Pop Goes the Basie

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Released 1965 Artist Count Basie Producer Teddy Reig Genre Jazz		Length 34:13 Release date 1965 Label Rhino/Warner Bros.

Recorded December 22, 23 & 24, 1964 Los Angeles, CA Pop Goes the Basie (1965) Basie Picks the Winners (1965) Similar The Happiest Millionaire, Basie Meets Bond, On My Way & Shoutin' Again!, Basie's Beatle Bag, Basie Picks the Winners

Pop Goes the Basie is an album by pianist and bandleader Count Basie featuring jazz versions of contemporary hits recorded in 1965 and originally released on the Reprise label.

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

"Your Cheatin' Heart" (Hank Williams) - 3:03
"The Hucklebuck" (Andy Gibson, Roy Alfred) - 2:50
"Oh, Pretty Woman" (Roy Orbison, Bill Dees) - 2:51
"Call Me Irresponsible" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn) - 2:42
"Walk Right In" (Gus Cannon, Hosea Woods) - 2:55
"Go Away Little Girl" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) - 3:03
"Oh Soul Mio" (Billy Byers) - 3:03
"Bye Bye Love" (Felice Bryant, Boudleaux Bryant) - 2:30
"Do Wah Diddy Diddy" (Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry) - 3:04
"He's Got The Whole World In His Hands" (Traditional) - 3:29
"Shangri-La" (Carl Sigman, Matty Malneck, Robert Maxwell) - 3:45
"At Long Last Love" (Cole Porter, Robert Katscher) - 2:57

Personnel

Count Basie - piano

Al Aarons, Sonny Cohn, Wallace Davenport, Sam Noto - trumpet

Henderson Chambers (tracks 1,4, 5, 7 9, 11 & 12), Henry Coker (tracks 2, 3, 6, 8 & 10), Al Grey (tracks 1,4, 5, 7 9, 11 & 12), Grover Mitchell, Gordon Thomas (tracks 2, 3, 6, 8 & 10) - trombone

Bill Hughes - bass trombone

Marshal Royal, Bobby Plater - alto saxophone

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Eric Dixon - tenor saxophone

Charlie Fawlkes - baritone saxophone

Freddie Green - guitar

Wyatt Reuther - bass

Louis Bellson, (tracks 5, 9 &12), Sonny Payne (tracks 1-4, 6-8, 9 & 11) - drums

Leon Thomas - vocals (tracks 2, 3, 6, 8 & 10)

Billy Byers - arranger, conductor