''Latin for Lovers'' was a

Doris Day Doris Day (born Doris Mary Kappelhoff; April 3, 1922 – May 13, 2019) was an American actress, singer, and activist. She began her career as a big band singer in 1939, achieving commercial success in 1945 with two No. 1 recordings, " Sent ...

album, mostly composed of songs originating in

Latin America Latin America or * french: Amérique Latine, link=no * ht, Amerik Latin, link=no * pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived f ...

, released by

Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Sony. It was founded on Janua ...

on March 22, 1965 as a monophonic LP (catalog number CL-2310) and a stereophonic album (catalog number CS-9110). Although "Fly Me to the Moon" was not of Latin-American origin, it was an early song adapted to the

bossa nova Bossa nova () is a style of samba developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is mainly characterized by a "different beat" that altered the harmonies with the introduction of unconventional chords and an innovativ ...

dance then becoming popular, and so associated at the time with Latin America. A Columbia 45 r.p.m. single. #4-43278, was released to coincide with the album. It featured "How Insensitive" as the a-side and "Meditation" as the b-side. Neither song charted. The songs were arranged by Mort Garson, who also conducted the orchestra. The album was reissued in 2001, combined with '' Doris Day's Sentimental Journey,'' as a CD.

Track listing

#" Corcovado" (

Antônio Carlos Jobim Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim (25 January 1927 – 8 December 1994), also known as Tom Jobim (), was a Brazilian composer, pianist, guitarist, songwriter, arranger, and singer. Considered one of the great exponents of Brazilian mu ...

, Gene Lees) (recorded November 2, 1964) - 2:54 #"

Fly Me to the Moon "Fly Me to the Moon", originally titled "In Other Words", is a song written in 1954 by Bart Howard. The first recording of the song was made in 1954 by Kaye Ballard. Frank Sinatra's 1964 version was closely associated with the Apollo missions ...

( In Other Words)" ( Bart Howard) (recorded November 5, 1964) - 2:33 #"

Meditation Meditation is a practice in which an individual uses a technique – such as mindfulness, or focusing the mind on a particular object, thought, or activity – to train attention and awareness, and achieve a mentally clear and emotionally cal ...

"(Antônio Carlos Jobim,

Newton Mendonça Newton Ferreira de Mendonça (February 14, 1927 – November 22, 1960) was a musician, composer, and lyricist. He began as a pianist in 1950. Mendonça was born in Rio de Janeiro. In 1953 he started working with Antônio Carlos Jobim, somethin ...

, Norman Gimbel) (recorded November 2, 1964) - 2:54 #"Dansero" ( Richard Hayman, Lee Daniels, Sol Parker) (recorded November 9, 1964) - 2:22 #"Summer Has Gone" (Gene DiNovi, Bill Comstock) (recorded November 2, 1964) - 2:16 #"

How Insensitive "How Insensitive" is a bossa nova and jazz standard song composed by Brazilian musician Antônio Carlos Jobim. The lyrics were written in Portuguese by Vinícius de Moraes and in English by Norman Gimbel. Jobim recorded the song in 1994 with Stin ...

" (Antônio Carlos Jobim,

Vinícius de Moraes Marcus Vinícius da Cruz e Mello Moraes (19 October 1913 – 9 July 1980), better known as Vinícius de Moraes () and nicknamed O Poetinha ("The little poet"), was a Brazilian poet, diplomat, lyricist, essayist, musician, singer, and playwright ...

, Norman Gimbel) (recorded November 9, 1964) - 3:39 #" Slightly Out of Tune (Desafinado)" (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça, Jon Hendricks, Jesse Cavanagh) (recorded November 2, 1964) - 2:49 #" Our Day Will Come" ( Mort Garson, Bob Hilliard) (recorded November 5, 1964) - 2:40 #"Be True to Me (Sabor A Mi)" (Mel Mitchell, Alarcon Carillo) (recorded November 5, 1964) - 3:04 #" Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps ( Quizás, Quizás, Quizás)" (

Osvaldo Farrés Osvaldo Farrés (; January 13, 1903 – December 22, 1985) was a Cuban songwriter and composer best known for having written the songs "", "", "", and "". Early life Farrés was born in 1903 in the small city of Quemado de Güines, Las Vill ...

, Joe Davis) (recorded November 5, 1964) - 2:31 #"Be Mine Tonight (Noche De Ronda)" (Maria Teresa Lara,

Sunny Skylar Sunny Skylar (October 11, 1913 – February 2, 2009) was an American composer, singer, lyricist, and music publisher. He was born Selig Sidney Shaftel in Brooklyn, New York, one of four children, to Sarah and Jacob Shaftel (or Schaftel), Jewish im ...

) (recorded November 9, 1964) - 3:22 #"Por Favor" (Joe Sherman, Noel Sherman) (recorded November 9, 1964) - 2:22

References

1965 albums Doris Day albums Columbia Records albums Albums arranged by Mort Garson Albums conducted by Mort Garson Covers albums {{1960s-pop-album-stub