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Songs from the Heart (Johnny Hartman album)

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Released
  
October 1955

Artist
  
Johnny Hartman

Label
  
Bethlehem Records

Length
  
56:27

Release date
  
October 1955

Genre
  
Jazz

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Songs from the Heart(1955)
  
All of Me The Debonair Mr. Hartman(1956)

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Johnny Hartman albums, Jazz albums

Songs from the Heart is a 1955 album by Jazz singer Johnny Hartman. It was Hartman's debut album and was released on the Bethlehem label. The album was reissued in 2000 with six additional tracks, alternate takes of songs from the original album.

Contents

Reception

John Bush reviewed Songs from the Heart for Allmusic and wrote that the album was "...a set of tender ballads, each word of which is treasured by Hartman's expansive, evocative voice." Bush described Hartman's musical support as "...soft, spare, and completely supportive".

Track listing

  1. "What Is There to Say?" (Vernon Duke, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) - 2:52
  2. "Ain't Misbehavin'" (Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) - 2:50
  3. "I Fall in Love Too Easily" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 2:26
  4. "We'll Be Together Again" (Carl T. Fischer, Frankie Laine) - 3:03
  5. "Down in the Depths (On the Ninetieth Floor)" (Cole Porter) - 3:01
  6. "They Didn't Believe Me" (Jerome Kern, Herbert Reynolds) - 2:36
  7. "I'm Glad There Is You" (Jimmy Dorsey, Paul Mertz) - 2:32
  8. "When Your Lover Has Gone" (Einar A. Swan) - 3:10
  9. "I'll Remember April" (Gene DePaul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) - 3:12
  10. "I See Your Face Before Me" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 3:34
  11. "September Song" (Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill) - 3:52
  12. "Moonlight in Vermont" (John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf) - 3:08
Alternate takes released on 2000 CD reissue
  1. "Down in the Depths" - 3:01
  2. "They Didn't Believe Me" - 2:43
  3. "I'm Glad There Is You" - 2:38
  4. "I'll Remember April" - 3:43
  5. "I See Your Face Before Me" - 4:10
  6. "September Song" - 3:56

Personnel

  • Johnny Hartman - vocals
  • Howard McGhee - trumpet
  • Ralph Sharon - piano
  • Jay Cave - bass
  • Christy Febbo - drums

    • Songs

    1What Is There to Say2:53
    2Ain't Misbehavin'2:49
    3I Fall in Love Too Easily2:26

    References

    Songs from the Heart (Johnny Hartman album) Wikipedia
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