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Diahann Carroll Sings Harold Arlen Songs (1957)
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It's Only A Paper Moon
(H. Arlen-O. Rose-E.Y. Harburg) (from the Paramount film "Take a Chance")
What's Good About Goodbye
(H. Arlen-L. Robin) (from the Universal-International film "Casbash")
A Sleeping Bee
(H. Arlen-T. Capote) (from the Broadway Musical "House of Flowers")
My Shining Hour
(H. Arlen-I. Mercer) (from the RKO film "The Sky's the Limit")
Hit The Road To Dreamland
(H. Arlen-J. Mercer) (from the Paramount film "Star Spangled Rhythm")
Over The Rainbow
(H.Arlen-E.Y.Harburg) (from the MGM film "The Wizard of Oz")
Come Rain Or Come Shine
(H.Arlen -J.Mercer) (from the Broadway Musical "St. Louis Woman)
You're A Builder-Upper
(H.Arlen-I.Gershwin-E.Y.Harburg) (from the Musical Revue "Life Begins
at 8:40")
Out Of This World
(H.Arlen-J.Mercer) (from the Paramount film "Out of This World")
I Wonder What Became Of Me
(H.Arlen-J.Mercer) (from the Broadway Musical "St. Louis Woman")
Down With Love
(H.Arlen-E.Y.Harburg) (from the Broadway Musical "Hooray for What?")
Let's Take The Long Way Home
(H.Arlen-J.Mercer)
(from the Paramount film "Here Come the Waves")
ALBUM INFO
Performed by Diahann Carroll with Ralph Burns and His
Orchestra
Orchestra Arranged and Conducted by RALPH BURNS
RECORDED IN NEW YORK CITY 1957
Here follows parts of the original liner notes:
ABOUT DIAHANN CARROLL:
Diahann (pronounced "Diane") Carroll strikes me as being an ideal interpreter
of this music. A Bronx girl, she was a winner on TV's "Chance of a Lifetime"
contest, sang in the night clubs, and appeared in the movie "Carmen Jones"
before she landed the role of Ottille in Broadway's "House of Flowers"
a few seasons ago. Though not a commercial success, "House of Flowers" was
blessed with a Harold Arlen score; and Miss Carroll's exquisite delivery of
lovely piece, A Sleeping Bee, that came along midway in the first act, was
one of its most delightful aspects. (At her first audition, she had been rejected
as "too inexperienced" for the part, so she trained very hard for six months,
won another audition, and was accepted). Singing A Sleeping Bee and other
numbers in the show, Miss Carroll disclosed a natural affinity for Arlen's
music - for its somewhat intricate (for popular music) rhythmic structure
and its frequent jazziness - and she also showed the voice to range over its
often broad melodies. Here, for the first time, Miss Carroll, supported by
sensitively varied arrangements created and conducted by Ralph Burns, can
be heard exercising her smooth and flexible soprano on other Arlen material.
Douglas Watt
Radio Corporation of America, 1957
CD EDITIONS
RCA/BMG reissued the album on CD in Spain in 1997,
catalogue number 74321478692. There was a Japanese CD edition issued in 1998
(see picture above), catalogue number BVCJ-7477 (74321-47869-2). Both these
CD's featured the same track listing as the original lp. The Japanese edition
also included lyrics. Yet another CD edition was released in Japan in 2008.
In 2007, Flare released an expanded CD version of the album - click
here for more info on that release.
