Then & Now (Shirley Jones album)

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Then & Now
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 2008
Recorded2008
Genre Pop
Traditional pop
Length1:15:06
Label Stage Door Records
Producer Various
Shirley Jones chronology
Shirley Jones
(2000)
Then & Now
(2008)
A Touch of Christmas
(2010)

Then & Now is a studio album by American singer Shirley Jones of The Partridge Family pop music group. The album is a half retrospective collection featuring 14 tracks from her movie musicals while the other 10 tracks are new studio recordings. [1] The album was released in the fall of 2008 on Stage Door Records. [2] Then & Now includes some songs by Shirley Jones from her films Oklahoma!, Carousel and April Love. The album also includes new recordings of songs like "Beauty and the Beast", "Memory" and a tribute to The Music Man.

Track listing

  1. "Many a New Day" - 3:09
  2. "People Will Say We're in Love" (with Gordon MacRae) - 4:19
  3. "Out of My Dreams" - 2:31
  4. "If I Loved You"- 6:20
  5. "What's the Use of Wonderin'" - 3:29
  6. "You'll Never Walk Alone" - 2:00
  7. "April Love" (with Pat Boone) - 1:57
  8. "Clover in the Meadow" - 2:10
  9. "Give Me a Gentle Girl" - 2:19
  10. "Waitin' for My Dearie" - 4:24
  11. "Almost Like Being in Love" (with Jack Cassidy) - 3:04
  12. "A Kiss in the Dark" - 2:10
  13. "I'll See You Again" (with Jack Cassidy) - 2:48
  14. "I'll Follow My Secret Heart" (with Jack Cassidy) - 2:20
  15. "Beauty and the Beast" - 4:14
  16. "If I Loved You" - 2:11
  17. "Memory" - 4:11
  18. "Music Man Introduction" - 0:39
  19. "Till There Was You/Goodnight My Someone" - 4:13
  20. "Movie Medley: As Time Goes By/Bill/You Made Me Love You" - 5:41
  21. "Oklahoma" - 2:19
  22. "Oh What a Beautiful Mornin'" - 2:31
  23. "People Will Say We're in Love/Out of My Dreams" - 3:51
  24. "You'll Never Walk Alone" - 2:16

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References

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  2. "Shirley Jones - Then & Now (STAGE 9008)". Stage Door Records. 2008-09-22. Retrieved 2014-01-31.