''This Time I'm Swingin'!'' is an

album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...

recorded by

Dean Martin Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti; June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995) was an American singer, actor, and comedian. Nicknamed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, King of Cool", he is regarded as one of the most popular entertainers of ...

for

Capitol Records Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007), and simply known as Capitol, is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint. It was founded as the first West Coast-base ...

. The sessions yielding this album's songs were recorded in May 1960. While thirteen tracks were recorded during the three sessions, only twelve of them made it onto the album when it was released October 3, 1960. "

Ain't That a Kick in the Head "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?" is a Pop / Jazz song written in 1960 with music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Sammy Cahn. It was first recorded that year on May 10 by Dean Martin in a swinging big band jazz arrangement conducted by Nelson Rid ...

" was recorded during those sessions (May 10) but not released. The backing orchestra was conducted and arranged by

Nelson Riddle Nelson Smock Riddle Jr. (June 1, 1921 – October 6, 1985) was an American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator whose career stretched from the late 1940s to the mid-1980s. He worked with many vocalists at Capitol Records, including ...

. The original album consisted of twelve songs, many with prominent brass arrangements.

Track listing

LP

Capitol Records Catalog Number (S)The optional 'S' indicates a stereo recording) T-1659 Capitol Records Release Number T-1442 (Monaural Copy)

Side A

Side B

Compact disc

1997 EMI/Capitol combined ''This Time I'm Swingin!'' with Pretty Baby (from 1957). Catalog Number 7243 8 54546 2 9. (in MONO !)

2005 Collectors' Choice Music reissue added four more tracks to the twelve tracks on the original Capitol LP. Catalog Number WWCCM06052. (STEREO - Bonustracks in MONO)

Personnel

vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

*Nelson Riddle: leader * Emanuel 'Mannie' Klein: contractor (Session 9441S) *Sol Klein: contractor (Sessions 9444S and 9459) * Alton R. 'Al' Hendrickson:

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

*Joseph G. 'Joe' Comfort:

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Wood * Bass or basswood, the wood of the tilia americana tree Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in th ...

Irving Cottler Irving Cottler (February 13, 1918 – August 8, 1989) was an American musician, and an early member of The Wrecking Crew. His credits include "L-O-V-E", "Impossible", "Stardust", and "Unforgettable", recorded with Nat King Cole. Cottler also rec ...

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

(Session 9441S) * Alvin A. Stoller: drums (Sessions 9444S and 9459) *William Miller:

piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...

*Jacques Gasselin:

cello The violoncello ( , ), commonly abbreviated as cello ( ), is a middle pitched bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), tuned i ...

(Session 9459) *Edgar 'Ed' Lustgarten: cello *Eleanor Aller Slatkin: cello *Alvin Dinkin:

viola The viola ( , () ) is a string instrument of the violin family, and is usually bowed when played. Violas are slightly larger than violins, and have a lower and deeper sound. Since the 18th century, it has been the middle or alto voice of the ...

(Sessions 9444S and 9459) *Stanley Harris: viola (Session 9441S) *Paul Robyn: viola *Victor Arno:

violin The violin, sometimes referred to as a fiddle, is a wooden chordophone, and is the smallest, and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in regular use in the violin family. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino picc ...

(Session 9459) *Victor Bay: violin *Alex Beller: violin *Harry Bluestone: violin (Session 9441S) *Jacques Gasselin: violin (Session 9441S) *Daniel 'Dan' Lube: violin *Marshall Sosson: violin (Session 9444S and 9459) *Felix Slatkin: violin (Session 9444S) *Gerald Vinci: violin (Sessions 9441S and 9444S) *William M. 'Buddy' Collette:

saxophone The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed on a mouthpiece vibrates to p ...

*John 'Plas' Johnson, Jr.: saxophone *Harry G. Klee: saxophone *Joseph J. Koch: saxophone *Ronald 'Ronnie Lang' Langinger: saxophone (Session 9441S) *

Wilbur Schwartz Wilbur Schwartz (17 March 1918 Newark, New Jersey – 3 August 1990 Los Angeles), aka Wil Schwartz or Willie Schwartz, was an American studio session clarinetist, alto saxophonist, and flutist who was widely known as a member of the Glenn Miller Or ...

: saxophone (Sessions 9444S and 9459) *Russell Brown:

trombone The trombone (, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the Brass instrument, brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's lips vibrate inside a mouthpiece, causing the Standing wave, air c ...

*Richard L. 'Dick' Noel: trombone *Thomas 'Tom' Pederson: trombone (Sessions 9441S and 9444S) *Thomas Shepard: trombone *Walter P. 'Pete' Candoli:

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz musical ensemble, ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest Register (music), register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitche ...

* Donald A. Fagerquist: trumpet (Session 9441S) *

Conrad Gozzo Conrad Joseph Gozzo (February 6, 1922October 8, 1964) was an American trumpet player. He was a member of the NBC Hollywood staff orchestra at the time of his death. Early life Gozzo was born in New Britain, Connecticut on February 6, 1922, ...

: trumpet (Session 9444S) *Dale McMickle: trumpet (Session 9459) *Carroll Lewis: trumpet * Clarence F. 'Shorty' Sherock: trumpet

Notes

{{Authority control Dean Martin albums 1960 albums Capitol Records albums Albums arranged by Nelson Riddle Albums conducted by Nelson Riddle