''Alley Cat'' is the debut album by Danish
pianist
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Bent Fabric
Bent Fabricius-Bjerre (7 December 1924 – 28 July 2020), better known internationally as Bent Fabric, was a Danish pianist and composer.
Biography
Bent Fabricius-Bjerre was born in Frederiksberg, Denmark. He started a jazz ensemble after W ...
. The album features the
Grammy Award
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-winning single "
Alley Cat", and was a charting album in 1962-63.
[(22 December 1962)]
Top LPs
''Billboard'' (listed as No. 14 mono album in this issue, 9 weeks on chart)[(6 April 1963)]
Top LPs
''Billboard'' (listing mono album as #36, with 24 straight weeks on chart, and stereo version at #13, with 16 straight weeks on chart)
The title song is used as a recurring gag on the short-lived 1990 TV show ''
Get a Life''.
The cover was designed by Haig Adishian, and was a ''Billboard'' Album Cover of the Week in October 1962.
Track listing
#Alley Cat (2:24)
#Across The Alley From The Alamo (2:11)
#
You Made Me Love You (3:03)
#Trudie (1:56)
#Markin' Time (1:38)
#In The Arms Of My Love (2:28)
#Delilah (2:15)
#Catsanova Walk (1:58)
#Symphony (2:19)
#Early Morning In
Copenhagen
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(2:22)
#Comme Ci, Comme Ca (2:06)
#Baby Won't You Please Come Home (2:50)
References
External links
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Atco Records albums
Swing albums
1962 debut albums
Bent Fabric albums
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