On the Street Where You Live (album)

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On the Street Where You Live
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1964
Genre Traditional pop, vocal pop
Length32:26
Label Capitol
Producer Jack Marshall
Vic Damone chronology
The Liveliest
(1963)
On the Street Where You Live
(1964)
You Were Only Fooling
(1965)
Singles from On the Street Where You Live
  1. "On the Street Where You Live"
    Released: August 24, 1964

On the Street Where You Live is the eighteenth studio album by American singer Vic Damone, released by Capitol Records in August 1964, his final for the label. It was produced by Jack Marshall. Damone originally recorded the title song, "On the Street Where You Live", in 1956 while he was signed to Columbia Records.

Contents

The album was released on compact disc by EMI Music Distribution on December 9, 2003, as a double album paired with Damone's 1963 live album, The Liveliest at the Basin Street East . [1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Billboard notes "He has again come up with asmooth package that's loaded with a vocal charm. With the help of Pete King. who arranged and conducted." [3]

Cash Box claimed "it follows through with the Broadway motif as he serves up warm and sensitive readings of "She Loves Me", "Lost in The Stars", Younger than Springtime and a powerful treartment of "Maria" [4]

The Standard stated that "The album could be more succinctly titled Broadway Show Stoppers. This is precisely what the disc offers. Vic gets superb support from arranger conductor Pete King and his orchestra." [5]

Track listing

Side one

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."On the Street Where You Live" (from the Broadway musical My Fair Lady ) Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner 2:39
2."I Am in Love" (from the Broadway musical Can-Can ) Cole Porter 2:27
3."Younger than Springtime" (from the Broadway musical South Pacific ) Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II 3:20
4."Tonight" (from the Broadway musical West Side Story ) Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim 2:34
5."I Could Write a Book" (from the Broadway musical Pal Joey ) Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart 2:34
6."Till There Was You" (from the Broadway musical The Music Man ) Meredith Willson 2:35

Side two

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Maria" (from the Broadway musical West Side Story ) Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim 3:58
2."The Sound of Music" (from the Broadway musical The Sound Of Music ) Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II 3:29
3."Something's Coming" (from the Broadway musical West Side Story) Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim 2:30
4."Lost in the Stars" (from the Broadway musical Lost in the Stars ) Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill 2:31
5."She Loves Me" (from the Broadway musical She Loves Me ) Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick 2:37

References

  1. "On the Street Where You Live/The Liveliest". allmusic.com. EMI Music Distribution. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  2. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 392. ISBN   9781846098567 . Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  3. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1964-09-19. p. 48.
  4. "Album Reviews". Cash Box . Vol. 26, no. 26. September 26, 1964. p. 24.
  5. "The Standard 17 Oct 1964, page 8". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2024-01-29.