Jimmy Durante's Way of Life...

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Jimmy Durante's Way of Life...
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Released1964
Recorded1964
Genre Traditional pop, vocal jazz
Length26:51
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Jimmy Hillard
Jimmy Durante chronology
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(1964)
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(1964)
One of Those Songs
(1966)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Billboard Positive [2]

Jackie Barnett PresentsJimmy Durante's Way of Life...with the Gordon Jenkins Orchestra and Chorus is a 1964 studio album by Jimmy Durante, arranged by Gordon Jenkins. [3] It received a "Pop Special Merit" designation from Billboard upon its release, indicating "new releases of outstanding merit which deserve exposure and which could have commercial success within their respective categories of music". [2]

Contents

Two songs from the album, "As Time Goes By" and "Make Someone Happy", were used in the soundtrack for the 1993 film Sleepless in Seattle .

Track listing

Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."A Way of Life" Sammy Fain, Jackie Barnett3:06
2."My Wish" Meredith Willson 2:24
3."As Time Goes By" Herman Hupfeld 2:25
4."Make Someone Happy" Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne 1:51
5."I'll Be Seeing You" Irving Kahal, Sammy Fain3:10
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."When Day Is Done" Buddy DeSylva, Robert Katscher  [ de ]2:30
2."When I Lost You" Irving Berlin 2:56
3."If I Had You" Ted Shapiro, James Campbell, Reginald Connelly 2:40
4."Once to Every Heart" Gordon Jenkins 2:52
5."I'll See You in My Dreams" Isham Jones, Gus Kahn 2:57

Personnel

Performance

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. 1 2 "Billboard". 6 February 1965.
  3. Jimmy Durante's Way of Life... at AllMusic