Pretty Baby (album)
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Pretty Baby is an album
recorded by Dean Martin
for Capitol Records
during two sessions on January 28 and January 30, 1957. The backing orchestration was conducted by Gus Levene. The completed album was released June 17, 1957.
2005 Collectors' Choice Music reissue added four more tracks to the twelve tracks on the original Capitol LP. Catalog Number WWCCM06062.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
recorded by Dean Martin
Dean Martin
Dean Martin was an American singer, film actor, television star and comedian. Martin's hit singles included "Memories Are Made of This", "That's Amore", "Everybody Loves Somebody", "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You", "Sway", "Volare" and "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?"...
for Capitol Records
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...
during two sessions on January 28 and January 30, 1957. The backing orchestration was conducted by Gus Levene. The completed album was released June 17, 1957.
Side A
- "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" (Jimmy McHughJimmy McHughJames Francis McHugh was a U.S. composer. One of the most prolific songwriters from the 1920s to the 1950s, he composed over 270 songs...
/ Dorothy FieldsDorothy FieldsDorothy Fields was an American librettist and lyricist.She wrote over 400 songs for Broadway musicals and films...
) Time: – 2:41. Session 4779; Master 16532. Recorded January 28, 1957. - "Only ForeverOnly Forever"Only Forever" is a song popularized in 1940 by Bing Crosby. It reached number one on the Billboard charts on October 19, 1940. "Only Forever" was written by James V. Monaco and Johnny Burke for the 1940 film Rhythm on the River. The song has also been recorded by Nat King Cole and Al Bowlly....
" (James V. Monaco / Johnny BurkeJohnny Burke (lyricist)Johnny Burke was a lyricist, widely regarded as one of the finest writers of popular songs in America between the 1920s and 1950s.-Biography:...
) Time: – 2:08. Session 4784; Master 16545. Recorded January 30, 1957. - "Sleepy Time Gal" (Ange Lorenzo / Richard A. Whitting / Joseph R. Alden / Raymond B. EganRaymond B. EganRaymond Blanning Egan was a songwriter. He moved to the United States in 1892 and settled in Michigan where he attended the University of Michigan. His first job was a bank clerk, but he soon moved onto be a staff writer for Ginnells Music Co...
) Time: – 2:36. Session 4779; Master 16539. Recorded January 28, 1957. - "MaybeMaybe (1935 song)"Maybe" is a popular song. It was written by Allan Flynn and Frank Madden and published in 1935.-Recordings in 1940:The first version to chart was recorded on June 11, 1940 by the Ink Spots and released by Decca Records as catalog number 3258B, with the flip side "Whispering Grass". The recording...
" (Allan Flynn / Frank Madden) Time: – 2:12. Session 4784; Master 16527. Recorded January 30, 1957. - "I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)"I Don't Know Why " is a popular song.The music was written by Fred E. Ahlert, the lyrics by Roy Turk. The song was published in 1931. It had three periods of great popularity: in 1931, right after its publication; in 1946; and in 1961...
" (Fred E. AhlertFred E. AhlertFrederick Emil Ahlert was an American composer and songwriter. He received a degree from Fordham Law School, but instead of pursuing a legal career he began work as an arranger, initially for Irving Aaronson and his Commanders and then for composer and band-leader Fred Waring...
/ Roy TurkRoy TurkRoy Kenneth Turk was an American songwriter. A lyricist, he frequently collaborated with composer Fred E. Ahlert – their popular 1928 song "Mean to Me" has become a jazz standard. He worked with many other composers, including for film lyrics...
) Time: – 2:54. Session 4784; Master 16529. Recorded January 30, 1957. - "Pretty BabyPretty Baby (song)Pretty Baby is a song written by Tony Jackson during the Ragtime era. The song was remembered as being prominent in Jackson's repertory before he left New Orleans in 1912, but was not published until 1916....
" (Egbert Van AlstyneEgbert Van AlstyneEgbert Anson Van Alstyne was a United States songwriter and pianist. Van Alstyne was the composer of a number of popular and ragtime tunes from the early 20th century.He was born in Marengo, Illinois...
/ Tony Jackson / Gus Cahn) Time: – 2:03. Session 4779; Master 16534. Recorded January 28, 1957.
Side B
- "You've Got Me Crying Again" (Charles Newman / Isham JonesIsham JonesIsham Jones was a United States bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter.-Career:Jones was born in Coalton, Ohio, to a musical and mining family, and grew up in Saginaw, Michigan, where he started his first band...
) Time: – 1:44. Session 4784; Master 16546. Recorded January 30, 1957. - "Once in a WhileOnce in a While"Once in a While" is a popular song, written by Michael Edwards with lyrics by Bud Green. The song was published in 1937.The song is a much-recorded standard. Tommy Dorsey's recording in 1937 went to number one in the United States...
" (Michael Edwards / Bud GreenBud GreenBud Green was an Austrian-born songwriter. Bud Green grew up in Harlem at 108th & Madison Ave. at the turn of the century, the eldest of seven. He dropped out of elementary school to sell newspapers and help the family...
) Time: – 2:54. Session 4784; Master 16528. Recorded January 30, 1957. - "The Object of My Affection" (Pinky Tomlin / Coy Poe / Jimmie Grier) Time: – 2:37. Session 4784; Master 16530. Recorded January 30, 1957.
- "For You" (Joe BurkeJoe Burke (composer)Joseph A. Burke was an American composer and pianist. He was born in Philadelphia and died in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music and started as a pianist accompanying silent movies and an arranger in a music publishing firm. It was during this time...
/ Al DubinAl DubinAlexander "Al" Dubin was an American lyricist. He became known through his collaborations with the composer Harry Warren.-Life and works:...
) Time: – 2:20. Session 4779; 16540. Recorded January 28, 1957. - "It's Easy To Remember" (Richard RodgersRichard RodgersRichard Charles Rodgers was an American composer of music for more than 900 songs and for 43 Broadway musicals. He also composed music for films and television. He is best known for his songwriting partnerships with the lyricists Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II...
/ Lorenz HartLorenz HartLorenz "Larry" Milton Hart was the lyricist half of the famed Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart...
) Time: – 3:16. Session 4779; Master 16533. Recorded January 28, 1957. - "Nevertheless (I'm In Love With You)Nevertheless (I'm in Love with You)"Nevertheless I'm in Love with You" is a popular song written by Harry Ruby with lyrics by Bert Kalmar, first published in 1931...
" (Bert KalmarBert KalmarBert Kalmar was a Jewish American lyricist.He was born in New York, New York. He ran away from home at the age of 10 to become a magician at a tent show, and retained an interest in magic all his life. He never got much of an education, but decided to make a career in show business...
/ Harry RubyHarry RubyHarry Ruby was a Jewish American songwriter and screenwriter.After failing in his early ambition to become a professional baseball player,...
) Time: – 2:50. Session 4779; Master 16531. Recorded January 28, 1957.
Compact Disc
1997 EMI/Capitol combined Pretty Baby with This Time I'm Swingin! (from 1960). Catalog Number 7243 8 54546 2 9.2005 Collectors' Choice Music reissue added four more tracks to the twelve tracks on the original Capitol LP. Catalog Number WWCCM06062.
- "Me 'N You 'N The Moon" (Sammy CahnSammy CahnSammy Cahn was an American lyricist, songwriter and musician. He is best known for his romantic lyrics to films and Broadway songs, as well as stand-alone songs premiered by recording companies in the Greater Los Angeles Area...
/ Jimmy Van Heusen) Time: – 2:13. Session 4380; Master 15482-7. Recorded May 22, 1956. - "Beau James" (Herbert Baker) Time: – 2:18. Session 6023; Master 17073-6. Recorded May 22, 1957.
- "I Know Your Mother Loves You" (Sammy Cahn / Arthur SchwartzArthur SchwartzArthur Schwartz was an American composer and film producer.Schwartz supported his legal studies at New York University and postgraduate studies at Columbia University by playing piano before concentrating his talents on vaudeville, Broadway theatre and Hollywood.Among his Broadway musicals are The...
) Time: – 2:41. Session 3753; Master 13751-5. Recorded April 27, 1955. - "The Lady with the Big Umbrella" (David Nelson / Danny Goodman) Time: – 2:58. Session 3746; Master 13724-8. Recorded April 20, 1955.
Complete Musical Credits
- Dean Martin: Vocals.
- Gus Levene: Leader.
- Hy Lesnick: Contractor.
- Alvino ReyAlvino ReyAlvin McBurney , known by his stage name Alvino Rey, was an American swing era musician and pioneer, often credited as the father of the pedal steel guitar...
: Guitar. - Vincent Terri: Guitar.
- Joseph G. 'Joe' Comfort: Bass.
- Nick FatoolNick FatoolNick Fatool was an American jazz drummer.Fatool first played professionally in Providence, Rhode Island, which he followed with time in Joe Haymes's band in 1937 and Don Beston's in Dallas soon after. In 1939 he played with Bobby Hackett briefly, and then became a member of the Benny Goodman...
: Drums. - Edwin L 'Buddy' Cole: Piano.
- Julian C. 'Matty' MatlockMatty MatlockJulian Clifton "Matty" Matlock was an American Dixieland jazz clarinettist, saxophonist and arranger born in Paducah, Kentucky...
: Clarinet. - Charles T. 'Chuck' Gentry: Saxophone.
- Edward R. Miller: Saxophone.
- Elmer R. 'Moe' Schneider: Trombone.
- Charles Richard 'Dick' Cathcart: Trumpet.