Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer (album)
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Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer is a 1963 album
by Nat King Cole
, arranged by Ralph Carmichael
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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...
by Nat King Cole
Nat King Cole
Nathaniel Adams Coles , known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American musician who first came to prominence as a leading jazz pianist. Although an accomplished pianist, he owes most of his popular musical fame to his soft baritone voice, which he used to perform in big band and jazz genres...
, arranged by Ralph Carmichael
Ralph Carmichael
Ralph Carmichael is a composer and arranger of both secular pop music and contemporary Christian music, being regarded as one of the pioneers of the latter genre...
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Track listing
- "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer" (Hans CarsteHans CarsteHans Friedrich August Carste was a German composer and conductor. He is famous for the opening theme of the German television news series Tagesschau....
, Charles TobiasCharles Tobias-Biography:Born in New York City, Tobias grew up in Worcester, Massachusetts with brothers Harry Tobias and Henry Tobias, also songwriters.He started his musical career in vaudeville. In 1923, he founded his own music publishing firm and worked on Tin Pan Alley...
) – 2:25 - "Get Out and Get Under the MoonGet Out and Get Under the Moon"Get Out And Get Under The Moon" is a popular song.The music was written by Larry Shay, the lyrics by Charles Tobias and William Jerome. The song was published in 1928....
" (William JeromeWilliam JeromeWilliam Jerome was an American songwriter, born in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York of Irish immigrant parents, Mary Donnellan and Patrick Flannery...
, Larry ShayLarry ShayLarry Shay was an American songwriter.Shay was born in Chicago, Illinois. While still young, he studied the piano at the Bush Conservatory of Music in Chicago. He eventually moved to New York City to become a songwriter. His first composition was "Do You, Don't You, Will You, Won't You," published...
, Tobias) – 2:09 - "There Is a Tavern in the Town" (Nat King ColeNat King ColeNathaniel Adams Coles , known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American musician who first came to prominence as a leading jazz pianist. Although an accomplished pianist, he owes most of his popular musical fame to his soft baritone voice, which he used to perform in big band and jazz genres...
, Traditional) – 1:36 - "On a Bicycle Built for Two" (Cole, Steve Gillette) – 1:46
- "That Sunday, That SummerThat Sunday, That Summer"That Sunday, That Summer" is a popular song, written by Joe Sherman and George David Weiss and published in 1963.The best-known version, by Nat King Cole, reached #12 on the Billboard charts in 1963...
" (Joe ShermanJoe ShermanJoel Powers Sherman was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the 1915 Philadelphia Athletics.The 1915 Athletics were one of the worst teams in major league history. Sherman appeared in two games at the end of the season, completing his only start....
, George David WeissGeorge David WeissGeorge David Weiss was an American songwriter and former President of the Songwriters Guild of America.-Career:...
) – 3:10 - "On the Sidewalks of New York" (Edith Bergdahl, Cole) – 2:17
- "Our Old Home Town" (Haven GillespieHaven GillespieJames Lamont "Haven" Gillespie was an American Tin Pan Alley composer and lyricist. He was the writer of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" as well as "You Go to My Head", "Honey", "By the Sycamore Tree", "That Lucky Old Sun", "Breezin' Along With The Breeze", "Right or Wrong," "Beautiful Love",...
, Shay) – 1:40 - "After the Ball" (Oscar Hammerstein IIOscar Hammerstein IIOscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II was an American librettist, theatrical producer, and theatre director of musicals for almost forty years. Hammerstein won eight Tony Awards and was twice awarded an Academy Award for "Best Original Song". Many of his songs are standard repertoire for...
, Jerome KernJerome KernJerome David Kern was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music. One of the most important American theatre composers of the early 20th century, he wrote more than 700 songs, used in over 100 stage works, including such classics as "Ol' Man River", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man", "A...
) – 2:02 - "You Tell Me Your Dream" (Cole) – 2:18
- "That's What They Meant (By the Good Old Summertime)" (Al Frisch, Tobias) – 2:35
- "Don't Forget" (Sherman, Weiss) – 2:00
- "In the Good Old Summer TimeIn the Good Old Summer Time"In the Good Old Summer Time" is an American Tin Pan Alley song first published in 1902 with music by George Evans and lyrics by Ren Shields.Shields and Evans were at first unsuccessfully trying to sell the song to one of New York's big sheet music publishers. The publishers thought the topic of...
" (Cole, George "Honey Boy" Evans, Ren ShieldsRen ShieldsRen Shields was an American folk musician born in 1868 in Chicago, Illinois. He died on 25 October 1913 in Massapequa, New York. He co-wrote the song "In the Good Old Summer Time"....
) – 1:30 - "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer (Reprise)" – 1:22
Performance
- Nat King ColeNat King ColeNathaniel Adams Coles , known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American musician who first came to prominence as a leading jazz pianist. Although an accomplished pianist, he owes most of his popular musical fame to his soft baritone voice, which he used to perform in big band and jazz genres...
– vocalSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments... - Ralph CarmichaelRalph CarmichaelRalph Carmichael is a composer and arranger of both secular pop music and contemporary Christian music, being regarded as one of the pioneers of the latter genre...
– arrangerArrangementThe American Federation of Musicians defines arranging as "the art of preparing and adapting an already written composition for presentation in other than its original form. An arrangement may include reharmonization, paraphrasing, and/or development of a composition, so that it fully represents...
, conductorConductingConducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...