''Politely!'' is a 1958 album by Keely Smith, with arrangements by Billy May.

Reception

The initial ''Billboard'' magazine review from October 20, 1958 commented that "Miss Smith really has a way with a song. Her ballads are lush and lovely and she swings on the up-tempo tunes. ...Attractive cover drawing of the chick will attract". The album was reviewed by Dave Nathan for

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who wrote that "The program balances up-tempo numbers and ballads with matching May orchestrations. The slower numbers are enhanced by strings, while the faster numbers feature Mays's trademark fluttering flutes juxtaposed with blaring brass". Nathan praised Smith's "...earnestness with which she delivered each song, regardless of tempo. This left the impression that she sincerely believed in each word of the lyrics".

Track listing

# " Sweet and Lovely" ( Gus Arnheim,

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, Harry Tobias) – 3:44 # "

Cocktails for Two "Cocktails for Two" is a song from the Big Band era, written by Arthur Johnston and Sam Coslow. The song debuted in the movie '' Murder at the Vanities'' (1934), where it was introduced by the Danish singer and actor Carl Brisson. Duke Ellingto ...

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, Arthur Johnston) – 2:53 # " The Song Is You" ( Oscar Hammerstein II,

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I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You) "I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)" is a popular song with music by Fred E. Ahlert and lyrics by Roy Turk. The song was published in 1928. Versions by Nick Lucas, Aileen Stanley and, most successfully, Ruth Etting, all charted in America in 19 ...

" ( Fred E. Ahlert,

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) – 2:10 # " Lullaby of the Leaves" ( Bernice Petkere, Joe Young) – 2:17 # "

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I Can't Get Started "I Can't Get Started", also known as "I Can't Get Started with You" or "I Can't Get Started (with You)", is a popular song. It was written in 1936 by Vernon Duke (music) and Ira Gershwin (lyrics) and introduced that year in the film '' Ziegfeld ...

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I'll Never Smile Again "I'll Never Smile Again" is a 1939 song written by Ruth Lowe. It has been recorded by many other artists since, becoming a standard. The most successful and best-known million selling single version of the song was recorded by Tommy Dorsey an ...

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) – 3:06 # "S'posin'" (Paul Denniker, Andy Razaf) – 2:38 # "

East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" is a popular song written by Brooks Bowman, an undergraduate member of Princeton University's Class of 1936, for the 1934 production of the Princeton Triangle Club's production of Stags at Bay. It was pub ...

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, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:04 # "I Never Knew I Could Love Anybody (Like I'm Loving You)" ( Raymond B. Egan, Roy Marsh, Thomas Pitts) – 1:48

Personnel

* Keely Smith –

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* Billy May – arranger *Jim Jonson – cover illustration *

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– producer

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1958 albums Albums arranged by Billy May Albums produced by Voyle Gilmore Capitol Records albums Keely Smith albums