Rosie Solves the Swingin' Riddle!

Rosie Solves the Swingin' Riddle!
Rosie Solves the Swingin' Riddle!
Studio album by Rosemary Clooney
Released	1961
Recorded	May 25 – June 2, 1960
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	30:44
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	Rosemary Clooney
Rosemary Clooney chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
New Record Mirror	5/5^[2]

Rosie Solves the Swingin' Riddle! is a 1961 studio album by Rosemary Clooney, arranged by Nelson Riddle and released by RCA Victor.

The first of two albums that Clooney and Riddle recorded together, the two were having an affair at the time of the recording, which broke up their respective marriages. Their second album, Love, was released in 1963. ^[3]

Track listing

"Get Me to the Church on Time" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 2:14
"Angry" (Henry Brunies, Merritt Brunies, Jules Cassard, Dudley Mecum) – 2:25
"I Get Along Without You Very Well" (Hoagy Carmichael, Jane Brown Thompson) – 2:44
"How Am I to Know?" (Jack King, Dorothy Parker) – 2:51
"You Took Advantage of Me" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 2:59
"April in Paris" (Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg) – 2:40
"I Ain't Got Nobody (And Nobody Cares for Me)" (Roger Graham, Dave Peyton, Spencer Williams) – 2:54
"Some of These Days" (Shelton Brooks) – 2:16
"By Myself" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 2:30
"Shine On, Harvest Moon" (Jack Norworth, Nora Bayes) – 2:20
"Cabin in the Sky" (Duke, John Latouche) – 2:35
"Limehouse Blues" (Philip Braham, Douglas Furber) – 2:16

Personnel

Rosemary Clooney – vocal
Nelson Riddle – arranger, conductor

References

^ Allmusic review
^ Watson, Jimmy (October 14, 1961). "Rosemary Clooney: Rosie Solves The Swingin' Riddle" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 31. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
^ Rosie Solves the Swingin' Riddle! at AllMusic

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[1] Allmusic review

[2] Watson, Jimmy (October 14, 1961). "Rosemary Clooney: Rosie Solves The Swingin' Riddle" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 31. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2022.

[3] Rosie Solves the Swingin' Riddle! at AllMusic

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v t e Rosemary Clooney
Discography
Studio albums	Hollywood's Best (with Harry James) Irving Berlin's White Christmas Blue Rose (with Duke Ellington) Ring Around Rosie (with The Hi-Lo's) Swing Around Rosie (with the Buddy Cole Trio) Fancy Meeting You Here (with Bing Crosby) A Touch of Tabasco (with Perez Prado) How the West Was Won (with Bing Crosby) Rosie Swings Softly Clap Hands! Here Comes Rosie! Rosie Solves the Swingin' Riddle! Rosemary Clooney Sings Country Hits from the Heart Love Thanks for Nothing That Travelin' Two Beat - Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney (with Bing Crosby) Look My Way Nice to Be Around A Tribute to Duke Everything's Coming Up Rosie Rosie Sings Bing Here's to My Lady Rosemary Clooney Sings the Lyrics of Ira Gershwin With Love Rosemary Clooney Sings the Music of Cole Porter Rosemary Clooney Sings the Music of Harold Arlen My Buddy (with Woody Herman) Rosemary Clooney Sings the Music of Irving Berlin Rosemary Clooney Sings Ballads Rosemary Clooney Sings the Music of Jimmy Van Heusen Rosemary Clooney Sings the Lyrics of Johnny Mercer Show Tunes Rosemary Clooney Sings Rodgers, Hart & Hammerstein For the Duration Girl Singer Do You Miss New York? Still on the Road Demi-Centennial Dedicated to Nelson White Christmas Mothers & Daughters At Long Last (with the Count Basie Orchestra) Brazil (with John Pizzarelli) Sentimental Journey: The Girl Singer and Her New Big Band
Live albums	The Last Concert
Soundtrack albums	Red Garters
EPs	Rosie and Marlene
Songs	"Come On-a My House" "Tenderly" "Half as Much" "Botch-a-Me (Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina)" "Blues in the Night" "Hey There" "This Ole House" "Mambo Italiano"
Related	The Edsel Show José Ferrer Miguel Ferrer Dante DiPaolo Tessa Ferrer Betty Clooney Nick Clooney George Clooney

v t e Nelson Riddle
Albums	The Music from Oklahoma! (Capitol, 1955) The Tender Touch (Capitol, 1956) Hey...Let Yourself Go! (Capitol, 1957) C'mon...Get Happy! (Capitol, 1957) Sea of Dreams (Capitol, 1958) The Joy of Living (Capitol, 1959) Sing a Song with Riddle (Capitol, 1959) Music of the Motion Picture "Can Can" (Capitol, 1960) Original Music from The TV Show The Untouchables (Capitol, 1960) Dance to the Music of "Tenderloin" (Capitol, 1961) Love Tide (Capitol, 1961) Magic Moments from "The Gay Life" (Capitol, 1961) Route 66 Theme and Other Great TV Themes (Capitol, 1962) Love Is a Game of Poker (Capitol, 1962) More Hit TV Themes (Capitol, 1963) The Best of Nelson Riddle (Capitol, 1963) White on White, Shangri-La, Charade & Other Hits of 1964 (Reprise, 1964) Original Music from The Rogues (RCA Victor, 1964) Interprets Great Music, Great Films, Great Sounds (Reprise, 1964) NAT: An Orchestral Portrait of Nat "King" Cole (Reprise, 1966) Music for Wives and Lovers (Solid State, 1967) The Bright and the Beautiful (Liberty, 1967) The Riddle of Today (Liberty, 1968) British Columbia Suite (Capilano, 1969) Nelson Riddle Conducts The 101 Strings (Marble Arch, 1970) Communication (MPS, 1971) Changing Colors (MPS, 1972)
With Rosemary Clooney	Rosie Solves the Swingin' Riddle! (RCA Victor, 1961) Love (Reprise, 1963)
With Nat King Cole	Unforgettable (Capitol, 1954) Nat King Cole Sings for Two in Love (Capitol, 1954) The Piano Style of Nat King Cole (Capitol, 1955) Ballads of the Day (Capitol, 1956) St. Louis Blues (Capitol, 1958) Cole Español (1958) To Whom It May Concern (Capitol, 1959) Wild Is Love (Capitol, 1960)
With Ella Fitzgerald	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book (Verve, 1959) Ella Swings Gently with Nelson (Verve, 1962) Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson (Verve, 1962) Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book (Verve, 1963) Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book (Verve, 1964) Ella Loves Cole Dream Dancing (Atlantic, 1972) The Best Is Yet to Come (Pablo, 1982)
With Linda Ronstadt	What's New? (Elektra, 1983) Lush Life (Elektra, 1984) For Sentimental Reasons (Elektra, 1986)
With Frank Sinatra	Swing Easy! (Capitol, 1954) Songs for Young Lovers (Capitol, 1954) In the Wee Small Hours (Capitol, 1955) Songs for Swingin' Lovers! (Capitol, 1956) Close to You (Capitol, 1956) A Swingin' Affair! (Capitol, 1956) Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely (Capitol, 1958) Nice 'n' Easy (Capitol, 1960) Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!! (Capitol, 1960) The Concert Sinatra (1963) Sinatra's Sinatra (1963) Sinatra Sings Days of Wine and Roses, Moon River, and Other Academy Award Winners (Reprise, 1964) Strangers in the Night (Reprise, 1966) Moonlight Sinatra (Reprise, 1966)
With Keely Smith	I Wish You Love (Capitol, 1958) Swingin' Pretty (Capitol, 1959) Little Girl Blue/Little Girl New (Reprise, 1963)
With Ed Townsend	New In Town (Capitol, 1959) Glad To Be Here (Capitol, 1959)
With others	Shirley Bassey, Let's Face the Music (Columbia, 1962) Bing Crosby, Return to Paradise Islands (Reprise, 1964) Judy Garland, Judy (1956) Antônio Carlos Jobim, The Wonderful World of Antônio Carlos Jobim (Warner Bros., 1965) Peggy Lee, The Man I Love (Capitol, 1957) Dean Martin, This Time I'm Swingin'! (Capitol, 1960) Johnny Mathis, I'll Buy You a Star (Capitol, 1962) Oscar Peterson, Oscar Peterson and Nelson Riddle (Verve, 1964) Mavis Rivers, Take a Number (Capitol, 1959) Tommy Sands, When I'm Thinking of You (Capitol, 1959) Dinah Shore, Dinah, Yes Indeed! (Capitol, 1959) Phil Silvers, Phil Silvers and Swinging Brass (Columbia, 1957)
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