The Stinger Meets the Golden Thrush

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The Stinger Meets the Golden Thrush
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Studio album by
Johnny "Hammond" Smith with Byrdie Green
Released1966
RecordedJanuary 4, 1966
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length35:56
Label Prestige
PR 7464
Producer Cal Lampley
Johnny "Hammond" Smith chronology
The Stinger
(1965)		The Stinger Meets the Golden Thrush
(1966)		 Love Potion #9
(1966)

The Stinger Meets the Golden Thrush is an album by jazz organist Johnny "Hammond" Smith with vocalist Byrdie Green recorded for the Prestige label in 1966. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars. [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Johnny "Hammond" Smith except as indicated

  1. "The Golden Thrush" - 3:20
  2. "They Call It Stormy Monday" (T-Bone Walker) - 4:37
  3. "Broadway" (Billy Byrd, Teddy McRae, Henri Woode) - 5:24
  4. "On a Clear Day" (Alan Jay Lerner, Burton Lane) - 4:23
  5. "Oriole" - 3:55
  6. "If I Ruled the World" (Leslie Bricusse, Cyril Ornadel) - 3:22
  7. "Blue Jay" - 5:20
  8. "How I Lost My Love" (Hank Snow) - 5:35

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. ↑ Prestige Records discography accessed April 29, 2013
  2. ↑ Johnny "Hammond" Smith discography accessed April 29, 2013
  3. 1 2 Allmusic listing accessed April 29, 2013.
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