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All of Me: The Debonair Mr. Hartman

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Released
  
November 1956

Artist
  
Johnny Hartman

Label
  
Bethlehem Records

Length
  
37:34

Release date
  
November 1956

Genre
  
Jazz

All of Me The Debonair Mr. Hartman (1955)
  
Johnny Hartman Sings...Just You, Just Me (1956)

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All of Me: The Debonair Mr. Hartman is a 1956 album by Jazz singer Johnny Hartman. It was released on the Bethlehem label. The album was reissued in 2000 with four additional tracks, alternate takes of songs from the original album.

Contents

Reception

Scott Yanow reviewed All of Me for Allmusic and wrote that the album was "The emphasis is on ballads (always Hartman's strong point) with the highlights including "Blue Skies," "Tenderly," "The Lamp Is Low" and "I Concentrate on You."

Track listing

  1. "Blue Skies " (Irving Berlin) - 2:57
  2. "I Could Make You Care" (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin) - 3:36
  3. "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) - 3:23
  4. "The Lamp Is Low" (Peter DeRose, Mitchell Parish, Maurice Ravel, Bert Shefter) - 2:44
  5. "While We're Young" (William Engvick, Morty Palitz, Alec Wilder) - 2:58
  6. "Birth of the Blues" (Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson) - 2:57
  7. "I'll Follow You" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) - 3:34
  8. "I Concentrate on You" (Cole Porter) - 3:50
  9. "Stella by Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) - 3:47
  10. "I Get a Kick Out of You" (Cole Porter) - 3:09
  11. "The End of a Love Affair" (Edward Redding) - 3:21
  12. "All of Me" (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) - 2:19
Alternate takes released on 2000 CD reissue
  1. "Blue Skies" - 3:27
  2. "I Get a Kick Out of You" - 3:25
  3. "Birth of the Blues" - 3:00
  4. "All of Me" - 2:26

Personnel

  • Johnny Hartman - vocals
  • Frank Hunter string orchestra
  • Howard McGhee - trumpet
  • Ralph Sharon - piano

    • Songs

    1Blue Skies2:57
    2I Could Make You Care3:35
    3Tenderly3:23

    References

    All of Me: The Debonair Mr. Hartman Wikipedia
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