"Mack the Knife" or "The Ballad of Mack the Knife" is a song composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht for their 1928 music drama The Threepenny Opera. The song tells of a knife-wielding criminal of the London underworld from the musical named Macheath, the "Mack the Knife" of the title.
Vic Damone was an American traditional pop and big band singer and actor. He was best known for his performances of songs such as the number one hit "You're Breaking My Heart", and other hits like "On the Street Where You Live" and "I Have But One Heart".
Johnny Cash Sings the Ballads of the True West is a concept double album and the 22nd overall album released by country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1965. Covering twenty individual songs, the album, as its title suggests, contains various ballads and other songs on topics related to the history of the American Old West. This includes Carl Perkins' "The Ballad of Boot Hill", "Streets of Laredo", and the sole single from the album, "Mr. Garfield", describing the shock of the population after the assassination of President James Garfield. One of the songs, "25 Minutes to Go", would later be performed at Folsom Prison and appear on Cash's famous At Folsom Prison recording in 1968, while the melody of "Streets of Laredo" would be recycled for the song "The Walls of a Prison" featured on Cash's album From Sea to Shining Sea.
"My One and Only Love" is a 1953 popular song with music written by Guy Wood and lyrics by Robert Mellin. Notable renditions by Frank Sinatra (1953), and later by John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (1963), have made the song part of the jazz standard musical repertoire.
"Somewhere", sometimes referred to as "Somewhere (There's a Place for Us)" or simply "There's a Place for Us", is a song from the 1957 Broadway musical West Side Story that was made into films in 1961 and 2021. The music is composed by Leonard Bernstein with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.
Tony Sings the Great Hits of Today! is a 1970 album by American classic pop and jazz singer Tony Bennett. Recorded under pressure from Columbia Records for Bennett to produce more marketable material, it features attempts at songs by the Beatles and other contemporary artists along with a psychedelic art cover. Critics and Bennett himself have viewed the album as a career low.
The Shadow of Your Smile is the eighteenth studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams and was released in April 1966 by Columbia Records and included covers of "Michelle" and "Yesterday", the same pair of Beatles ballads that labelmate Johnny Mathis recorded for his 1966 album of the same name. For Williams these selections initiated a trend away from the traditional pop formula that his album output at Columbia up until this point had adhered to.
Marlene Paula VerPlanck(néePampinella; November 11, 1933 – January 14, 2018) was an American jazz and pop vocalist whose body of work centered on big band jazz, the American songbook, and cabaret.
"Side by Side" is a song by the band Earth, Wind & Fire released as a single in April 1983 on Columbia Records. The song reached No. 15 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart.
My Baby Loves to Swing is a studio album by American singer Vic Damone, released by Capitol Records in January 1963. It was produced by Jack Marshall.
The Damone Type of Thing is a studio album by American singer Vic Damone, released on November 20, 1967, by RCA Records. It was produced by Neely Plumb and arranged and conducted by Perry Botkin Jr. and J. Hill.
Linger Awhile with Vic Damone is a studio album by American singer Vic Damone, released in 1962, by Capitol Records. This was his first project after leaving Columbia Records. It was produced by Jack Marshall.
Country Love Songs is a studio album by American singer Vic Damone, released by Warner Records in July 1965. his final album for the label
You Were Only Fooling is a studio album by American singer Vic Damone, released in June 1965, by Warner Records. This was his first project after leaving Capitol Records. It was produced by Jimmy Bowen.
On The Street Where You Love is a studio album by American singer Vic Damone, released by Capitol Records in August 1964, his final for the label, It was produced by Jack Marshall.
Strange Enchantment is a studio album by American singer Vic Damone, released by Capitol Records in March 1962. It was produced by Jack Marshall.
Stay with Me is a studio album by American singer Vic Damone, released by RCA Records in November 1966. This was his first project after leaving Warner Records. It was produced by Neely Plumb and arranged and conducted by Ernie Freeman.
Young and Lively is a studio album by American singer Vic Damone, released by Columbia Records in November 1962, two years after Vic Damone had left the label and joined Capitol. It was produced by John Williams.
That Towering Feeling! is a studio album by American singer Vic Damone, released in 1956, by Columbia Records This was his first project after leaving Mercury Records. It was produced by Tutti Camarata.
On The South Side of Chicago is a studio album by American singer Vic Damone, released in May 1967, by RCA Records. It was produced by Neely Plumb and Nick Perito and arranged and conducted by Don Costa, Perry Botkin Jr., and Ernie Freeman.
