Magic Moments from "The Gay Life"

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Magic Moments from "The Gay Life"
Studio album by
Nelson Riddle
Released1960
Recorded1960
GenreShow tunes, traditional pop music
LabelCapitol ST1670
ProducerTom Morgan
Nelson Riddle chronology

(1960) 		Magic Moments from "The Gay Life"
(1960) 		Love Tide
(1961)

Magic Moments from "The Gay Life" is an album by American composer and arranger Nelson Riddle of music from Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz's musical The Gay Life.[1][2]

Reception[]

The initial Billboard magazine review from February 17, 1962 described the album as a "tuneful mélange...the arrangements are never jarring and are sufficiently inventive and fresh sounding to add something to the original".[3]

Track listing[]

All music and lyrics written by Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz.

  1. "Magic Moment" – 2:45
  2. "Oh, Mein Liebchen" – 2:07
  3. "Why Go Anywhere at All?" – 2:45
  4. "Who Can? You Can?" – 2:47
  5. "I'm Glad I'm Single" – 2:25
  6. "This Kind of a Girl" – 2:26
  7. "Something You Never Had Before" – 2:20
  8. "Come A-Wandering with Me" – 2:39
  9. "For the First Time" – 2:58
  10. "The Bloom Is Off the Rose" – 2:44
  11. "The Label On the Bottle" – 2:53
  12. "Reprise: Magic Moment, Come A-Wandering with Me, Oh Mein Liebchen, Something You Never Had Before" – 3:51

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Peter J. Levinson (2005). September in the Rain: The Life of Nelson Riddle. Taylor Trade Publications. p. 199. ISBN 978-1-58979-163-3.
  2. ^ "Nelson Riddle - Magic Moments from "The Gay Life" at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  3. ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (17 February 1962). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 24. ISSN 0006-2510.

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