Anita O'Day Swings Cole Porter with Billy May

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Anita O'Day Swings Cole Porter with Billy May
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Released1959
RecordedApril 2 & 9, 1959 [1]
Venue Los Angeles
Studio Radio Recorders
Genre Vocal jazz
Length43:02
Label Verve
Producer Norman Granz
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Anita O'Day Swings Cole Porter with Billy May is a 1959 studio album by Anita O'Day, of songs written by Cole Porter arranged by Billy May. [4]

Contents

O'Day and May recorded another album dedicated to a single composer, Richard Rodgers, in 1960.

Track listing

  1. "Just One of Those Things" – 2:05
  2. "Love for Sale" – 2:42
  3. "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" – 1:48
  4. "Easy to Love" – 2:01
  5. "I Get a Kick Out of You" – 2:21
  6. "All of You" – 1:40
  7. "Get Out of Town" – 2:28
  8. "I've Got You Under My Skin" – 1:47
  9. "Night and Day" – 1:59
  10. "It's De-Lovely" – 2:03
  11. "I Love You" – 1:56
  12. "What Is This Thing Called Love?" – 2:30
CD bonus tracks
  1. "You're the Top" – 2:24
  2. "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" – 2:51
  3. "Why Shouldn't I?" – 3:06
  4. "From This Moment On" – 3:09
  5. "Love for Sale" – 3:34
  6. "Just One of Those Things" – 2:38

All songs written by Cole Porter.

Personnel

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References

  1. Mirtle, Jack (1998). The Music of Billy May: A Discography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. pp. 185–187. ISBN   0313307393.
  2. Allmusic review
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1093. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. Anita O'Day Swings Cole Porter with Billy May at AllMusic