| Movie Greats of the 60s | ||||
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| Released | July 1966 | |||
| Recorded | March 24, 1965 September 25, 1965 December 8, 1965 March 15–16, 1966 April 19–20, 1966 May 31, 1966 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Label | MGM E-4382 (mono)/SE-4382 (stereo) | |||
| Producer | Tom Wilson | |||
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Movie Greats of the 60s is a studio album recorded by American entertainer Connie Francis. The album features songs from the soundtracks of then current and/or recent motion pictures.
The recording of the featured songs spanned a period of more than a year, beginning with the March 24, 1965 recording of "Forget Domani": the album's most recently recorded track was "Somewhere, My Love (Lara's Theme)" recorded on May 31, 1966. [1] During the sessions, Francis worked with several renowned arrangers and orchestra leaders such as Frank De Vol, Benny Golson and Don Costa.
The album was released in July 1966 as MGM Records 12" album E-4382 (mono pressings) and SE-4382 (stereo pressings).
In May 1967, Francis used the instrumental playbacks of nine of the album's featured songs and overdubbed Spanish vocals. "Dance My Trouble Away", "I Will Wait for You", and "The Phoenix Love Theme (Senza fine)" were omitted and not re-recorded in Spanish. By adding "Donde hay chicos" (already recorded in 1960), the Spanish version of "Where the Boys Are", the title song from Francis' own film of the same name, a set of ten Spanish songs was compiled and released in July 1967 as a 12" album under the name Grandes exitos del cine de los años 60. With an identical cover design, Grandes exitos del cine de los años 60 was virtually the Spanish edition of Movie Greats of the 60s with a slightly modified track listing. [2]
The album debuted on Record World's albums chart on September 27, 1966, peaking at No. 130 during a seven-week run. [3] Notably, the album wouldn't chart on the other two major US music magazines.
Record World reviewed the album and put it in its "Pick Hits" section, writing "Recent vintage Hollywood tunes are Connie's interest on this package. She warbles "Strangers in the Night," "Call Me Irresponsible," "You're Gonna Hear From Me," "The Shadow of Your Smile," "Forget Domani," "Somewhere, My Love."" The magazine also notes that it "will sell". [4]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | From the Motion Picture | Length |
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| 1. | "Strangers in the Night" | Bert Kaempfert / Charles Singleton / Eddie Snyder | A Man Could Get Killed (1966) | 3:02 |
| 2. | "Call Me Irresponsible" | Jimmy Van Heusen / Sammy Cahn | Papa's Delicate Condition (1963) | 2:11 |
| 3. | "I Will Wait for You" | Michel Legrand / Jacques Demy / Norman Gimbel | The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) | 3:05 |
| 4. | "You're Gonna Hear from Me" | André Previn | Inside Daisy Clover (1965) | 2:30 |
| 5. | "The Second Time Around" | Jimmy Van Heusen / Sammy Cahn | High Time (1960) | 2:22 |
| 6. | "Somewhere, My Love (Lara's Theme)" | Maurice Jarre / Paul Francis Webster | Doctor Zhivago (1965) | 2:57 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | From the Motion Picture | Length |
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| 7. | "Dance My Trouble Away" | Mikis Theodorakis | Zorba the Greek (1964) | 3:18 |
| 8. | "The Shadow of Your Smile" | Johnny Mandel / Paul Francis Webster | The Sandpiper (1965) | 2:54 |
| 9. | "Wives and Lovers" | Burt Bacharach / Hal David | Wives and Lovers (1963) | 2:56 |
| 10. | "The Good Life" | Sacha Distel / Jack Reardon | The Seven Deadly Sins (1962) | 3:32 |
| 11. | "The Phoenix Love Theme (Senza fine)" | Gino Paoli / Norman Newell | The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) | 3:10 |
| 12. | "Forget Domani" | Riz Ortolani / Norman Newell | The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1965) | 2:39 |