Van Alexander
Van Alexander (May 2, 1915 – July 19, 2015) was an American bandleader, arranger, and composer.
Early years
Van Alexander was born Alexander Van Vliet Feldman in Harlem. His mother was a classical pianist, and she taught him to play the piano. ...
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Jimmy Bowen
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. This was Martin's first album to be released for 16 months, and was only his second album not recorded in the
country pop
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style since 1965.
The album became his first new album not to chart for 10 years. It was reissued on CD by Capitol Records in 2006 and Hip-O Records in 2009.
Reception
The initial '' Billboard'' review from 26 May 1973 said that "These sound like old, old, cuts..He's also not had an LP out in several years. Very Dixielandish". William Ruhlmann on
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gave the album three stars out of five. Ruhlmann said that "Martin's most recent efforts had been commercially negligible, so Bowen was well-advised to try something different, but, especially because Martin albums were becoming so occasional, his audience had largely lost track of him...".
Joseph E. Howard
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John Turner
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Noel Sherman
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Dave Barbour
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Walter Donaldson
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The song became the signature song for singer and actress Lillian Roth, who performed it often during the height ...
You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)
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Van Alexander
Van Alexander (May 2, 1915 – July 19, 2015) was an American bandleader, arranger, and composer.
Early years
Van Alexander was born Alexander Van Vliet Feldman in Harlem. His mother was a classical pianist, and she taught him to play the piano. ...
Jimmy Bowen
James Albert Bowen (born November 30, 1937) is an American record producer and former rockabilly singer. Bowen brought Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood together, and introduced Sinatra to Mel Tillis for their album, ''Mel & Nancy.''
Early life ...
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Ed Thrasher
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*John Guess - audio engineer
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*Ricci Martin - photography