Out of This World (Maureen McGovern album)

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Out of This World
Studio album by Maureen McGovern
Released March 12, 1996
Genre Pop, standards
Length48:08
Label Sterling
Producer Maureen McGovern, Brian Panella
Maureen McGovern chronology
Baby I'm Yours
(1992)
Out of This World
(1996)
The Music Never Ends
(1997)

Out of This World is Maureen McGovern's ninth studio album (and first in four years), released in 1996.

Maureen Therese McGovern is an American singer and Broadway actress, well known for her renditions of the songs "The Morning After" from the 1972 film The Poseidon Adventure; "We May Never Love Like This Again" from The Towering Inferno in 1974; and her #1 Billboard adult contemporary hit "Different Worlds", the theme song from the television series Angie.

This is a cover album of 16 songs that were written or co-written by Harold Arlen. The third track is a two-song medley, and the twelfth track is a three-song medley. The album was reissued in November 2003 with two bonus tracks: "Let's Fall in Love" and "Optimistic Voices".

Harold Arlen American composer of popular music

Harold Arlen was an American composer of popular music who composed over 500 songs, a number of which have become known worldwide. In addition to composing the songs for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, including the classic "Over the Rainbow", Arlen is a highly regarded contributor to the Great American Songbook. "Over the Rainbow" was voted the 20th century's No. 1 song by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home" (lyric: Johnny Mercer; 1946 - from the musical production St. Louis Woman )4:29
2."Come Rain or Come Shine" (lyric: Johnny Mercer; 1946 - from the musical production St. Louis Woman )2:52
3."Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive/Get Happy" (lyric: Johnny Mercer; 1944 - from the motion picture Here Come the Waves /lyric: Ted Koehler; 1929 - from the musical production Nine-Fifteen Revue)3:01
4."It's Only a Paper Moon" (lyric: Billy Rose, E.Y. Harburg; 1933 - from the musical production The Great Magoo)2:16
5."A Sleepin' Bee" (lyric: Truman Capote; 1954 - from the musical production House of Flowers )4:07
6."Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead" (lyric: E.Y. Harburg; 1938 - from the motion picture The Wizard of Oz )2:39
7."Over the Rainbow" (lyric: E.Y. Harburg; 1938 - from the motion picture The Wizard of Oz )3:40
8."Let's Take a Walk Around the Block" (lyric: Ira Gershwin, E.Y. Harburg; 1934 - from the musical production Life Begins at 8:40 )3:54
9."Don't Like Goodbyes" (lyric: Truman Capote; 1954 - from the musical production House of Flowers )3:18
10."Right as the Rain" (lyric: E.Y. Harburg; 1944 - from the musical production Bloomer Girl )3:14
11."Out of This World" (lyric: Johnny Mercer; 1945 - from the motion picture Out of This World)4:49
12."The Man That Got Away/Stormy Weather/Blues in the Night" (lyric: Ira Gershwin; 1954 - from the motion picture A Star Is Born /lyric: Ted Koehler; 1933 - from Cotton Club Parade - 2nd Edition/lyric: Johnny Mercer; 1941 - from the motion picture Blues in the Night )7:09
13."My Shining Hour" (lyric: Johnny Mercer; 1943 - from the motion picture The Sky's the Limit )2:40

Album credits

Lou Marini American saxophonist, arranger and composer

Louis Marini Jr., known as "Blue Lou" Marini, is an American saxophonist, arranger, and composer. He is best known for his work in jazz, rock, blues, and soul music, as well as his association with The Blues Brothers.

Allan Schwartzberg is an American musician and record producer. He has been a member of the rock band Mountain, Peter Gabriel's band, toured with Brecker Brothers' Dreams, B.J. Thomas, Linda Rondstadt, Stan Getz band, and Pat Traver's band. He has experienced success as a prolific session musician, through recordings made from the 1970s through today. He has also played on hits such as Gloria Gaynor "Never Can Say Goodbye", considered the first disco record, James Brown's "Funky President", Harry Chapin's "Cat's In The Cradle", Tony Orlando & Dawn's Tie A Yellow Ribbon, Peter Gabriel's "Solsbury Hill", the Spinners' "Workin' My Way Back to You", the Star Wars theme, and Rod Stewart's Great American Songbook series including the hit "What A Wonderful World". He has played with musicians and singers including John Lennon, Diana Ross, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Alice Cooper, Kiss, Frank Sinatra, Roxy Music, Rod Stewart, Robert Palmer, Grace Slick, Roberta Flack, Barry Manilow, Harry Chapin, Barbra Streisand, Deodato, Frankie Valli, Tony Orlando, and Roger Daltrey. He was also a frequent musician guest with Paul Shaffer's David Letterman Show band.

Cyro Baptista Brazilian musician

Cyro Baptista is a Brazilian percussionist in jazz and world music. He creates many of the percussion instruments he plays.

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