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During the mid-'50s, Joe Williams was one of the hottest properties in vocal jazz thanks to a big hit recorded with the Count Basie Orchestra ("Every Day I Have the Blues"). But when he moved from Verve to Roulette a few years later, he modified his version of the big-band blues for his first album with the label. Roulette owner Morris Levy was interested in crossover potential -- he had recently hit number one in 1957 with the folk-pop singer Jimmie Rodgers -- and he had Williams record an album of lush ballads with strings arranged by swing veteran Jimmy Mundy. (Vocal fans thinking of Frank Sinatra as arranged by Gordon Jenkins instead of Billy May will be well on their way to imagining the sound of A Man Ain't Supposed to Cry.) Although Williams, like Sinatra, was a fabulous swing vocalist, he was also an excellent balladeer with a rich vibrato and the confidence to let a straight reading speak for itself. Torch songs comprise most of the song list, and include "What's New?," "It's the Talk of the Town," "Where Are You," and Irving Berlin's "Say It Isn't So."
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Robert Haggart, Composer - Johnny Burke, Composer - Joe Williams, MainArtist
© 2006 Blue Note, a division of Parlophone Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2006 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1957 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Symes, Composer - Neiburg, Composer - Joe Williams, MainArtist - Levinson, Composer
© 2006 Blue Note, a division of Parlophone Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2006 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1957 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Ruth Lowe, Composer - Joe Williams, MainArtist
© 2006 Blue Note, a division of Parlophone Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2006 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1957 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Gus Kahn, Composer - Livingstone, Composer - Joe Williams, MainArtist - Matthew Malneck, Composer
© 2006 Blue Note, a division of Parlophone Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2006 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1957 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Jimmy McHugh, Composer - Harold Adamson, Composer - Joe Williams, MainArtist
© 2006 Blue Note, a division of Parlophone Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2006 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1957 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
REDD EVANS, Composer - Dave Mann, Composer - Joe Williams, MainArtist
© 2006 Blue Note, a division of Parlophone Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2006 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1957 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
James R. Mundy, Conductor - Irving Berlin, Composer - Jimmy Mundy, Conductor, Arranger - Joe Williams, MainArtist
© 2006 Blue Note, a division of Parlophone Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2006 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1957 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Jack Lawrence, Composer - Joe Williams, MainArtist - Peter Tinturin, Composer
© 2006 Blue Note, a division of Parlophone Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2006 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1957 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Isham Jones, Composer - Joe Williams, MainArtist - L Newman, Composer
© 2006 Blue Note, a division of Parlophone Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2006 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1957 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Victor Young, Composer - Ned Washington, Composer - Joe Williams, MainArtist
© 2006 Blue Note, a division of Parlophone Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2006 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1957 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Leon Pober, Composer - NACIO HERB BROWN, Composer - Joe Williams, MainArtist
© 2006 Blue Note, a division of Parlophone Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2006 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1957 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Reid, Composer - Gimbel, Composer - Joe Williams, MainArtist
© 2006 Blue Note, a division of Parlophone Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2006 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1957 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Album review
During the mid-'50s, Joe Williams was one of the hottest properties in vocal jazz thanks to a big hit recorded with the Count Basie Orchestra ("Every Day I Have the Blues"). But when he moved from Verve to Roulette a few years later, he modified his version of the big-band blues for his first album with the label. Roulette owner Morris Levy was interested in crossover potential -- he had recently hit number one in 1957 with the folk-pop singer Jimmie Rodgers -- and he had Williams record an album of lush ballads with strings arranged by swing veteran Jimmy Mundy. (Vocal fans thinking of Frank Sinatra as arranged by Gordon Jenkins instead of Billy May will be well on their way to imagining the sound of A Man Ain't Supposed to Cry.) Although Williams, like Sinatra, was a fabulous swing vocalist, he was also an excellent balladeer with a rich vibrato and the confidence to let a straight reading speak for itself. Torch songs comprise most of the song list, and include "What's New?," "It's the Talk of the Town," "Where Are You," and Irving Berlin's "Say It Isn't So."
© John Bush /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:35:34
- Main artists: Joe Williams
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Parlophone UK
- Genre: Jazz
© 2006 Blue Note, a division of Parlophone Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2006 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1957 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
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