Les McCann Plays the Hits

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Released 1966 Artist Les McCann Producer Jerry Ross Genre Jazz		Length 38:57 Release date 1966 Label Limelight Records

Recorded August 5 and September 9, 1966 United Recording, Hollywood, CA and Bell Sound Studios, New York, NY Les McCann Plays the Hits (1966) Bucket O' Grease (1966) Similar Les McCann albums, Jazz albums

Les McCann Plays the Hits is an album by pianist Les McCann recorded in 1966 and released on the Limelight label.

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Allmusic gives the album 3 stars.

"Sunny (part 1)" (Bobby Hebb) - 7:07
"Sunny (part 2)" (Hebb) - 2:40
"Guantanamera" (José Martí) - 2:55
"Summer Samba (So Nice)" (Marcos Valle, Paulo Sérgio Valle, Norman Gimbel) - 2:22
"Sad Little Girl" (Les McCann) - 2:55
"River Deep – Mountain High" (Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector) - 3:16
"Les Skate" (Jerry Ross, Mark Barkan) - 3:19
"Sunshine Superman" (Donovan) - 3:06
"Message to Michael" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 2:52
"Flamingo" (Ted Grouya, Edmund Anderson) - 2:35
"Compared to What" (Gene McDaniels) - 2:33
"Pretty Flamingo" (Barkan) - 3:17

Les McCann - piano, vocals

Seldon Powell - tenor saxophone, flute (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 7-12)

Plas Johnson (tracks 2, 5 & 6), Jerome Richardson (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 7-12) - tenor saxophone

Lynn Blessing (tracks 2, 5 & 6), Warren Chiasson (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 7-12) - vibraphone

Vincent Bell (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 7-12), Jimmy Georgantones (tracks 2, 5 & 6), Carl Lynch (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 7-12) - guitar

Leroy Vinnegar - bass

Joe Macho - Fender bass (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 7-12)

Booker T. Robinson - drums

Johnny Pacheco (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 7-12), Ron Rich (tracks 2, 5 & 6) - congas

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