''Rosie Swings Softly'' is a 1960

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Rosemary Clooney Rosemary Clooney (May 23, 1928 – June 29, 2002) was an American singer and actress. She came to prominence in the early 1950s with the song "Come On-a My House", which was followed by other pop numbers such as " Botch-a-Me", " Mambo Italiano", ...

, recorded originally by MGM Records.

Track listing

# " For You" ( Joe Burke,

Al Dubin Alexander Dubin (June 10, 1891 – February 11, 1945) was an American lyricist. He is best known for his collaborations with the composer Harry Warren. Life Al Dubin came from a Russian Jewish family that emigrated to the United States from Swi ...

) – 1:56 # "Always Together" (Heino Gaze,

Carl Sigman Carl Sigman (September 24, 1909 – September 26, 2000) was an American songwriter. Early life Born in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York to a Jewish-American family, Sigman graduated from law school and passed his bar exams to practice in ...

) – 2:48 # "You Ol' Son of a Gun" (Danny Arnold, Hal Dickinson, Jack Lloyd) – 2:33 # "I Wonder" (Gilbert) – 2:49 # "Always Be in Love" (Ian Bernard) – 2:24 # "Grieving for You" (Joe Gibson, Jack Gold, Joe Ribaud) – 2:48 # "With You and Me" (Bernard) – 2:22 # "

Looking For a Boy "Looking For a Boy" is a song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin. It was introduced in their 1925 musical ''Tip-Toes'' when it was performed by Queenie Smith Queenie Smith (September 8, 1898 – August 5, 1978) was ...

" (

George Gershwin George Gershwin (; born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned popular, jazz and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions ' ...

Ira Gershwin Ira Gershwin (born Israel Gershovitz; December 6, 1896 – August 17, 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs in the English language of the 2 ...

) – 2:13 # "With the Night" (Bernard) – 2:59 # "Love Eyes" (

Moose Charlap Morris Isaac "Moose" Charlap (December 19, 1928 – July 8, 1974) was an American Broadway composer best known for ''Peter Pan'' (1954), for which Carolyn Leigh wrote the lyrics. The idea for the show came from Jerome Robbins, who planned to have a ...

Norman Gimbel Norman Gimbel (November 16, 1927 – December 19, 2018) was an American lyricist of popular songs, television and movie themes. He wrote the lyrics for songs including "Killing Me Softly with His Song", " Ready to Take a Chance Again" (both with ...

) – 2:31 # "Sorry for Myself" (Charlap, Gimbel) – 2:40 # "Keep It Simple" (

Ray Evans Raymond Bernard Evans (February 4, 1915 – February 15, 2007) was an American songwriter. He was a partner in a composing and song-writing duo with Jay Livingston, known for the songs they composed for films. Evans wrote the lyrics and Living ...

Jay Livingston Jay Livingston (born Jacob Harold Levison, March 28, 1915 – October 17, 2001) was an American composer best known as half of a song-writing duo with Ray Evans that specialized in songs composed for films. Livingston wrote music and Evans t ...

) – 2:58

Personnel

Performance

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References

1960 albums Rosemary Clooney albums Verve Records albums {{1960s-jazz-album-stub