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Tears and Laughter (Dinah Washington)

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Artist
  
Dinah Washington

Genre
  
Classical

Release date
  
1961

Label
  
Mercury Records

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Tears and Laughter is a 1962 album by Dinah Washington with Orchestra conducted by Quincy Jones, that was released on Mercury Records (in mono MG 20661 and stereo SR-60661). The orchestral arrangements, partly with strings for the jazz standard repertoire, were provided by Jones, Hal Mooney, Al Cohn, Ernie Wilkins and Billy Byers. On the second half –the B-side– of the original LP release Washington is backed by the male doo-wop quintet The Dells, who toured with her as the opening act since 1960. They are also featured without Washington on "Jeepers Creepers", and "Am I Blue?" is a duet with one of them. The album received a rating of three stars from AllMusic.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Bewitched" (Rodgers and Hart) – 2:19
  2. "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" (David Mann, Bob Hilliard) – 2:13
  3. "Mood Indigo" (Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills) – 2:25
  4. "Am I Blue?" (Harry Akst, Grant Clarke) – 2:52
  5. "I'm a Fool to Want You" (Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf, Joel Herron) – 3:00
  6. "Tears and Laughter" (Miriam Lewis) – 2:50
  7. "Secret Love" (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster) – 2:48
  8. "You Do Something to Me" (Cole Porter) – 2:20
  9. "If I Should Lose You" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 2:43
  10. "Jeepers Creepers" (Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer) – 2:02
  11. "Wake the Town and Tell the People" (Jerry Livingston, Sammy Gallop) – 2:38
  12. "I Just Found Out About Love" (Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson) – 2:46

Personnel

  • Dinah Washington – vocals (except track 10)
  • Quincy Jones – conductor
  • The Dells – backing vocals (tracks 7–12)
  • Joe Newman, Clark Terry, Ernie Wilkins – trumpet
  • Jimmy Cleveland, Kai Winding, Billy Byers trombone
  • Al Cohn – tenor saxophone
  • Patti Bown – piano
  • George Barnes – guitar
  • unknown bass and drums
  • unidentified orchestra

    • Songs

    1Bewitched2:22
    2Wee Small Hours2:13
    3Mood Indigo2:25

    References

    Tears and Laughter (Dinah Washington) Wikipedia
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