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Despite its familiar title, Warner Bros.' Lullaby of Broadway was an original movie musical, albeit one in which nearly all the songs were vintage titles owned by the film company. And nearly all of them were performed by Doris Day. Warner did not have a record company, so there could be no soundtrack album, but Day had a contract with Columbia Records, and she had enjoyed considerable success the previous year by recording tie-in albums from her films Young Man With a Horn and Tea for Two. This Lullaby of Broadway LP soon joined its predecessors in the Top Five. In the film, Day had been paired with Gene Nelson, who had been promoted from the second male lead in Tea for Two. Since Nelson had appeared with Day on the Tea for Two LP, you might have expected him to turn up here, too, but he didn't. It was just Day, accompanied by the Norman Luboff Choir and the Buddy Cole Quartet on the title song, "Fine and Dandy" (which was not in the film), and the newly written "I Love the Way You Say Goodnight," and by an orchestra conducted by Frank Comstock on the rest. (Nelson's feature, "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart," was absent, of course.) Since the songs are just a bunch of standards from old films and musicals, the connection to the movie simply provides an excuse for Day to try out vintage material written by the likes of George Gershwin and Cole Porter, and she does well by it.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Doris Day, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Harry Warren, Composer - The Buddy Cole Quartet, Associated Performer - The Norman Luboff Choir, Choir - Al Dubin, Lyricist
Originally released 1951. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Doris Day, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Kay Swift, Composer - The Buddy Cole Quartet, Associated Performer - Paul James, Lyricist - The Norman Luboff Choir, Choir
Originally released 1951. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Doris Day, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Vincent Terri, Guitar - Alvin Stoller, Drums - Joe Young, Composer - Edwin Cole, Piano - Little Jack Little, Lyricist - The Buddy Cole Quartet, Associated Performer - The Norman Luboff Choir, Choir - John Siras, Lyricist - Phil Stephans, Bass - Unknown, Producer
Originally released 1951. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Doris Day, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Frank Comstock, Conductor - George Gershwin, Composer - B.G. DeSylva, Lyricist - Ballard MacDonald, Lyricist
Originally released 1951. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Doris Day, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Cole Porter, Composer, Lyricist - Frank Comstock, Conductor
Originally released 1951. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Doris Day, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Unknown, Producer - Harry Warren, Composer - Frank Comstock, Conductor - Al Dubin, Lyricist - Tony Rizzi, Guitar - Jack Sperling, Drums - Paul Smith, Piano - Doris Day; Orchestra under the direction of Frank Comstock - Phil Stephans, Bass - Ronald Langinger, Saxophone - Abraham Most, Saxophone - Dave Pell, Saxophone - Edwin Scherr, Saxophone - Henry Stone, Saxophone - Frank Beach, Trumpet - Robert Fowler, Trumpet - Wesley Hansel, Trumpet - Raymond Klein, Trombone - Richard Noel, Trombone - Raymond Sims, Trombone
Originally released 1951. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Doris Day, Associated Performer, Main Artist - The Buddy Cole Quartet, Associated Performer - Edward Pola, Composer, Lyricist - The Norman Luboff Choir, Choir - George Wyle, Composer, Lyricist
Originally released 1951. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Doris Day, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Frank Comstock, Conductor - S. Clare, Composer, Lyricist - S.H. Stept, Composer, Lyricist
Originally released 1951. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
Despite its familiar title, Warner Bros.' Lullaby of Broadway was an original movie musical, albeit one in which nearly all the songs were vintage titles owned by the film company. And nearly all of them were performed by Doris Day. Warner did not have a record company, so there could be no soundtrack album, but Day had a contract with Columbia Records, and she had enjoyed considerable success the previous year by recording tie-in albums from her films Young Man With a Horn and Tea for Two. This Lullaby of Broadway LP soon joined its predecessors in the Top Five. In the film, Day had been paired with Gene Nelson, who had been promoted from the second male lead in Tea for Two. Since Nelson had appeared with Day on the Tea for Two LP, you might have expected him to turn up here, too, but he didn't. It was just Day, accompanied by the Norman Luboff Choir and the Buddy Cole Quartet on the title song, "Fine and Dandy" (which was not in the film), and the newly written "I Love the Way You Say Goodnight," and by an orchestra conducted by Frank Comstock on the rest. (Nelson's feature, "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart," was absent, of course.) Since the songs are just a bunch of standards from old films and musicals, the connection to the movie simply provides an excuse for Day to try out vintage material written by the likes of George Gershwin and Cole Porter, and she does well by it.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 8 track(s)
- Total length: 00:22:11
- Main artists: Doris Day
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Columbia - Legacy
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
Originally released 1951. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
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