''Persuasive Percussion Volume 3'' is a studio album by The Command All Stars. It was produced by Enoch Light and released in 1960 on Light's

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label (catalog no. RS 817-SD).Liner notes on back cover and inside the gatefold of the album. The featured musicians included

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(guitar), Doc Severinsen (trumpet), Bobby Byrne (trombone), Bobby Haggart,

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(piccolo), and Stan Webb (saxophone). The album cover artwork is by abstract painter

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. ''Persuasive Percussion Volume 3'' debuted on the '' Billboard'' magazine pop album chart on May 1, 1961, peaked at the No. 3 spot, and remained on the chart for 51 weeks.

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gave the album a rating of two-and-a-half stars. Reviewer Dave Nathan wrote: "This is one in a series of LP's that Command records issued to show off its considerable recording skills rather than for any lasting musical value."

Track listing

Side A # "Moments To Remember" (A. Stillman, R. Allen) :18# "All The Way" (S. Cahn, J. Van Heusen) :38# "Theme From Polovetzian Dances" (A. Borodin) :10# "Perdido" (E. Drake, H. Lengsfelder, J. Tizol) :39# "Come Rain Or Come Shine" (H. Arlen, J. Mercer) :17# "Hawaiian War Chant" (J. Noble, Leleiohaku) :23 Side B # "One For My Baby" (H. Arlen, J. Mercer) :03# "Kashmiri Song" (A. Wood, Forde, Finden) :35# "When Your Lover Has Gone" (E. A. Swan) :12# "Bingo Bango Bongo Baby" (E. Light, L. Davies) :04# "Autumn In New York" (V. Duke) :00# "Don't Worry About Me" (R. Bloom, T. Koehler) :50

References

{{Authority control Enoch Light albums 1960 albums Command Records albums Albums with cover art by Josef Albers