Beverly Kenney

3 LPs ON 2 CDs

BEVERLY KENNEY, vocal on all tracks, with:

[1-2]: with Ralph Burns and His Orchestra.
New York City, February 19, 1958. Personnel on Sings for Playboys: with Ellis Larkins (p, celeste),
Joe Benjamin (b). New York City, December 2, 1957.

Personnel on Born to be Blue: accompanied by Orchestras directed by Hal Mooney (CD1 #19-22, CD2 #1-4)
and Charlie Albertine (CD1 #23-27). Ellis Larkins plays piano on all selections, Charlie Shavers (tp CD2 #1-3).
New York City, October 9 (CD1 #1-4) and 14 (CD1 #5-9), and October 22 (CD2 #1-4), 1958
.
Personnel on the The Sesac sessions [17-26]:
Accompanied by Eddie Safranski and His Orchestra.
Collective personnel including: Dale McMickle, Jimmy Nottingham, Bernie Glow (tp),
Will Bradley, Bob Alexander, Lou McGarity (tb), Artie Baker (cl), Hymie Shertzer (as), Al Klink (ts),
Dany Bank (bs), Dick Hyman (p),Mundell Lowe (g), Eddie Safranski (b, arr), Don Lamond (d).
Rockaway, N.J., 1958.

Personnel on [27]: Accompanied by orchestra conducted by Skitch Henderson.
Steve Allen TV-Show, May 18, 1958.

Personnel on [28]: Accompanied by unknown orchestra. Location and recording date unknown.

Personnel on [29-34]: Accompanied by unknown rhythm section (p, celeste, b, d).
Playboy’s Penthouse TV Show. Hosted by Hugh Hefner. Chicago, 1960

DISCOGRAPHY

CD 1 [1-2] from the 45 rpm 7” single Decca 9-30614
CD 1 [3,4,6-11,15-18] from the 12” LP Sings For Playboys (Decca DL 8743)
CD 1 [19-22, 24-27] & CD 2 [1-4] from the ...Born to be Blue...” Decca DL 8850
CD 2 [5-16] from the 12” LP Like Yesterday (Decca DL 8948)
CD 2 [17-26] from different Sesac Recording sessions and albums
CD 2 [27] from the Steve Allen Show at NBC-TV
CD 2 [28]: Live recording
CD 2 [29-34] from Playboy’s Penthouse Show at WBKB-TV

CD 1:
01. Your Love Is My Love
02. The Magic Touch
03. It’s Magic
04. A–You’re Adorable
05. Time Was / It’s So Peaceful
06. A Summer Romance
07. Try a Little Tenderness
08. What Is There to Stay
09. A Lover Like You
10. It’s a Most Unusual Day
11. You’re My Boy
12. What’s It Like in Paris(*)
13. Sing a Rainbow (*)
14. Brooklyn Love Song (*)
15. Do It Again 16. A Woman’s Intuition
17. Life Can Be Beautiful 18. Mama, Do I Gotta?
19. Again 20. Isn’t It a Pity 21. Where Can I Go Without You
22. Beyond The Next Hill 23. You Couldn’t Be Cuter
24. Born to Be Blue 25. I Walk a Little Faster
26. It’s a Blue World 27. Somewhere Along the Way

CD 2:
01. For All We Know
02. It Only Happens When I Dance With You
03. Vanity
04. Go Away, My Love!
05. Undecided
06. A Sunday Kind of Love
07. Somebody Else Is Taking My Place
08. I Had the Craziest Dream
09. What a Difference a Day Made
10. Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe
11. Tampico
12. Sentimental Journey
13. Any Old Time
14. And the Angels Sing
15. More Than You Know
16. The Dipsy Doodle
Bonus Tracks (The Sesac sessions):
17. Lonely and Blue
18. Yours Sincerely
19. Long, Lean and Lanky
20. Too Bad
21. Too Late to Be Sorry
22. It’s a Mean Old World
23. Tall, Dark and Handsome
24. Let’s Try Again
25. The Stars, the Night, the Moon
26. That Pyramid Jazz
27. I Hate Rock and Roll
28. What Is There to Say
Playboy’s Penthouse TV Show:
29. Interview
30. Everything Happens to Me
31. Interview continues
32. Mountain Greenery
33. Makin’ Whoopee – duet with Hugh Hefner
34. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning