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Released
  
1967

For Once in My Life (1967)
  
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Release date
  
1967

Label
  
Prestige Records

Length
  
30:35

Artist
  
Sylvia Syms

Producer
  
Cal Lampley

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
March 9 and April 18, 1967 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

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For Once in My Life is an album by vocalist Sylvia Syms recorded in 1967 and released on the Prestige label.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "The renditions are mostly pretty brief and instantly forgettable. Not one of Sylvia Syms' more significant sets".

Track listing

  1. "Vaya con Dios" (Inez James, Buddy Pepper, Larry Russell) - 4:05
  2. "Who (Will Take My Place)?" (Charles Aznavour, Herbert Kretzmer) - 3:20
  3. "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" (Pino Donaggio, Vito Pallavicini, Vicki Wickham, Simon Napier-Bell) - 2:52
  4. "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) - 4:07
  5. "Games That Lovers Play" (Larry Kusic, James Last, Günter Loose, Eddie Snyder) - 2:50
  6. "For Once in My Life" (Ron Miller, Orlando Murden) - 2:45
  7. "Solitaire" (Steve Allen, Erroll Garner) - 1:55
  8. "Yesterday" (Lennon–McCartney) - 3:15
  9. "I Will Wait for You" (Jacques Demy, Norman Gimbel, Michel Legrand) - 2:26
  10. "Don't Take Your Love from Me" (Henry Nemo) - 3:00
  • Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on March 9, 1967 (tracks 1, 5 & 9) and April 18, 1967 (tracks 2-4, 6-8 & 10)

    • Personnel

  • Sylvia Syms - vocals
  • Jerome Richardson - flute, alto flute (tracks 1, 5 & 9)
  • Johnny "Hammond" Smith - organ
  • Gene Bertoncini (tracks 1, 5 & 9), Bucky Pizzarelli (tracks 1, 5 & 9), Thornel Schwartz (tracks 2-4, 6-8 & 10)

    • - guitar

  • Sam Bruno (tracks 1, 5 & 9), Charles Wellsley (tracks 2-4, 6-8 & 10) - bass
  • Bobby Rosengarden (tracks 1, 5 & 9), John Harris (tracks 2-4, 6-8 & 10) - drums
  • Richie "Pablo" Landrum - congas (tracks 2-4, 6-8 & 10)

    • References

    For Once in My Life (Sylvia Syms album) Wikipedia
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