The Eddy Duchin Story (soundtrack)

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The Eddy Duchin Story
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Soundtrack album by
Carmen Cavallaro
Released1956
Label Decca
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Billboard positive ("Spotlight" pick) [1]

The original soundtrack to the 1956 Columbia film The Eddy Duchin Story was released by Decca Records. [1]

Contents

The album was released as a 12-inch LP (Decca DL 8289) [1] and as a set of three 7-inch 45-rpm EPs (Decca ED 844). [2]

Billboard reviewed the LP in its issue from 28 April 1956, describing it as follows: "The LP spotlights Carmen Cavallaro, who impersonates Duchin on the soundtrack, while Tyrone Power fakes the keyboard work on screen. Cavallaro plays a group of nostalgic standards [...] popularized by the late society bandleader in a frothy, sophisticated style." The magazine was very positive on the LP's sales potential: "There are plenty of packages designed to cash in on Columbia's forthcoming bio-musical, 'The Eddy Duchin Story,' [...] but the soundtrack version should grab off the major share of spins and sales." [1]

The album peaked at number 1 on Billboard's Best Selling Pop Albums [3] and Pop Instrumentals charts. [4] It finished 1956 as the fourth best-selling album of the year in the United States according to the magazine. [5]

Track listing

12-inch LP (Decca DL 8289)

Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."To Love Again" (Main Title)Chopin, Sidney, Stoloff, Washington 
2."Manhattan"Rodgers–Hart 
3."Shine On Harvest Moon"Norworth, Bayes 
4."It Must Be True"Clifford, Arnheim, Barris 
5."Whispering"Schonberger, Coburn, Rose 
6."Dizzy Fingers"Confrey 
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."You're My Everything"Warren, Young, Dixon 
2."Chopsticks"  
3."On the Sunny Side of the Street"McHugh–Fields 
4."Brazil (Aquarela do Brasil)"Barroso 
5."La Vie en rose"Piaf, Louiguy 
6."To Love Again" (Finale)Chopin, Sidney, Stoloff, Washington 

Charts

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Review Spotlight on..." Billboard . Nielsen Business Media, Inc. April 28, 1956 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ "Carmen Cavallaro – The Eddy Duchin Story – Box Set 3 x Vinyl, 1956". 1956 – via Discogs.
  3. 1 2 "Billboard". 13 October 1956.
  4. 1 2 "Billboard". 3 November 1956.
  5. 1 2 "Year End Charts – Year-end Albums – The Billboard 200". Billboard.com. Billboard. Archived from the original on January 17, 2008. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
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