| Greatest American Waltzes | ||||
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| Released | July 1963 | |||
| Recorded | June 18 and 19, 1963 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Label | MGM E-4145 (mono)/SE-4145 (stereo) | |||
| Producer | Danny Davis | |||
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Greatest American Waltzes is a studio album recorded by American entertainer Connie Francis.
An album containing waltzes popular in the US had already been planned in 1961 but had been abandoned in favor of other album projects. [1]
A second attempt was made in 1963 and was recorded on June 18 and 19 that year at Owen Bradley's studio Bradley Film & Recording in Nashville. Arrangements were provided by Bill McElhiney who also conducted the sessions. Background vocals came from Millie Kirkham and The Jordanaires. [2]
| # | Title | Songwriter | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Anniversary Waltz" | Dave Franklin, Al Dubin | 2.27 |
| 2. | "Remember" | Irving Berlin | 2.24 |
| 3. | "My Buddy" | Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn | 2.51 |
| 4. | "You Can't Be True, Dear" | Hans Otten, Gerhard Ebeler, Hal Cotten | 2.35 |
| 5. | "Always" | Irving Berlin | 2.21 |
| 6. | "Beautiful Ohio" | Ballard MacDonald, Robert A. King | 2.44 |
| # | Title | Songwriter | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Three O'clock In The Morning" | Theodora Morse, Julián Robledo | 2.15 |
| 2. | "True Love" | Cole Porter | 3.14 |
| 3. | "Till We Meet Again" | Richard A. Whiting, Raymond B. Egan | 2.42 |
| 4. | "Melody Of Love" | Hans Engelmann, Tom Glazer | 2.21 |
| 5. | "Fascination" | Fermo Dante Marchetti, Maurice de Féraudy, Dick Manning | 2.46 |
| 6. | "(I'll Be With You In) Apple Blossom Time" | Albert Von Tilzer, Neville Fleason | 2.28 |
Connie Francis is an American pop singer, actress, and top-charting female vocalist of the late 1950s and early 1960s. She is estimated to have sold more than 100 million records worldwide.
"Who's Sorry Now?" is a popular song with music written by Ted Snyder and lyrics by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. It was published in 1923 as a waltz. Isham Jones had a hit recording in 1923 with the song arranged as a foxtrot. Later sheet music arrangements, such as the 1946 publication that was a tie-in to the film A Night in Casablanca, were published in 2
2 time. Other popular versions in 1923 were by Marion Harris, Original Memphis Five, Lewis James, and Irving Kaufman.
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