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Marilyn Maye,a fine singer who made most of her recordings in the late 1960s. She still sings now in her 80s and produces shows for other singers.
This album is one of her best since it was recorded with only one arranger/conductor,Peter Matz,so it has a unified,consistent sound. Some of Marilyn's other albums were compiled from recordings she made with several different arrangers/conductors which may result in a group of songs in different styles that don't mix well on one album.As the 1960s went on it became the practice of record companies to issue a single by a singer, then an album built around the single if that song became somewhat successful on the music charts. It was believed that singles were bought mainly by teenagers and albums were bought by adults.So some albums were conceived only after a single showed some hit potential and the album was assembled from songs that were already "in the can" as they say.Since recording sessions were usually for about three or four songs,the singer would end up recording songs on different days and times with whatever arranger/conductors the record producer could hire. So this meant that an album could have several different orchestra leaders with different styles of music arranging.It may be hard to play such an album from start to finish.
Album seen at Academy Records in Williamsburg,Brooklyn,NYC
IMG_3058
Marilyn Maye,a fine singer who made most of her recordings in the late 1960s. She still sings now in her 80s and produces shows for other singers.
This album is one of her best since it was recorded with only one arranger/conductor,Peter Matz,so it has a unified,consistent sound. Some of Marilyn's other albums were compiled from recordings she made with several different arrangers/conductors which may result in a group of songs in different styles that don't mix well on one album.As the 1960s went on it became the practice of record companies to issue a single by a singer, then an album built around the single if that song became somewhat successful on the music charts. It was believed that singles were bought mainly by teenagers and albums were bought by adults.So some albums were conceived only after a single showed some hit potential and the album was assembled from songs that were already "in the can" as they say.Since recording sessions were usually for about three or four songs,the singer would end up recording songs on different days and times with whatever arranger/conductors the record producer could hire. So this meant that an album could have several different orchestra leaders with different styles of music arranging.It may be hard to play such an album from start to finish.
Album seen at Academy Records in Williamsburg,Brooklyn,NYC