Summer Classics

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Ain’t Got No, I Got Life
recording engineer:
Ed Begley (sound engineer in RCA Victor) (on 1968-05-13)
producer:
Joe René
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist) (on 1968-05-13)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Music (in 1968)
produced for:
Stroud Productions & Enterprises Inc. (Nina Simone's husband)
recorded at:
RCA Studio B (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 1968-05-13)
recording of:
Ain’t Got No, I Got Life (on 1968-05-13)
lyricist:
James Rado (US actor, playwright, director, writer & composer) and Gerome Ragni
composer:
Galt MacDermot (Canadian composer, pianist and writer of musical theatre)
publisher:
EMI U Catalog (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and EMI United Partnership Ltd.
medley of:
I Got Life (from “Hair”)
medley of:
Ain’t Got No (from “Hair”)
Nina Simone42:20
2Mas que nada
cover recording of:
Mas, que nada!
lyricist and composer:
Jorge Ben Jor
Ella Fitzgerald3:48
3Summertime
Ray Conniff, His Orchestra & Chorus2:41
4Por favor
Doris Day2:22
5You Do Something to Me
recording of:
You Do Something to Me (Fifty Million Frenchmen musical comedy)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1929)
publisher:
Warner/Chappell and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1929)
part of:
Can‐Can (1960 musical film)
part of:
Fifty Million Frenchmen
Frank Sinatra2:35
6In the Cool, Cool, Coll of the Evening
recording of:
In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening (from “Here Comes the Groom”)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
part of:
The 24th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 24)
Harry James and His Orchestra3:02
7Put on a Happy Face
cover recording of:
Put On a Happy Face (Bye Bye Birdie)
lyricist:
Lee Adams (US musical theatre lyricist & librettist)
composer:
Charles Strouse
publisher:
Edwin H. Morris & Company (a division of MPL Communications Inc.)
part of:
Bye Bye Birdie
Tony Bennett2:40
8A Fine Romance
recording of:
A Fine Romance (from “Swing Time”)
publisher:
Jerome Kern (on 1936-07-24)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist) (in 1936)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1936)
publisher:
Chappell & Co.
part of:
Swing Time (film)
Marilyn Monroe2:21
9All That Jazz
Mel Tormé2:13
10Come Rain or Come Shine
Buddy Greco2:04
11Besame mucho
double bass:
Johnny Miller (part of the Nat King Cole Trio) (on 1944-05-02)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (on 1944-05-02)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1944-05-02)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1944-05-02)
cover recording of:
Bésame mucho (English lyric version by Sunny Skylar) (on 1944-05-02)
composer:
Consuelo Velázquez
translator:
Sunny Skylar
publisher:
Latin American Music, Peer International Corporation (BMI) and Promotora Hispano Americana De Musica S.A.
translated version of:
Bésame mucho (Bésame, bésame mucho como si fuera esta noche la última vez)
Nat King Cole2:53
12The Girl From Ipanema
Percy Faith Orchestra2:33
13Eso beso
Nancy Ames2:03
14Guaglione
recording of:
Guaglione
lyricist:
Nicola Salerno (Italian lyricist) (in 1956)
composer:
Giuseppe Fanciulli (in 1956)
additional translator:
Steve Crosby
publisher:
Accordo Edizioni Musicali Srl
Pérez Prado and His Orchestra2:25
15Something for Cat
recording of:
Something for Cat (Breakfast at Tiffany’s)
composer:
Henry Mancini (US composer, conductor & arranger)
Henry Mancini & His Orchestra3:10
16Raindrops Keep Falling
Peter Nero2:45
17Strangers in the Night
Mel Tormé2:40
18The Impossible Dream
recording of:
The Impossible Dream (Man of La Mancha)
lyricist:
Joe Darion
composer:
Mitch Leigh
publisher:
Andrew Scott Inc., Andrew Scott Music, Carlin Music Corporation and Helena Music Co.
part of:
Man of La Mancha (Mitch Leigh musical)
Andy Williams2:36