Swingin' Pretty

Swingin' Pretty
Swingin' Pretty
Studio album by Keely Smith
Released	May 28, 1959
Genre	Jazz
Label	Capitol
Producer	Voyle Gilmore
Keely Smith chronology

Swingin' Pretty is a 1959 studio album by the American jazz singer Keely Smith, arranged by Nelson Riddle.^[1]

A review of the 2000 reissue of Swingin' Pretty by Heather Phares on Allmusic.com said that the album captured Smith "at the height of her powers".^[2]

Track listing

"It's Magic" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne)
"It's Been a Long, Long Time" (Cahn, Styne)
"Stormy Weather" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
"Indian Love Call" (Rudolf Friml, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II)
"The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington)
"What Is This Thing Called Love?" (Cole Porter)
"The Man I Love" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
"You're Driving Me Crazy" (Walter Donaldson)
"Stardust" (Carmichael, Mitchell Parish)
"There Will Never Be Another You" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren)
"Someone to Watch over Me" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin)
"(What Can I Say) After I Say I'm Sorry?" (Donaldson, Abe Lyman)

References

^ Yanow, Scott. "Swingin' Pretty". Allmusic. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
^ Phares, Heather. "Politely!/Swingin' Pretty". Allmusic. Retrieved September 3, 2014.

[Allmusic-1] Yanow, Scott. "Swingin' Pretty". Allmusic. Retrieved September 3, 2014.

[Allmusic2-2] Phares, Heather. "Politely!/Swingin' Pretty". Allmusic. Retrieved September 3, 2014.

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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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