'' Les and Mary '' is a studio album released by
Les Paul and Mary Ford in 1955 on Capitol Records. The album was available in multiple formats, including a single 12-inch LP (W-577), as a 10-inch double-album (H-1-2-577), and with two separate options as a 45rpm EP set,
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. May 21, 1955. page 54. one with 2 tracks per side, the other with four tracks per side. Additionally, the album was released in true album format as 78rpm.[
The album features ten vocals by ]Mary Ford
Mary Ford (born Iris Colleen Summers; July 7, 1924 – September 30, 1977) was an American vocalist and guitarist, comprising half of the husband-and-wife musical team Les Paul and Mary Ford. Between 1950 and 1954, the couple had 16 top-ten hit ...
. The balance of the album (six tracks) are instrumentals by Les Paul[
The album reached as high as #15 on the Billboard album charts, staying on the charts for 6 weeks][ at a time when very few album chart positions were tracked.
]
Track listing
# Falling in Love with Love ( Richard Rodgers - Lorenz Hart) 2:09
# On the Sunny Side of the Street
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(Jimmy McHugh
James Francis McHugh (July 10, 1894 – May 23, 1969) was an American composer. One of the most prolific songwriters from the 1920s to the 1950s, he is credited with over 500 songs. His songs were recorded by many artists, including Chet Baker, Ju ...
- Dorothy Fields
Dorothy Fields (July 15, 1904 – March 28, 1974) was an American librettist and lyricist. She wrote over 400 songs for Broadway musicals and films. Her best-known pieces include "The Way You Look Tonight" (1936), "A Fine Romance" (1936), " On t ...
) 2:36
# Just One of Those Things ( Cole Porter) 2:20
# Twelfth Street Rag
"Twelfth Street Rag" is a ragtime musical composition published by Euday L. Bowman in 1914.
Background
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(Euday L. Bowman
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) 2:21
# Lies (Harry Barris
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- George E. Springer) 2:35
# Turista (Geraldo Blota - Angelo Apolonia) 2:26
# Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (traditional) 2:17
# Nueva Laredo (Jimmy Hicks - Marvin Moore) 2:58
# The Best Things in Life Are Free (Brown - DeSylva - Henderson) 2:29
# Moritat (From Three Penny Opera) ( Bertolt Brecht - Kurt Weill) 2:26
# Some of These Days
"Some of These Days" is a popular song, written and composed by Shelton Brooks, published in 1910, and associated with the performer Sophie Tucker.
Background
Shelton Brooks and "Some of These Days" was brought to Sophie Tucker's attention in 191 ...
(Shelton Brooks
Shelton Brooks (May 4, 1886September 6, 1975) was a Canadian-born African American composer of popular music and jazz. He was known for his ragtime and vaudeville style, and wrote some of the biggest hits of the first third of the 20th century.
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) 2:09
# Tico, Tico (Zequinha de Abreu
José Gomes de Abreu, better known as Zequinha de Abreu (September 19, 1880 – January 22, 1935), was a Brazilian musician and composer.
Abreu was born in Santa Rita do Passa Quatro, São Paulo state. He is best known for the famous choro ...
) 1:37
# Baby, Won't You Please Come Home (Charles Warfield - Clarence Williams) 2:03
# Dangerous Curves (Machin) 2:30
# I'm Movin' On (Hank Snow
Clarence Eugene "Hank" Snow (May 9, 1914 – December 20, 1999) was a Canadian-American country music artist. Most popular in the 1950s, he had a career that spanned more than 50 years, he recorded 140 albums and charted more than 85 singles on ...
) 1:49
# Farewell (For Just Awhile) (Brooks - Lund) 2:24
References
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1955 albums
Capitol Records albums