage for Sale
lyricist:
Larry Conley (jazz bandleader/songwriter/trombonist)
composer:
Willard Robison
publisher:
Chappell & Co.
Matt Monro3:11
10Spanish Eyes
producer:
Tom Morgan (producer)
conductor:
Peter de Angelis
arranger:
Peter de Angelis
recording of:
Spanish Eyes
lyricist:
Charles Singleton (composer/lyricist) and Eddie Snyder
composer:
Bert Kaempfert (German orchestra leader, producer and songwriter)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Columbia Music (Publisher. Do not use as a release label.) and Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
version of:
Moon Over Naples
translated version of:
Ojos de España
Al Martino2.52:47
11Release Me
Engelbert Humperdinck3:20
12Something’s Gotta Give
recording of:
Something’s Gotta Give (from “Daddy Long Legs”)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Mercer (in 1954)
publisher:
WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
Sammy Davis Jr.2:05
13Love Letters in the Sand
Pat Boone2:16
14Thunderball
Tom Jones2:53
15Smile
producer:
Lee Gillette
bass:
Charlie Harris (jazz bassist) (on 1954-07-27)
bass trombone:
George Roberts (american bass trombone) (on 1954-07-27)
cello:
Cy Bernard (on 1954-07-27), Armand Kaproff (on 1954-07-27), Ray Kramer (on 1954-07-27) and Eleanor Slatkin (on 1954-07-27)
drums (drum set):
Lee Young (40s-60s US jazz drummer, then producer/A&R) (on 1954-07-27)
French horn:
Vincent DeRosa (on 1954-07-27) and William Hinshaw (American horn player) (on 1954-07-27)
guitar:
John Collins (jazz guitarist) (on 1954-07-27)
percussion:
Louis Singer (percussionist) (on 1954-07-27)
piano:
Bill Miller (pianist) (on 1954-07-27)
reeds:
John Hacker (on 1954-07-27), Harry Klee (on 1954-07-27) and Dominic Mumolo (on 1954-07-27)
trombone:
Francis Howard (trombone) (on 1954-07-27)
viola:
Stanley Harris (US big band viola player) (on 1954-07-27), Paul Robyn (on 1954-07-27), Barbara Simons (on 1954-07-27) and Dave Sterkin (on 1954-07-27)
violin:
Leonard Atkins (on 1954-07-27), Victor Bay (on 1954-07-27), Alex Beller (on 1954-07-27), Harry Bluestone (on 1954-07-27), Walter Edelstein (on 1954-07-27), Nathan Ross (on 1954-07-27), Mischa Russell (violinist) (on 1954-07-27), Eudice Shapiro (Violinist) (on 1954-07-27), Paul Shure (on 1954-07-27), Felix Slatkin (on 1954-07-27), Marshall Sosson (on 1954-07-27) and Gerald Vinci (American violinist and strings conductor) (on 1954-07-27)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1954-07-27)
orchestra:
Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra (in 1954)
conductor:
Nelson Riddle (on 1954-07-27)
arranger:
Nelson Riddle
recorded at:
Capitol Studios (1949–1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1954-07-27)
cover recording of:
Smile (on 1954-07-27)
lyricist:
Geoffrey Parsons (lyricist) and John Turner (lyricist)
composer:
Charlie Chaplin (filmmaker)
publisher:
Bourne France Éditions Musicale, Bourne Music Ltd. and Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) (in 1954)
sub-publisher:
Editions Vedette Sprl and 日音 Synch事業部
is based on:
Smile (Modern Times; original instrumental version)
part of:
Chaplin
Nat King Cole2:54
16Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye (live)
Mel Tormé2:36