Songs by Burke and Van Heusen
1959 studio album by Lena Horne
Songs by Burke and Van Heusen | ||||
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Studio album by Lena Horne | ||||
Released | 1959 | |||
Recorded | December 1 & 9, 1958 and January 5, 1959 | |||
Genre | Traditional pop | |||
Length | 52:02 | |||
Label | RCA Victor | |||
Producer | Fred Reynolds | |||
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Songs by Burke and Van Heusen is a 1959 studio album by Lena Horne, of songs written by Johnny Burke and Jimmy Van Heusen.[2] This album was released in some countries with the alternative title A Friend Of Yours. Recorded with Lennie Hayton and His Orchestra at the RCA Victor studio, New York on December 1 and 9, 1958, completed on January 5, 1959. The complete album has been re-issued on CD in Stereo, firstly in 2001 by BMG, Japan and by Avid Easy Records in 2010.
Track listing
- "You Don't Have to Know the Language" – 2:56
- "Like Someone in Love" – 2:59
- "It's Anybody's Spring" – 2:21
- "But Beautiful" – 4:03
- "Just My Luck" – 2:35
- "Get Rid of Monday" – 2:53
- "A Friend of Yours" – 3:11
- "It Could Happen to You" – 2:56
- "Sleigh Ride in July" – 3:24
- "My Heart Is a Hobo" – 1:56
- "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" – 3:09
- "Ring the Bell" – 3:11
All music composed by Jimmy Van Heusen, and all lyrics written by Johnny Burke.
Personnel
Performance
- Lena Horne – vocals
- Lennie Hayton – arranger
- Ralph Burns – arranger
References
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Lena Horne
- It's Love
- Give the Lady What She Wants
- Porgy & Bess
- Songs by Burke and Van Heusen
- Lena Horne at the Sands
- Lena on the Blue Side
- Lena Sings Your Requests
- Lena Like Latin
- Lena in Hollywood
- Merry from Lena
- Soul
- Lena & Gabor
- Harry & Lena
- Nature's Baby
- Lena & Michel
- Lena: A New Album
- The Men in My Life
- We'll Be Together Again
- An Evening with Lena Horne
- Being Myself
- Seasons of a Life
- "Stormy Weather"
- "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)"
- "'Deed I Do"
- "Love Me or Leave Me"
- Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music