The Bachelors and 16 Great Songs | |
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Studio album by The Bachelors | |
Released | 1964 |
Genre | Pop, rock |
Label | Decca |
Producer | Dick Rowe |
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Source | Rating |
Record Mirror | [1] |
The Bachelors and 16 Great Songs is an album by The Bachelors. It was released in 1964 and reached number two on the UK Albums Chart. [2] It was the Christmas number two album that year.
Chart (1964) | Peak position |
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UK Albums Chart | 2 |
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1926.
Albert Von Tilzer was an American songwriter, the younger brother of fellow songwriter Harry Von Tilzer. He wrote the music to many hit songs, including, most notably, "Take Me Out to the Ball Game".
Tin Pan Alley was a collection of music publishers and songwriters in New York City that dominated the popular music of the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It originally referred to a specific place: West 28th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues in the Flower District of Manhattan; a plaque on the sidewalk on 28th Street between Broadway and Sixth commemorates it.
Lew Brown was a lyricist for popular songs in the United States. During World War I and the Roaring Twenties, he wrote lyrics for several of the top Tin Pan Alley composers, especially Albert Von Tilzer. Brown was one third of a successful songwriting and music publishing team with Buddy DeSylva and Ray Henderson from 1925 until 1931. Brown also wrote or co-wrote many Broadway shows and Hollywood films. Among his most-popular songs are "Button Up Your Overcoat", "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree", "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries", "That Old Feeling", and "The Birth of the Blues".
Diane may refer to:
Nice 'n' Easy is a 1960 album by Frank Sinatra.
Like Someone in Love is a 1957 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with a studio orchestra arranged and conducted by Frank DeVol. This album represents a fine example of Ella's singing from this period, recorded at the same time as her albums with Louis Armstrong.
All Alone is an album by Frank Sinatra, released in 1962.
The Bachelors were a popular music group, originating from Dublin, Ireland, but primarily based in the United Kingdom. They had several international hits during the 1960s, including eight top-ten singles in the UK between 1963 and 1966.
Singin' with the Big Bands is a 1994 album by Barry Manilow.
Ernö Rapée was a Hungarian-born American symphonic conductor in the first half of the 20th century whose prolific career spanned both classical and popular music. His most famous tenure was as the head conductor of the Radio City Symphony Orchestra, the resident orchestra of the Radio City Music Hall, whose music was also heard by millions over the air.
Lew Pollack was an American song composer and musician active during the 1920s and the 1930s.
"Diane" is a song by Ernö Rapée and Lew Pollack, and was originally written as a theme song for the 1927 silent movie Seventh Heaven. The song title is sometimes mistakenly referred to as "My Diane" or confused with the Beach Boys song "My Diane", which is a different song.
Bill Henderson with the Oscar Peterson Trio is a 1963 album by Bill Henderson, accompanied by Oscar Peterson.
Louis and the Angels is a 1957 studio album by Louis Armstrong, of songs that refer to angels.
Smooth Sailing is an album by the saxophonist Arnett Cobb recorded in 1959 for the Prestige label and released in 1960.
Home on the Range is a 1977 folk, world and country music album recorded by Slim Whitman.
Diane is an album by trumpeter Chet Baker and pianist Paul Bley recorded in Denmark in 1985 and released on the SteepleChase label.
Harry Edison Swings Buck Clayton, subtitled (And Vice Versa), is an album by trumpeters Harry Edison, and Buck Clayton which was recorded in 1958 and released on the Verve label.
A Band Is Born is a 1952 album by the arranger and composer Billy May.