'S Marvelous

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'S Marvelous
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Studio album by
Ray Conniff and His Orchestra
Released1957
GenreEasy listening
LabelColumbia
Ray Conniff and His Orchestra chronology
Dance the Bop!
(1957)
'S Marvelous
(1957)
'S Awful Nice
(1958)

'S Marvelous is an album by Ray Conniff and His Orchestra. It was released in mono in 1957 on the Columbia label (catalog no. CL 1074) and in stereo (catalog no. CS 8037) in 1958.[1][2]

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's popular album chart on December 23, 1957, peaked at No. 10, and remained on that chart for 31 weeks. It was certified by the RIAA as a gold record.[3]

AllMusic later gave the album a rating of four-and-a-half stars. Reviewer William Ruhlmann called it "a set of lively arrangements of standards featuring a wordless chorus."[2]

Track listing[]

Side 1

  1. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Fields, Kern)
  2. "I Hear a Rhapsody" (Fragos, J. Baker, Gasparre)
  3. "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (George & Ira Gershwin)
  4. "Moonlight Serenade" (G. Miller, M. Parish)
  5. "I Love You" (Cole Porter)
  6. "I've Told Ev'ry Little Star" (Hammerstein II, Kern)

Side 2

  1. "You Do Something to Me" (Cole Porter)
  2. "As Time Goes By" (Hupfeld)
  3. "In the Still of the Night" (Cole Porter)
  4. "Someone to Watch Over Me" (George & Ira Gershwin)
  5. "Be My Love" (S. Cahn, N. Brodszky)
  6. "Where or When" (Rodgers & Hart)

References[]

  1. ^ "Ray Conniff And His Orchestra* – 'S Marvelous". Discogs. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "'S Marvelous". AllMusic. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  3. ^ Joel Whitburn (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Albums. Billboard Books. p. 72. ISBN 0823076318.
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