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For those who like their romantic music with a healthy dose of kitsch and retro style, Ray Conniff's Love Songs fits the bill. The collection covers his adorably square work from the late '50s and early '60s through his more orchestrated and rock-influenced work from the late '60s and '70s, with "The Way You Look Tonight" defining the former and "You Light Up My Life" defining the latter. Though Conniff's heyday came relatively early in his career -- with songs like this collection's "I'm in the Mood for Love," "Memories are Made of This," and "It Had to Be You" representing that era -- the remainder of his work is as interesting, if not as successful, as what preceded it. The theatrical bent of his late-'60s-early-'70s material fits songs such as The Godfather's "Speak Softly Love," and Love Story's "Where Do I Begin," while his other work from that time experiments with exotic and foreign touches, as on "This is My Song," and Serge Gainsbourg's "Je T'Aime...Moi Non Plus (Love at First Sight)." Interestingly enough, the collection also reflects how pop music shifted away from a collection of standard songs with many possible interpretations to singer/songwriter-based music that, when covered, usually stayed close to the original version; the fat bass and electric pianos on the cover of Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are" nod to the original. While Love Songs doesn't contain enough of Conniff's essential music to make the collection work as a straightforward hits collection, it certainly captures the slightly dreamy, slightly playful feel that defined all of his material. Even if the lounge revival is no longer hip, Conniff's music is so well-produced and arranged that it still makes fun, surprisingly fresh-sounding mood music.
© Heather Phares /TiVo
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Maurice Jarre, Composer - Paul Francis Webster, Lyricist - Ray Conniff & The Singers, Performer - Ernie Altschuler, Producer
Originally Released 1966 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Jimmy McHugh, Composer - Jimmy McHugh, Lyricist - Rann Productions, Inc., Producer - Dorothy Fields, Composer - Dorothy Fields, Lyricist - Ray Conniff Singers, Performer
Originally Released 1960 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Jack Gold, Producer - Burt Bacharach, Composer - Burt Bacharach, Lyricist - Ray Conniff & The Singers, Performer - Ray Conniff, Performer - Hal David, Composer - Hal David, Lyricist
Originally Released 1968 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Ray Conniff & His Orchestra, Performer - George Avakian, Producer - D. Fields, Lyricist - D. Fields, Composer - Dorothy Fields, Lyricist - Dorothy Fields, Composer - J. Kern, Lyricist - J. Kern, Composer - Jerome Kern, Composer - Jerome Kern, Lyricist
Originally released 1957. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Jack Gold, Producer - Ray Conniff & The Singers, Performer - Larry Kusik, Composer - Larry Kusik, Lyricist - Nino Rota, Composer - Nino Rota, Lyricist - Eddie Snyder, Composer - Eddie Snyder, Lyricist
Originally Released 1969 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Billy Joel, Composer - Billy Joel, Lyricist - L. Russell Brown, Producer - Ray Conniff, Performer - Dick Bogert, Engineer
(P) 1978 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Ray Conniff & The Singers, Performer - Snuff Garrett, Producer - Larry Kusik, Composer - Larry Kusik, Lyricist - Nino Rota, Composer - Nino Rota, Lyricist
(P) 1972 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Richard Dehr, Composer - Richard Dehr, Lyricist - Frank Miller, Composer - Frank Miller, Lyricist - Ray Conniff & His Orchestra & Chorus, Performer - Al Ham, Producer - Terry Gilkyson, Composer - Terry Gilkyson, Lyricist
Originally released 1960 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Jack Gold, Producer - Charles Chaplin, Composer - Charles Chaplin, Lyricist - Ray Conniff & The Singers, Performer
Originally Released 1967 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Ray Conniff & His Orchestra & Chorus, Performer - Paul Francis Webster, Composer - Paul Francis Webster, Lyricist - Sammy Fain, Composer - Sammy Fain, Lyricist - Ernie Altschuler, Producer
Originally Released 1965 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Joseph Brooks, Composer - Joseph Brooks, Lyricist - L. Russell Brown, Producer - Ray Conniff, Performer - Dick Bogert, Engineer
(P) 1978 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Ray Conniff & His Orchestra & Chorus, Performer - Unknown, Engineer - Unknown, Mixing Engineer - C. Porter, Composer - C. Porter, Lyricist - Ray Conniff, Vocal - Al Ham, Producer
Originally Released 1960 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Jack Gold, Producer - Francis Lai, Composer - Francis Lai, Lyricist - Ray Conniff & The Singers, Performer - Carl Sigman, Composer - Carl Sigman, Lyricist
Originally Released 1971 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Jack Gold, Producer - Burt Bacharach, Composer - Burt Bacharach, Lyricist - Ray Conniff & The Singers, Performer - Hal David, Composer - Hal David, Lyricist
Originally Released 1968 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Ray Conniff & His Orchestra, Performer - In Research, Producer - Isham Jones, Composer - Isham Jones, Lyricist - Gus Kahn, Composer - Gus Kahn, Lyricist
Originally Released 1958 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Jack Gold, Producer - Ray Conniff, Conductor - Ray Conniff, Performer - Ray Conniff, Arranger - Serge Gainsbourgh, Composer - Serge Gainsbourgh, Lyricist
Originally released 1969. All rights reserved by SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Albumbeschreibung
For those who like their romantic music with a healthy dose of kitsch and retro style, Ray Conniff's Love Songs fits the bill. The collection covers his adorably square work from the late '50s and early '60s through his more orchestrated and rock-influenced work from the late '60s and '70s, with "The Way You Look Tonight" defining the former and "You Light Up My Life" defining the latter. Though Conniff's heyday came relatively early in his career -- with songs like this collection's "I'm in the Mood for Love," "Memories are Made of This," and "It Had to Be You" representing that era -- the remainder of his work is as interesting, if not as successful, as what preceded it. The theatrical bent of his late-'60s-early-'70s material fits songs such as The Godfather's "Speak Softly Love," and Love Story's "Where Do I Begin," while his other work from that time experiments with exotic and foreign touches, as on "This is My Song," and Serge Gainsbourg's "Je T'Aime...Moi Non Plus (Love at First Sight)." Interestingly enough, the collection also reflects how pop music shifted away from a collection of standard songs with many possible interpretations to singer/songwriter-based music that, when covered, usually stayed close to the original version; the fat bass and electric pianos on the cover of Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are" nod to the original. While Love Songs doesn't contain enough of Conniff's essential music to make the collection work as a straightforward hits collection, it certainly captures the slightly dreamy, slightly playful feel that defined all of his material. Even if the lounge revival is no longer hip, Conniff's music is so well-produced and arranged that it still makes fun, surprisingly fresh-sounding mood music.
© Heather Phares /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 00:44:59
- Main artists: Ray Conniff
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Columbia - Legacy
- Genre: Pop/Rock Internationaal variété
Originally Released 1957,1958,1960,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1971 (P) 1972,1979, 2003 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
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