Dedicated to You is a 1961 album by Ray Charles. Originally released in January 1961 the album collects Charles’ musical love notes to twelve very special women, by name. Tracks 1 Hardhearted Hannah (Charles Bates; Jack Yellen; Milton Ager) 3:18 2 Nancy (Jimmy Van Heusen; Phil Silvers) 3:06 3 Margie (Con Conrad; Russel Robinson; Benny […]
My Romance is an album by the U.S. singer-songwriter Carly Simon, released in 1990. It is her fourteenth studio album, and her sixteenth album overall, as well as being her second album devoted to standards. The album peaked at No. 46 on the Billboard 200, and remained on the chart for 17 weeks. Simon’s version […]
Our Man in New Orleans is an album by Al Hirt released by RCA Victor. The album was conducted and arranged by Marty Paich and produced by Steve Sholes. The album landed on the Billboard Top LPs chart in 1963, reaching No. 44. Tracks 1 Clarinet Marmalade (Henry Ragas; Larry Shields) 2:23 2 Ol’ Man […]
Summer Breeze is the fourth album by the American soft rock band Seals and Crofts, released in 1972 through Warner Bros. Records. It was a major commercial breakthrough for the group, and peaked at #7 on the Billboard album chart. The title cut was released as a single on September 9, 1972, peaking at #4 […]
Mr. Roberts Plays Guitar is an album by Howard Roberts, released in 1957. Howard Roberts (October 2, 1929 – June 28, 1992) was an American jazz guitarist, educator, and session musician. Roberts was born in Phoenix, Arizona, and began playing guitar at the age of 8. By the time he was 15 he was playing […]
Photograph is an album released by Melanie in 1976; her only release on Atlantic Records. The album contains “Cyclone” which was released as a single; despite making a publicity tour on American Bandstand and The Brady Bunch Hour to promote the single, it failed to chart. Ahmet Ertegün, who had personally signed Melanie to his […]
Melanie Anne Safka-Schekeryk (born February 3, 1947) is an American singer-songwriter. Known professionally as Melanie, she is best known for her hits “Brand New Key”, “Ruby Tuesday”, “What Have They Done to My Song, Ma”, and her song about performing at the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival, “Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)”. In 1976, Melanie […]
This self titled album off Deardorff & Joseph (Daniel Deardorff and Marcus Joseph) was their debut album featuring great musicians from LA, released in 1976. For more information about Daniel Deardorff, click here. Tracks 1 One More Story to Tell (Danny Deardorff) 3:24 2 We’ll Never Have to Say Goodbye Again (Jeffrey Commanor) 3:20 3 […]
The Astrud Gilberto Album is the debut studio album by Astrud Gilberto. It was released via Verve Records in 1965. It peaked at number 41 on the Billboard 200 chart. In 2017, NPR placed it at number 73 on the “150 Greatest Albums Made by Women” list. Tracks 1 Once I Loved (Ray Gilbert; Antonio […]
The Songs Of West Side Story is an album/project by various musicians released in 1996 and produced by David Pack. The music is written by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics are by Stephen Sondheim. Tracks 1 Something’s Coming (Leonard Bernstein) 4:42 2 A Boy Like That (Leonard Bernstein) 5:52 3 Maria (Leonard Bernstein) 4:40 4 Prologue / […]