Let's Get Away From It All - The Skip-Jacks

 

Blue Skies

Let's Get Away From It All

The Skip-Jacks

Produced by Herman Diaz, Jr.

Recorded in RCA Victor's Studio A, New York City

Engineer: Ray Hall

RCA Victor LPM-2060

1959

From the back cover: That they were on the right track with their modern, but definitely not far out, ideas has been proved by their quick acceptance. With only one rehearsal under their belts, the Skip-Jacks auditioned for Robert Rothafel, president of Roxy Theatre Enterprises, who was looking for a quintet to do the vocal chores and production numbers at his Roxy Theatre in New York. They got the job.

From Billboard - December 21, 1959: The Skip-Jacks, a new group, have a modern sound that has touches of the Ho-Lo's, the Modernaires, the Pied Pipers and other of that ilk. Complement includes three men and two fems. The group has a good zingy sound and the get fine freewheeling band support on such tunes as "Blue Room," "Let's Get Away From It All," "I've Got The World On A String," etc. For fanciers of the modern chorus, this is welcome stuff.

Let's Get Away From It All

The Blue Room

Lazy River

It Might As Well Be Spring

I've Got A Pocketful Of Dream

Breezin' Along With The Breeze

I've Got The World On A String

Let The Rest Of The World Go By

Blue Skies

Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away)

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