KINGS OF SONG - KING BROTHERS

with Geoff Love and his Orchestra and the Rita Williams Singers

ENCORE Records, for EMI RECORDS LTD. Recordings from 1957 and 1958; Abbey Road Studios, London

Side One:

  • I'M SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD (Young/Henderson)
  • MOONLIGHT AND ROSES (Black/Moret/Lemare)
  • LULLABY OF BROADWAY (Warren/Dubin)
  • THE SURREY WITH THE FRINGE ON TOP (Rodgers/Hammerstein)
  • SWINGING ON A STAR (Van Heusen/Burke)
  • A WHITE SPORT COAT (Robbins)

Side Two:

  • MANHATTAN (Rodgers/Hart)
  • THE WEDDING OF THE PAINTED DOLL (Brown/Freed)
  • APRIL SHOWERS (DeSilva/Silvers)
  • BUTTONS AND BOWS (Livingston/Evans)
  • BROADWAY MELODY (Freed/Brown)
  • HALLELUJAH! (Youmans/Robin/Grey)
Fact of the Day
At a party at Georgia Brown's, Denis and Nina Simone sat at the piano and played the blues together after which she said "Hey, man, you swing!" The glow has yet to fade (even underwater).
Listening Post
What Have They Done To My Home Town