Pretty blonde with leopard skin
(17 votes, average: 3.88 out of 5)
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Ella and Louis
Man, what a great cover! representing the best of American 20th Century arts. Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong 1956. A desert island disc for sure. So good they had to do it again in 1957 (“Ella and Louis Again”)
Cover photo: Phil Stern Producer: Norman Granz
With the Oscar Peterson Trio of Ray Brown on bass and Herb Ellis on guitar plus Buddy Rich on drums.
“In such a palmy setting, Armstrong is in simple, unraffish condition and Ella is in impeccable voice”
A classic recording of standards including “Moonlight in Vermont,” They Can’t Take That Away From Me,” “Tenderly,” “A Foggy Day,” “Stars Fell on Alabama,” “Cheek to Cheek,” “The Nearness of You,” and others.
(19 votes, average: 4.32 out of 5) Loading ...
MJQ
The Modern Jazz Quartet. John Lewis, Milt Jackson, Percy Heath and Connie Kay. Atlantic Records 1265 (1957) Featuring Medley: They Say It’s Wonderful/How Deep is the Ocean/I Don’t Stand A Ghost of a Chance with You/My Old Flame/Body and Soul; Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea; La Ronde: Drums; A Night In Tunisia; Yesterdays; Bags’ Groove; Baden-Baden. Cover photo: Fabian Bachrach / Recording engineer: Tom Dowd / Supervision: Nesuhi Ertegun / Liner notes: Nat Hentoff
(16 votes, average: 3.94 out of 5) Loading ...
Big top hits
A Trip to the Circus sung by Chirpy Cricket.
(12 votes, average: 3.50 out of 5) Loading ...
The objects of my obsession
Pinky Tomlin (1907 – 1987), who wrote the 1930’s hit ”The Object of My Affection” toured for more than a decade with his own band, writing along the way such songs as ”The Love Bug Will Bite You if You Don’t Watch Out” and ”If It Wasn’t for the Moon.”
Country Boy on Arvee. Cover design: Jac Brahm / Cover photo: Carlyle Blackwell / Car: AC-Ford Cobra / Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle
(9 votes, average: 3.33 out of 5) Loading ...
“That’s him!”
Mark Murphy’s Hip Parade (1959). Capitol Records. Arranged and conducted by Bill Holman. From the liner notes by Peggy Lee: “He phrases at times like a horn; and a horn with a modern sound. As the expression goes, you might say, ‘He blows.'”
(8 votes, average: 4.50 out of 5) Loading ...
