This Time I'm Swingin'!
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This Time I'm Swingin'! is an album recorded by Dean Martin
for Capitol Records
. The sessions yielding this album's songs were recorded in May 1960. While thirteen tracks were recorded during the three sessions, only twelve of them made it onto the album when it was released October 3, 1960 (see 1960 in music
). "Ain't That a Kick in the Head" was recorded during those sessions but not released. The backing orchestra was conducted and arranged by Nelson Riddle
. The original album consisted of twelve songs—many with prominent brass arrangements.
Capitol Records Release Number T-1442
(Monaural Copy)
2005 Collectors' Choice Music reissue added four more tracks to the twelve tracks on the original Capitol LP. Catalog Number WWCCM06052. (STEREO - Bonustracks in MONO)
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...
. The sessions yielding this album's songs were recorded in May 1960. While thirteen tracks were recorded during the three sessions, only twelve of them made it onto the album when it was released October 3, 1960 (see 1960 in music
1960 in music
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). "Ain't That a Kick in the Head" was recorded during those sessions but not released. The backing orchestra was conducted and arranged by Nelson Riddle
Nelson Riddle
Nelson Smock Riddle, Jr. was an American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator whose career stretched from the late 1940s to the mid 1980s...
. The original album consisted of twelve songs—many with prominent brass arrangements.
LP
Capitol Records Catalog Number (S) T-1659Capitol Records Release Number T-1442
(Monaural Copy)
Side A
- "I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me" (Clarence Gaskill / 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...
) Time: – 2:27. Session 9459; Master 33850. Recorded May 17, 1960. - "True LoveTrue Love (song)"True Love" is a popular song written by Cole Porter and was published in 1956.The song was introduced by Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly in the musical film High Society. The Crosby–Kelly version, accompanied by Johnny Green's MGM studio orchestra using a romantic arrangement by Conrad Salinger, was...
" (Cole PorterCole PorterCole Albert Porter was an American composer and songwriter. Born to a wealthy family in Indiana, he defied the wishes of his domineering grandfather and took up music as a profession. Classically trained, he was drawn towards musical theatre...
) Time: – 2:35. Session 9459; Master 33848. Recorded May 17, 1960. - "You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You" (Russ MorganRuss MorganRuss Morgan was a big band orchestra leader and musical arranger in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s.-Early life:...
/ Larry Stock / James Cavanaugh) Time: – 2:15. Session 9444S, Master 33806. Recorded May 10, 1960. - "On the Street Where You LiveOn the Street Where You Live"On the Street Where You Live" is a song with music by Frederick Loewe and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner from the 1956 Broadway musical My Fair Lady. It is sung in the musical by the character Freddy Eynsford-Hill, who was portrayed by John Michael King in the original production...
" (Frederick Loewe / Alan Jay LernerAlan Jay LernerAlan Jay Lerner was an American lyricist and librettist. In collaboration with Frederick Loewe, he created some of the world's most popular and enduring works of musical theatre for both the stage and on film...
) Time: – 3:43. Session 9441S, Master 33745. Recorded May 9, 1960. - "ImaginationImagination (1940 song)"Imagination" is a popular song with music written by Jimmy Van Heusen and the lyrics by Johnny Burke. The song was first published in 1940. The two best-selling versions were recorded by the orchestras of Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey in 1940....
" (Johnny Burke / Jimmy Van Heusen) Time: – 3:16. Session 9441S; Master 33747. Recorded May 9, 1960. - "(It Will Have To Do) Until the Real Thing Comes AlongUntil the Real Thing Comes Along" Until the Real Thing Comes Along" is a popular song first published in 1936.According to one version of the original sheet music, the songwriting credits read: "Words and Music by Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin and L.E. Freeman"....
" (Mann Holiner / Saul ChaplinSaul ChaplinSaul Chaplin was an American composer and musical director.He was born Saul Kaplan in Brooklyn, New York.He had worked on stage, screen and television since the days of Tin Pan Alley...
/ Alberta Nichols / 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...
/ L.E. Freeman) Time: – 3:03. Session 9444S; Master 33804. Recorded May 10, 1960.
Side B
- "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm GonePlease Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone"Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" was written by Sam H. Stept with lyrics by Sidney Clare. Original publication also credited singer Bee Palmer as co-composer. The song was published in 1930...
" (Sam Stept / Sidney ClareSidney ClareSidney Clare was an American comedian, dancer and composer. His best known songs include "On the Good Ship Lollipop" , "You’re My Thrill" , and "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" .In 1929, Clare wrote his...
/ Bee PalmerBee PalmerBee Palmer , was a United States singer and dancer. She was born Beatrice C. Palmer in Chicago.Palmer first attracted significant attention as one of the first exponents of the "shimmy" dance in the late 1910s...
) Time: – 2:26. Session 9444S; Master 33805. Recorded May 10, 1960. - "I've Grown Accustomed To Her FaceI've Grown Accustomed to Her Face"I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" is a song from the 1956 musical My Fair Lady, with music by Frederick Loewe and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. It was originally performed by Rex Harrison as Professor Henry Higgins...
" (Frederick Loewe / Alan Jay Lerner) Time: – 2:44. Session 9441S; Master 33746. Recorded May 9, 1960. - "Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You)Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)"Someday " is a popular song. It was written by Jimmie Hodges and was published in 1944.The song has become a standard, recorded by many pop and country music singers.-Charting versions:...
" (Jimmie Hodges) Time: – 2:23. Session 9441S; Master 33744. Recorded May 9, 1960. - "Mean To Me" (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...
/ Fred Ahlert) Time: – 2:11. Session 9444S; Master 33808. Recorded May 10, 1960. - "Heaven Can Wait" (Eddie DeLangeEddie DeLangeEddie DeLange was an American bandleader and lyricist. Famous artists who recorded some of DeLange's songs include Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, Duke Ellington, and Benny Goodman.-Biography:...
/ Jimmy Van Heusen]]) Time: – 2:31. Session 9459; Master 33849. Recorded May 17, 1960. - "Just In TimeJust in Time (song)"Just in Time" is a popular song with the melody written by Jule Styne and the lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. The song was published in 1956....
" (Jule StyneJule StyneJule Styne was a British-born American songwriter especially famous for a series of Broadway musicals, which included several very well known and frequently revived shows.-Early life:...
/ Betty ComdenBetty ComdenBetty Comden was one-half of the musical-comedy duo Comden and Green, who provided lyrics, libretti, and screenplays to some of the most beloved and successful Hollywood musicals and Broadway shows of the mid-20th century...
/ Adolph GreenAdolph GreenAdolph Green was an American lyricist and playwright who, with long-time collaborator Betty Comden, penned the screenplays and songs for some of the most beloved movie musicals, particularly as part of Arthur Freed's production unit at MGM, during the genre's heyday...
) Time: – 2:16. Session 9459; Master 33847. Recorded May 17, 1960.
Compact Disc
1997 EMI/Capitol combined This Time I'm Swingin! with Pretty Baby (from 1957). Catalog Number 7243 8 54546 2 9. (in MONO !)2005 Collectors' Choice Music reissue added four more tracks to the twelve tracks on the original Capitol LP. Catalog Number WWCCM06052. (STEREO - Bonustracks in MONO)
- "My Own, My Only, My All" (Jay LivingstonJay LivingstonJay Livingston was an American composer and singer best known as half of a songwriting duo with Ray Evans that specialized in songs composed for films. Livingston wrote the music and Evans the lyrics....
/ Ray EvansRay EvansRaymond Bernard Evans was an American songwriter. He was a partner in a composing and songwriting duo with Jay Livingston, known for the songs they composed for films...
) Time: – 3:00. Session 1364A; Master 4520-2. Recorded June 20, 1949. - "Bonne Nuit (Goodnight)" (Jay Livingston / Ray Evans) Time – 2:41. Session 2108; Master 7327-9. Recorded April 9, 1951.
- "You And Your Beautiful Eyes" (Mack DavidMack DavidMack David was an American lyricist and songwriter, best known for his work in film and television, with a career spanning from the early 1940s through the early 1970s. Mack was credited with writing lyrics and/or music for over one thousand songs...
/ Jerry LivingstonJerry LivingstonJerry Livingston was an American songwriter, and dance orchestra pianist.-Biography:...
) Time: – 2:08. Session 1992; Master 6889-15. Recorded December 2, 1950. - "Choo'N Gum" (Vic MizzyVic MizzyVic Mizzy was an American composer for television and movies whose best-known works are the themes to the 1960s television sitcoms Green Acres and The Addams Family. He also penned top-20 songs from the 1930s to 1940s.-Biography:Vic Mizzy was born in Brooklyn, New York and attended New York...
/ Mann Curtis) Time: – 2:26. Session 1693; Master 5699-2. Recorded March 28, 1950.
Complete Musical Credits
- Dean Martin: Vocals
- Nelson Riddle: Leader
- Emanuel 'Mannie' KleinManny KleinManny Klein was a jazz trumpeter most associated with swing.He began with Paul Whiteman in 1928 and was active throughout the 1930s playing with several major bands of the era including the Dorseys and Benny Goodman. In 1937, he moved to California and worked with Frank Trumbauer's orchestra...
: Contractor (Session 9441S) - Sol Klein: Contractor (Sessions 9444S and 9459)
- Alton R. 'Al' Hendrickson: Guitar
- Joseph G. 'Joe' Comfort: Bass
- Irving Cottler: Drums (Session 9441S)
- Alvin A. StollerAlvin StollerAlvin Stoller was an American jazz drummer. Though he seems to have been largely forgotten, he was held in high regard in the 1940s and 1950s...
: Drums (Sessions 9444S and 9459) - William Miller: Piano
- Jacques Gasselin: Cello (Session 9459)
- Edgar 'Ed' Lustgarten: Cello
- Eleanor Aller Slatkin: Cello
- Alvin Dinkin: Viola (Sessions 9444S and 9459)
- Stanley Harris: Viola (Session 9441S)
- Paul Robyn: Viola
- Victor Arno: Violin (Session 9459)
- Victor Bay: Violin
- Alex Beller: Violin
- Harry Bluestone: Violin (Session 9441S)
- Jacques Gasselin: Violin (Session 9441S)
- Daniel 'Dan' Lube: Violin
- Marshall Sosson: Violin (Session 9444S and 9459)
- Felix Slatkin: Violin (Session 9444S)
- Gerald Vinci: Violin (Sessions 9441S and 9444S)
- William M. 'Buddy' Collette: Saxophone
- John 'Plas' Johnson, Jr.: Saxophone
- Harry G. Klee: Saxophone
- Joseph J. Koch: Saxophone
- Ronald 'Ronnie Lang' Langinger: Saxophone (Session 9441S)
- Wilbur SchwartzWilbur SchwartzWilbur Schwartz was a clarinetist and alto saxophonist best remembered today for his work with Glenn Miller....
: Saxophone (Sessions 9444S and 9459) - Russell Brown: Trombone
- Richard L. 'Dick' Noel: Trombone
- Thomas 'Tom' Pederson: Trombone (Sessions 9441S and 9444S)
- Thomas Shepard: Trombone
- Walter P. 'Pete' Candoli: Trumpet
- Donald A. FagerquistDon FagerquistDonald Fagerquist was a small group, big band, and studio jazz trumpet player from the West Coast of the United States...
: Trumpet (Session 9441S) - Conrad GozzoConrad GozzoConrad J. Gozzo was an American trumpet player born in New Britain Connecticut on February 6, 1922. Gozzo was a member of the NBC Hollywood staff orchestra at the time of his death on October 8, 1964...
: Trumpet (Session 9444S) - Dale McMickle: Trumpet (Session 9459)
- Carroll Lewis: Trumpet
- Clarence F. 'Shorty' SherockShorty SherockClarence "Shorty" Sherock was a prominent swing jazz trumpeter.Sherock attended the Illinois Military Academy before becoming a soloist with Jimmy Dorsey's orchestra and later with Gene Krupa's Orchestra, together with saxophonist Sam Donahue.He was a featured soloist at the first concert of...
: Trumpet