The Happiest Millionaire (album)

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Released November 1967 Release date November 1967 Genre Jazz		The Happiest Millionaire (1967) Half a Sixpence (1967) Producer Teddy Reig

Recorded October 4, 5 & 6, 1967 A & R Recording, NYC Label Coliseum D 41003/DS 51003 Artists Count Basie, Count Basie Orchestra Similar Half a Sixpence, Pop Goes the Basie, Basie's in the Bag, Basie's Beat, Broadway Basie'sWay

The Happiest Millionaire (complete title Count Basie Captures Walt Disney's The Happiest Millionaire) is an album by pianist and bandleader Count Basie and His Orchestra featuring performances of tunes featured in Walt Disney's motion picture The Happiest Millionaire recorded in 1967 and released on the Coliseum label.

Track listing

All compositions by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman

"Detroit"
"Strengthen the Dwelling"
"I'll Always be Irish"
"Valentine Candy"
"Bye-Yum-Pum-Pum"
"Watch Your Footwork"
"What's Wrong with That"
"Let's Have a Drink on It"
"Are We Dancing"
"Fortuosity"

Recorded at A & R Recording in New York on October 4, 1967 (tracks 1, 2 & 5), October 5, 1967 (tracks 6, 8 & 10) and October 6, 1967 (tracks 3, 4, 7 & 9)

Personnel

Count Basie - piano

Al Aarons, Sonny Cohn, Gene Goe, Sam Noto - trumpet

Richard Boone, Harlan Floyd, Grover Mitchell - trombone

Bill Hughes - bass trombone

Bobby Plater - alto saxophone, flute

Marshal Royal - alto saxophone, clarinet

Eric Dixon - tenor saxophone, flute

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - tenor saxophone

Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone

Freddie Green - guitar

Norman Keenan - bass

Louis Bellson - drums

Chico O'Farrill - arranger

References

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