Live At The Losers - Ann Richards

 

Lover Come Back To Me

Live... At "The Losers"

Ann Richards with The Bill Marx Trio

Recorded live at "The Losers" in Hollywood

Vee Jay LR/SR 1070

1963

From the back cover: About Our Artists:

I have always felt that there is  no better singer in the whole wide world than Ann Richards... and tha covers all vocal classification. Which reminds me... no more classifications, please! Jazz this... pop that... those things are a myth. A singer of song is just that. How she frames her showcase is not so important as the showcase itself. Ann, because of her beliefs and dedication, is a warm and wonderful human being whom I adore. She has depth, taste and perception that is uncanny... literally tears the covers off a lyric that has been laying dormant in meaningless interpretation. Consequently, the tune sounds like it has been written expressly for her. Perhaps it was.

Ann is now at the peak of her career. I guarantee she will envelop you. How can a girl so beautiful be so talented... truly a loser!!!

Loser Bill Marx, Vee Jay Folk Swinger, who is someone's son, is one of my favorite people in general, and musicians in particular. Needless to say, I dig his piano... very much. He, too, says something lyrically, though instrumentally, which, to me, has always been the marx (poetic license) of a really good pianist. Bill is that and more. In this album he demonstrates something I was not aware of before mainly because it is a very specialized field in itself. The Accompanist! He must be there... strongly... to enhance not overshadow... to be dominant but not dominate... He must know the black and white... and important... the grey. Above all, he must swing. Bill does! – Johnny Magnus

Also from the back cover: Dear Loser:

If you haven't been to our club yet, you're really missing something.

First of all, the place is the prettiest... the most glamorous "must go" spot in Hollywood... meeting place of the GREAT and the NEAR GREAT. Eddie Fisher, Alcatraz, Richard Burton, Billie Sol Estes, John Profumo, Richard Nixon and Floyd Patterson haven't fallen by yet... and look what happened to them!

Believe me, The Losers, starring owners Sonny Orling and Pete Rooney, is the most talked about spot in the nation. It is built on this winning premise: WE'RE ALL LOSERS!

You see, these winning losers, Sonny and Pete, built a club that presents big league entertainment in a plush setting, with a perfect sound system and lights to match... beautiful girls who bathe and bring elixir... no admission like so many unholstered sewers which insult you before you have your foot in the door. Then, behold that bevy of swingin' losers... Wow!

One more thing about our club: the marquee is the talk of the country. I know you've heard about it. (See it on the album cover?) Anyway... Time magazine, the wire services and newspapers often get scooped by its posting of the newest addition to our organization. Passing motorists play wrinkle-finder on La Cienega Boulevard checking this marquee for a new member.

You see, we losers love company... and the family that loses together stays together. – Johnny Magnus - Radio KGFJ, Los Angeles

I Only Have Eyes For You

I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good

Back Home Again In Indiana

Come Rain Or Come Shine

Dearly Beloved

Bye Bye Blackbird

Lonesome Road

Little Girl Blue

Let Me Love You

Happiness Is Just A Thing Called Joe

Lover Come Back To Me