Sands at the Sands

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Sands at the Sands
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Live album by
Tommy Sands
Released1960
Recorded1960
Venue Sands Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas
Genre Traditional pop
Label Capitol T1364
Producer Ken Nelson [1]
Tommy Sands chronology
When I'm Thinking of You
(1959)		Sands at the Sands
(1960)		 Dream with Me
(1960)

Sands at the Sands is a 1960 live album by American singer Tommy Sands recorded at the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. [2] [3]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The initial Billboard magazine review from May 30, 1960 commented that "[Sands] showcases his hits and proves that his talent will shine for a long time to come". [4]

Track listing

  1. "This Could Be the Start of Something" (Steve Allen) – 3:31
  2. "In the Still of the Night" (Cole Porter) – 3:31
  3. "Night and Day" (Porter) – 0:17
  4. "What Is This Thing Called Love?" (Porter) – 1:23
  5. Medley: "I Get Along Without You Very Well"/"How Did She Look?" (Hoagy Carmichael)/(Abner Silver, Gladys Shelley) – 4:06
  6. "I Wanna Be Bad" (Fred Ebb, Paul Klein) – 5:20
  7. "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'" (DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:59
  8. "Hello, Young Lovers" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 0:15
  9. "Everything's Coming Up Roses" (Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim) – 1:54
  10. "Get Happy" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 1:38
  11. "It's a Good Day" (Dave Barbour, Peggy Lee) – 0:38
  12. "(I'm) All Shook Up"/"Short Shorts"/"Splish Splash"/"Hound Dog" (Bill Bellman, Hal Blaine)/(Bob Gaudio, Tom Austin, Billy Dalton, Billy Crandall)(Bobby Darin, Murray Kaufman)/(Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 4:59
  13. "Unchained Melody" (Alex North, Hy Zaret) – 3:38
  14. "Sinner Man" (Les Baxter, Will Holt) – 3:55
  15. "Hello, Young Lovers" – 0:15

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. 28 December 1959. pp.  16–. ISSN   0006-2510.
  2. 1 2 Sands at the Sands at AllMusic
  3. ↑ "Tommy Sands – Sands at the Sands at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  4. ↑ Billboard. 30 May 1960. pp. 51–. ISSN   0006-2510.
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