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Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries (album)

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Released
  
1956

Artist
  
Howard McGhee

Label
  
Bethlehem Records

Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries (1956)
  
Dusty Blue (1960)

Release date
  
1956

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
February 14 & 15, 1956 New York City

Howard McGhee albums
  
The Return of Howard McGhee, Together Again!!!!, Maggie's Back in Town!!, Dusty Blue

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Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries is an album by trumpeter Howard McGhee featuring songs from the musical film The Best Things in Life Are Free which were recorded in 1956 and released on the Bethlehem label.

Contents

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Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva and Lew Brown except as indicated

  1. "Sonny Boy" - 3:54
  2. "So Blue" - 2:30
  3. "(Here I Am) Broken Hearted" 3:04
  4. "The Thrill Is Gone" (Henderson, Brown) - 3:15
  5. "Just Imagine" - 3:17
  6. "(I'm a Dreamer) Aren't We All" - 3:03
  7. "My Song" (Henderson, Brown) - 3:10
  8. "The Best Things in Life Are Free" - 2:53
  9. "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" (Henderson, Brown) - 2:54
  10. "Together" - 2:10
  11. "Come To Me" - 3:14
  12. "My Sin" - 3:12

Personnel

  • Howard McGhee - trumpet
  • Danny Bank, Phil Bonder, Sid Brown, Leon Cohen, Herbie Mann - saxophone
  • Donn Trenner - piano
  • Al Caiola - guitar
  • Arnold Fishkind - bass
  • Osie Johnson, Don Lamond - drums
  • String section arranged and conducted by Frank Hunter

    • Songs

    1Sonny Boy3:55
    2So Blue2:30
    3Broken Hearted3:05

    References

    Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries (album) Wikipedia
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