| Yesterday's Love Songs/Today's Blues | ||||
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| Released | December 1963 | |||
| Recorded | October 8–10, 1963[1] | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Length | 42:05 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Tom Morgan | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz | [3] |
Yesterday's Love Songs/Today's Blues is a 1963 studio album by Nancy Wilson, arranged by Gerald Wilson.[4] It was her highest charting album, entering the Billboard Top 200 on January 25, 1964,[5] and ultimately reaching No. 4. It remained on the chart for 42 weeks.[6] The 1991 CD edition featured a different cover image and added five bonus tracks drawn from other sessions with Gerald Wilson (two from the album How Glad I Am, and three from singles).
Track listing
- "The Song Is You" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 1:58
- "The Very Thought of You" (Ray Noble) – 2:51
- "Satin Doll" (Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Billy Strayhorn) – 2:21
- "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:02
- "Sufferin' with the Blues" (Teddy "Cherokee" Conyers, Lloyd Pemberton) – 2:10
- "Someone to Watch over Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:31
- "The Best Is Yet to Come" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) – 2:18
- "Never Let Me Go" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston) – 2:29
- "Send Me Yesterday" (J.H. Smith) – 2:12
- "All My Tomorrows" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:40
- "Please Send Me Someone to Love" (Percy Mayfield) – 2:33
- "Blue Prelude" (Joe Bishop, Gordon Jenkins) – 2:53
- Bonus tracks not included on the original 1963 release:
- "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" (Frank Loesser) – 2:23
- "Show Goes On" (Bernard Roth) – 2:48 (from How Glad I Am)
- "West Coast Blues" (Wes Montgomery) – 2:01 (from How Glad I Am)
- "Tell Me the Truth" (H. Jackson, D. D. Jackson) – 2:34
- "My Sweet Thing" – 2:21
Personnel
Performance
- Nancy Wilson – vocals
- Teddy Edwards – tenor saxophone
- Harold Land – tenor saxophone
- Paul Horn – alto saxophone
- Joe Maini – alto saxophone
- Don Raffell – baritone saxophone
- Al Porcino – trumpet
- Carmell Jones – trumpet
- John Ewing – trombone
- Wild Bill Davis – organ
- Jack Wilson – piano
- Joe Pass – guitar
- Jimmy Bond – double bass
- Kenny Dennis – drums
- Gerald Wilson – arranger, conductor
References
- ↑ Tom, Lord. The jazz discography. West Vancouver, B.C., Canada. ISBN 1881993000. OCLC 30547554.
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ Larkin, Colin (2004). "Nancy Wilson". The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz (Rev Upd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 941. ISBN 1852271833.
- ↑ Yesterday's Love Songs/Today's Blues at AllMusic
- ↑ "Top 200 Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
- ↑ "Nancy Wilson Yesterday's Love Songs/Today's Blues Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
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