''Rosemary Clooney Sings the Music of Harold Arlen'' is a 1983

album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...

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", ...

, of songs composed by

Harold Arlen Harold Arlen (born Hyman Arluck; February 15, 1905 – April 23, 1986) was an American composer of popular music, who composed over 500 songs, a number of which have become known worldwide. In addition to composing the songs for the 1939 film ...

. The album was the first of five to feature guitarist

Ed Bickert Edward Isaac Bickert, (November 29, 1932 – February 28, 2019) was a Canadian guitarist who played mainstream jazz and swing music. Bickert worked professionally from the mid-1950s to 2000, mainly in the Toronto area. His international reputat ...

, and it also featured longtime Clooney collaborators Scott Hamilton, Warren Vaché Jr., and

Jake Hanna Jake Hanna (April 4, 1931 – February 12, 2010) was an American jazz drummer. He was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, United States. Hanna first performed in Boston, Massachusetts. He was the house drummer at Storyville nightclub in Boston, ...

. The album is also the only small-group album in her Concord discography not to feature either

Nat Pierce Nathaniel Pierce Blish Jr., known professionally as Nat Pierce (July 16, 1925 – June 10, 1992) was an American jazz pianist and prolific composer and arranger, perhaps best known for being pianist and arranger for the Woody Herman band from 195 ...

or John Oddo on piano. Instead, Dave McKenna, who had a long-established solo career as a jazz pianist, joined Clooney for the album.

Track listing

# "Hooray for Love (song), Hooray for Love" (Leo Robin) – 3:09 # "Happiness is a Thing Called Joe" (Yip Harburg) – 4:32 # "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" (Johnny Mercer) – 3:46 # "Get Happy (song), Get Happy" (Ted Koehler) – 3:05 # "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" (Harburg) – 3:23 # "Out of This World (Johnny Mercer song), Out of This World" (Mercer) – 4:56 # "My Shining Hour" (Mercer) – 3:48 # "Let's Take the Long Way Home" (Mercer) – 3:31 # "Stormy Weather (song), Stormy Weather" (Koehler) – 5:41 All music by

, lyricists indicated.

Personnel

– vocals * Scott Hamilton – tenor saxophone * Warren Vaché Jr. * Dave McKenna – piano *

– guitar * Steve Wallace – bass *

– drums

References

1983 albums Concord Records albums Harold Arlen tribute albums Rosemary Clooney albums {{1980s-jazz-album-stub