The Lively Ones (album)

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The Lively Ones
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Studio album by
Vic Damone
ReleasedAugust 1962
Genre
Length26:53
Label Capitol
Producer Jack Marshall
Vic Damone chronology
Strange Enchantment
(1962)		The Lively Ones
(1962)		 Young and Lively
(1962)

The Lively Ones is the fifteenth studio album by American singer Vic Damone, [1] released in August 1962 by Capitol Records, to coincide with the NBC special of the same series, which aired from the summers of 1962 and 1963 which showcased current jazz, pop, and folk performers, as well as comedians, [2] It was produced by Jack Marshall. it contains gems such as Ruby (which he also recorded for Mercury Records in 1947), "Marie", and two of Erno Rapee's Twenties movie waltzes, "Charmanine' and "Diane" and what must be the only crooner version of "Cherokee" to this date." [3]

Contents

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated October 13. 1962, remaining on the chart for 10 weeks, and peaking at number 57. [4]

The album was released on compact disc for the first time by EMI Music Distribution on May 31, 1999 as a double album pairing it with Damone's other 1962 Capitol, Strange Enchantment. [5]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
New Record Mirror Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]

The album was well received by critics at the time of its release, Billboard praised Damone for "his tender, effortless style, over solid support from the swinging Billy May crew". [8]

Cash Box called it "powerful merchandise". [9]

Record Mirror called it "an outstanding LP" and stated that "the swingier of the two, arrangements by Jack Marshall and Billy May, with orchestra conducted by that latter gent, tend to hold the listener's attention more than the singer of the up -tempo items." [6]

The Evening Independent called it "outstanding" and stated that Damone "sings a carefully selected group of standards." [10]

Hartford Courant mentions "Billy May's orchestra does a basher on a mambo-fashioned "Dearly Beloved" to complement swinging vocalist Damone. and "I Want a Little Girl." "Laura" and "Ruby" get traditional slow treatment. [11]

Track listing

Side one

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Charmaine" Ernö Rapée, Lew Pollack 2:06
2."Cherokee" Ray Noble 1:48
3."Laura" David Raksin, Johnny Mercer 2:23
4."Diane" Ernö Rapée, Lew Pollack 2:16
5."Nina Never Knew" Louis Alter, Milton Drake 2:47
6."The Lively Ones"Jack Wohl, Sidney Woloshin1:41

Side two

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Marie" Irving Berlin 2:01
2."The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" (From The Broadway Musical: Jumbo) Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart 2:09
3."Ruby" (From The 20th Century-Fox Pictures: Ruby Gentry) Mitchell Parish. Heinz Roemheld 2:49
4."Dearly Beloved" (From The Columbia Pictures: You Were Never Lovelier) Johnny Mercer, Jerome Kern 2:12
5."I Want a Girl" Harry Von Tilzer, William Dillon 2:30
6."Little Girl"Madeline Hyde, Francis Henry2:04

Charts

Chart (1962)Peak
position
US Billboard Top LPs [4] 57

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References

  1. 1 2 ""The Lively Ones" - Album Ratings". Allmusic. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
  2. ↑ Damone, Vic; Chanoff, David (2009-06-09). Singing Was the Easy Part. Macmillan. ISBN   978-0-312-57025-5.
  3. ↑ Friedwald, Will (2010). A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers. Pantheon Books. p. 133. ISBN   9780375421495.
  4. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's top pop albums : 1955-1996. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 196. ISBN   978-0-8982-0117-8.
  5. ↑ Vic Damone – The Lively Ones/Strange Enchantment at AllMusic . Retrieved February 2, 2024.
  6. 1 2 "Album Reviews by Jimmy Watson" (PDF). Record Mirror . March 30, 1963. p. 10.
  7. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 392. ISBN   9781846098567 . Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  8. ↑ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1962-08-11. p. 40.
  9. ↑ "Album Reviews". Cash Box . Vol. 23, no. 47. August 18, 1962. p. 30.
  10. ↑ Platter Platter By Chuck Harold. Evening Independent. September 14, 1962.
  11. ↑ "Hartford Courant from Hartford, Connecticut". Newspapers.com. 1962-09-09. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
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