A nice set of standards done in the Starr style. Some highlights include: "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall", "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone", and "You Always Hurt the One You Love".
Some mighty fine singing on this mighty fine quality album by Sonny James.
Frankly, I enjoy this album a lot more than his other higher-profile releases. But with the 'critics', it's another case of the Rolling Stone with their bad ratings, like always.
As always, the overture slaps, but in general, it's not the best soundtrack album 1964 has to offer. Though all four legends are included here (Sinatra, Martin, Crosby, Davis Jr.), their performance on the tracks varies. Sinatra's single "My Kind of Town" is included here, which is a classic, and is the main spotlight, along with "Style". The latter makes more sense in the motion picture, but here it sounds great as well.
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The vocal jazz album you would expect from Capitol Records around this time. Starr's vocals aren't the best here, but still mighty fine. The orchestra is smooth here as well, but the quality should be better in my opinion.
Swinga-ring-ding album that offers a variety of tunes done by the nice vocals of Starr.
It's another solid country LP following his transition to Columbia Records. Highlights: "White Silver Sands" and "When the Snow Is On the Roses". There are some mediocre filler tracks for sure, but it isn't bad.
Starr's strong voice makes the tracks more appealing, though the entire album is boring. It has a country aesthetic, even though it's for an adult contemporary audience, yet it failed to reach any charts. This is not Marty Paich's finest work either. Several well-known standards are included on this set; "You're Nobody Till' Somebody Loves You", "I Don't Want to Walk Without You", and "My Melancholy Baby" are all from her era of hits, ... read more
Starting my country merry-go-round list with Starr's 'Tears & Heartaches/Old Records' is great. I'm not into country that much, and this album itself isn't pure country, going into the easy listening scene, but Starr scores some nice songs here. High-quality album cover and production work here.
Country hits merry-go-round here. Offers some upbeat and fun selections, but there are some boring tracks as well. Not a highlight in Vinton's career, but songs fit in his big catalogue.
No AllMusic, this album isn't bad. And in my opinion, this is one of Sammy's best albums.
An example of music done right. Sammy swings with the help of drummer Buddy Rich through all of these wonderfully arranged songs. Lots of highlights, my favorite is the ending track "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone", originally from the 1930s.
Another sincere, beautiful album by Ed Ames. It is probably his most message-driven one, and also contains the easy listening top-10 single "Changing, Changing", which is amazing on its own.