Magic Moments from "The Gay Life"

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Magic Moments from
"The Gay Life"
Nelson Riddle - The Gay Life.jpg
Studio album by
Nelson Riddle
Released1961
Recorded1961
Studio Capitol Records
Genre Show tunes, traditional pop
Label Capitol ST1670
Producer Tom Morgan
Nelson Riddle chronology
Love Tide
(1961)		Magic Moments from
"The Gay Life"
(1961)		 Route 66 Theme and Other Great TV Themes
(1962)

Magic Moments from "The Gay Life" is the twelfth studio album by American composer and arranger Nelson Riddle, consisting of music from Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz's musical "The Gay Life". [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

The initial Billboard magazine review from February 17, 1962 described the album as a "tuneful mélange...the arrangements are never jarring and are sufficiently inventive and fresh sounding to add something to the original". [3]

Track listing

All music and lyrics written by Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz.

Side 1

  1. "Magic Moment" – 2:45
  2. "Oh, Mein Liebchen" – 2:07
  3. "Why Go Anywhere at All?" – 2:45
  4. "Who Can? You Can?" – 2:47
  5. "I'm Glad I'm Single" – 2:25
  6. "This Kind of a Girl" – 2:26

Side 2

  1. "Something You Never Had Before" – 2:20
  2. "Come A-Wandering with Me" – 2:39
  3. "For the First Time" – 2:58
  4. "The Bloom Is Off the Rose" – 2:44
  5. "The Label On the Bottle" – 2:53
  6. "Reprise: Magic Moment, Come A-Wandering with Me, Oh Mein Liebchen, Something You Never Had Before" – 3:51

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Peter J. Levinson (2005). September in the Rain: The Life of Nelson Riddle. Taylor Trade Publications. p. 199. ISBN   978-1-58979-163-3.
  2. ↑ "Nelson Riddle - Magic Moments from "The Gay Life" at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Reviews of New Albums". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 17 February 1962. p. 24. ISSN   0006-2510.
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