But Oh! Those Italian Melodies - George Feyer

 

Quando, Quando, Quando

(I like To Play French Songs The Best)

But Oh! Those Italian Melodies

George Feyer at The Piano

Cover Photo: Hal Buksbaum / Decca Photograph Studio

Decca Records DL4411

1963

From the back cover: George Feyer is like a great chef who, though using the same basic ingredients as other artists, produces a singularly tasteful triumph. There's no recipe for this kind of artistry; the master chef and the talented Mr. Feyer both – quite literally – play it by ear.

Having learned this, a new offering from George Feyer will surely bring joy to his legion of fans – and win him countless others. As a follow-up to his last enthusiastically-received album, this one boasts a rather lengthy title. But it promises – and delivers – another feast for the ears. In short, having launched our pianistic cook's tour in France, he continues the continental cuisine: only this time, the music has a zesty Italiano flavor.

This ability to completely capture the essence of another nation's music – yet color it with the added warmth of your individual touch – is rare. George Feyer owes it, in part, to a richly varied European background that began in his Hungarian homeland. And contributing importantly, too, is his thorough early training in classical music; it enables him to bring a unique mastery of the keyboard to every song.

But the surest evidence of that is right here in Mr. Feyer's latest album. Sunny Italy springs to glowing life in each of these melodic favorites... the infectious rhythms of Anna.. the nostalgia of Torna A Surriento (Come Back To Sorrento), and Arrivederci Roma... the lilting invitation to sing-along, so irresistible in Volare, Funiculi Funicula or Cirbiribin. You savor the romance and charmingly sentimental qualities of the Italian scene with Come Prima, Romantic, and Summertime In Venice.

Taking George Feyer at his word, we should believe that he still loves to play French songs best. But, oh, what wonderful things he does with those Italian melodies!

Quando, Quando, Quando

Arrivederci, Roma

Ciao Ciao Bambina

Ciribiribin

Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Bi Blu)

Romantica

Anna

Al Di La 

Come Prima

La Dolce Vita

Come Back To Sorrento

Guaglione

Anema E Core

Summertime In Venice

Medley: Funiculi Funicula / O Solo Mio

Dance Party - Plymouth Dance Orchestra

 

Besos Ardiente / Tom-Tom-Boogie-Woogie Man

Dance Party

An Hour Of Music

Plymouth Dance Orchestra

Plymouth Merit P-12-83

Obsession

Blue Danube

De Un Falso Amor

La Cumparsita

Skater's Waltz

Besos Ardiente 

Tom-Tom-Boogie-Woogie Man

Recuerdo 

Fledermaus Waltz

It's Raining Polka

Mi Passion

Blue Rhumba

Alexander Polka

Samba Vox Polka

Wine, Woman And Song

Morning Journals

Lavalle In Hi-Fi - Paul Lavalle

 

Buzzards Bacchanale

Lavelle In Hi-Fi

Paul Lavalle

His Woodwinds and His Band

RCA Victor LPM-1516

1957

From the back cover: Here is music with charm and excitement... with imagination and amazing authority... brilliantly etched into superb hi-fi by one of America's great conductors, composers, arrangers and innovators... and a band unique in musical history.

Paul Lavalle's music has been a favorite of American audiences for almost twenty years. Thie well-known and equally well-liked clarinetist and conduct studied at Juilliard and with the renowned Joseph Schillinger, conducted such diverse groups as the Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street and the Stradivari Violins, and herewith introduces his latest creation: a colorful combination of brasses, saxes, woodwinds and percussion that heralds a new era in the field of band music. With it he take full advantage of the scope afforded by the most modern of high fidelity reproduction with an alluring exhibit of extended, imaginative, mellow and often modern voicings.

For example, Lavalle and his men display great spirit, as in the opening Clarinet Polka with its fourteen unison clarinets; surprisingly modern harmonies in Buzzards Bacchanale, an original by Paul and Al Bass; mellow blending of trombones and French horns in Dream Of Love; fascinating, contrasting woodwinds in Jockey On A Carousel; a dextrous display of deep-toned unison by Joe Tart and Harvey Phillips in When Yuba Plays The Rumba On The Tuba.

And there is even more on the second side – delicacy, charm, romantic blending, imagination, wit and superb modern mass sounds. All of this comes to you, reproduced faithfully and brilliantly in this dazzling display of high fidelity sound by the ingenious Paul Lavalle and his exciting new band! 

Clarinet Polka

The Breeze And I

Buzzards Bacchanale

Dream Of Love (Paraphrase on "Liebestram")

Jocky On A Carousel

When Yuba Plays The Rumba On The Tuba

Tumblin' Tumbleweeds

Sophisticated Sophomore

Where Or When

It Ain't Necessarily So

The Whistler And His Dog

Music For A Summer Night - Various (Uncredited)

 

Music For A Summer Night

Music For A Summer Night

Vocal Stars of Radio and Television with Famous Orchestra

Hollywood Records LPH 143

A Blue Ribbon Product

Canadian Sunset

Love And Marriage 

You Are My Love

Goodnight My Love, Pleasant Dreams

Caprice Viennois

Warm All Over

Song For A Summer Night

You Don't Know Me

Young Love

The Old Refrain

More Than The Most! - Dakota Staton

 

The Song Is Ended

More Than The Most!

Dakota Staton

Arranged and Conducted by Sid Feller

Produced by Andy Wiswell

Capitol Records T 1325

1959

From Billboard - February 1, 1960: The thrush has another fine album. She performs a group of oldies – giving out with some surprising tempo changes – in her usual warm fashion. Backing from Sid Feller helps all the way. Numbers include "The Song Is Ended," "It's You Or No One" and "Love Walked In." Attractive cover photo of artist.

September In The Rain

Walkin' By The River

East Of The Sun

I Could Make You Care

It's You Or No One

High On A Windy Hill

My Heart Beats Like A Hammer

The Crazy Things We Do

Some Days It's Monday

The Song Is Ended

Good-Bye

Love Walked In

Love Songs - Julius La Rosa

 

How About Me

Love Songs

ã La Rosa

Julius La Rosa

Produced by Hugo & Luigi (Directors of Artist & Repertoire)

Cover Photo: Al Gescheidt

Roulette R 25054

1959

Just Say I Love Her

Girl In My Office

How About Me

You Are Too Beautiful

Melancholy Baby

I Remember You

The Girl I've Been Looking For

When I Fall In Love

You're Me Girl

But Beautiful 

Try A Little Tenderness

My Romance

A Thing Called Love - Larry Butler

 

Where's There's Love

A Thing Called Love

The Piano & Orchestra of Larry Butler

Producer: Scott Turner

Arranger: Don Tweedy

Engineer: Chuck Seitz

Art Direction: Woody Woodward

Design: Gabor Halmos

Imperial Records LP-12410

1968

From the back cover: Now let me bring out one other point about the surprising Mr. Butler. A good many of you think of him as a country artist. He is. As I mentioned before, he's one of the most popular figures in the Nashville recording studios. But he's more than that. He's what you call an all-around musician. In July of 1968, Cash Box took its annual poll of disc jockeys around the country to find out who were the most oft-programmed artists on the air. Larry Butler was voted second in the Most Promising Up & Coming Instrumentalist category – but in the pop area, and not in the country market! (I told you he was a surprising guy!) All this proves is that the people who hear the music first, and have the unattractive task of weeding out the good from the bad, have put their stamp of approval on a pianist named Larry Butler. And it's hard to argue with the professionals. – Tom Mentee, Cash Box.

A Thing Called Love

How Sweet It Is (To Be In Love With You)

I Wanna Live

Love Of The Common People 

Rose (A Ring To The Name Of Rose)

Sunday Morning Meetin'

Another Place, Another Time

Till October

Honey

Just For You

Lonely Wine

Where There's Love

Misty Blue - George Morgan

 

Misty Blue

Misty Blue

George Morgan

Star Of The Grand Ole Opry Sings...

Album Produced by Don Pierce

Cover Design: Don Quest Art Studio, Nashville

Nashville NLP 2061

A Product of Starday Recording & Publishing Company

1969

Misty Blue

I Couldn't See

The Worst Of The Hurt Is Over

One For You, One For Me

Steal Away

Sad Bird

True-Love (Is The Greatest Thing)

By The Way (I Still Love You)

Midnight In Heaven

Have Some Of Mine

Why Fight The Feeling? - Roy Hamilton

 

I'll Live True To You

Why Fight The Feeling?

Roy Hamilton

Music Arranged and Conducted by Neal Hefti

Epic LN 3534

1959

From the back cover: (Note: For a closer look at this magnetic personality of Roy Hamilton, Epic has asked his manager, Bill Cook, to contribute a few words about this popular and gifted artist).

Roy Hamilton, whom I discovered singing in a small night club in Newark, New Jersey for $5.00 a night, proves in this collection that when he puts the Hamilton touch to a song, with all the fire and soul that he possesses, the song takes on a new meaning. Roy, who says "I dig 'em like I feel 'em," does it here with songs by such splendid composers as Johnny Mercer, Jimmy McHugh, Frank Lesser, Irving Berlin, Richard Rodgers, Cole Porter, James van Heusen, Neal Hefti and others, songs which, in their varying ways, deal with romance and the feelings that accompany it.

Epic Records asked me, because of my long and close association with Roy, to give a description of the quiet, unassuming singer whose meteoric rise from boxer to balladeer was accomplished almost over-night, and whose flair for making hits has caused him to be dubbed "The Golden Boy Of Song." Roy was born in Leesburg, Georgia, and his home is now in Jersey City. He is twenty-eight at this writing, and his loves are people and music. His love for music ranges from spirituals (his first interest) to jazz and rock-and-roll. Almost the only difference in his approach to songs is that when he performs a song with a spiritual flavor it changes from rock-and-roll to "rock and soul." He has a sincerity that he transmits to his audiences with often surprising effects; I've seen them cry, rejoice and even faint, and men react with the same emotions that women do. His humility, his cooperative spirit and the general attitude he takes toward everyone have caused disc jockeys and even other artist to call him the nicest guy in show business. Having watched his rise, his recent illness and retirement and his splendid comeback, and knowing his sincere love from singing, I share even more deeply the respect others have for him. I have watched him remain in auditoriums singing autographs until the lights went out, or standing in the rain for hours shaking hands, and this is the singer for whom 82,000 oriole staid un a five minute ovation in Soldiers' Field in Chicago, calling him back to the stage. He has been chosen Singer of the Year by Cashbox Magazine, and was cited the favorite vocalist by fans in Brazil, Italy and in the Caribbean.

Recording people love him, because his great voice and keen ear save time at recording sessions, and because of his cooperative, many of his biggest hits have been made with only one take. He never argues, swears or complains, even to his manager! And he spends music of his time trying to help new young singers who have not been as fortunate as he has. I'm often asked if his deeply religious feeling does not come from his background as a singer of gospel songs; I can only say that he believes sincerely in the Golden Rule, and lives – and sings – accordingly.

One of the most imaginative and inventive of today's you'd conductor-arrangers, Nebraska-born Neal Hefti has played with such leaders as Charlie Spivak and Woody Herman, and wrote arrangements for both the Herman Herd and Harry Jame's orchestra. He arranged and conducted an earlier collection for Roy Hamilton, With All My Love (LN 3519) and (LN 3440) and Hefti Hot'n Hearty (LN 3187).

Something's Gotta Give

Can't Get Out Of This Mood

Why Fight The Feeling

Change Partners

I Could Write A Book

You Belong To My Heart

Let's Do It

You May Not Love Me

To The End Of The Earth

Love Me

Kiss Me First

I'll Live True To You