Roses in Rhythm

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Roses in Rhythm
Studio album by
Frankie Carle
Released1948
Label Columbia
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Billboard 81/100 [1]

Frankie Carle Presents Roses in Rhythm, or simply Roses in Rhythm, is a studio album by American pianist Frankie Carle, released in 1948 on Columbia Records. [2] [3] [1]

Contents

It was the third in the series of piano albums released by Carle on Columbia. [1]

Content

The album collected compositions whose titles contained the word "rose". [1]

Release

The album was originally released as a set of four 10-inch 78-rpm phonograph records (cat. no. C-174) [4] . Later, it was made available on 45 rpm (four 7-inch records, cat. no. B-174) and 33 rpm (one 10-inch LP, cat. no. CL 6032). [5]

There was also a different Frankie Carle album titled Roses in Rhythm, released on a 12-inch LP in 1956 (cat. no. CL-913). [6]

Reception

Billboard reviewed the album in its issue from November 27, 1948, giving it 81 points out of 100 (which indicated an "excellent" rating). [1] The reviewer stated: "Frankie Carle piano albums [...] have proven to be money-in-the-bank items. This one shouldn't become the exception to the rule. It's the same winning combination – Carle's distinctive piano tinkling with the aid of a rhythm section and eight, time-tested evergreen tunes." [1]

The album reached number one on Billboard's Best-Selling Popular Record Albums chart for the week of January 29, 1949. [7]

Track listing

Set of four 10-inch 78-rpm records (Columbia C-174) [4]

Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Roses of Picardy" Weatherly—Wood  
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."My Wild Irish Rose" Olcott  
Side 3
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Mexicali Rose" Stone—Tenney  
Side 4
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Rose of Washington Square" Macdonald—Hanley  
Side 5
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Honeysuckle Rose" Razaf—Waller  
Side 6
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Rose Room" ("In Sunny Roseland") Williams—Hickman  
Side 7
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Only a Rose" Hooker—Friml  
Side 8
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."One Dozen Roses" Lewis—Washburn—Jurgens—Donovan  

10-inch LP (Columbia CL 6032) [8]

Side 1
No.TitleLength
1."Roses of Picardy" 
2."Mexicali Rose" 
3."Honeysuckle Rose" 
4."Only a Rose" 
Side 2
No.TitleLength
1."My Wild Irish Rose" 
2."Rose of Washington Square" 
3."Rose Room" ("In Sunny Roseland") 
4."One Dozen Roses" 

Charts

Chart (1949)Peak
position
US Billboard Best-Selling Popular Record Albums [7] 1

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Billboard". November 27, 1948.
  2. ↑ "Billboard". October 16, 1948.
  3. ↑ "Billboard". November 20, 1948.
  4. 1 2 "Frankie Carle – Frankie Carle Presents Roses In Rhythm – 4 x Shellac (10", 78 RPM, Album), 1948". 1948 – via Discogs.
  5. ↑ "Frankie Carle – Frankie Carle Presents Roses In Rhythm". 1948 – via Discogs.
  6. ↑ "Frankie Carle – Roses In Rhythm". 1956 – via Discogs.
  7. 1 2 "Billboard". January 29, 1949.
  8. ↑ "Frankie Carle – Roses In Rhythm – Vinyl (LP, 10", Album), 1949". 1949 – via Discogs.
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