BRIAN 11.3 -- Windows

Painted Smiles & Reader's Digest

by G.E. Hewitt

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Date: 1972 (ca)
Location: Westrax Recording Studios, New York
Label: Painted Smiles
Ben Bagley 'Revisited' Series

Ben Bagley (pdr), Johnny Desmond, Mary McCarty, Danny Meehan, Margaret Whiting (v), unknown (acc), Dick Hyman (dir)

a. In Our United State(Burton Lane, Ira Gershwin) / arr: Dick Hyman - 4:03
Painted Smiles LP1353 — Ira Gershwin Revisited   (1972)
Kritzerland CD20034-2 — Ira Gershwin Revisited   (2018)
b. Boy Wanted(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) / arr: Dick Hyman - 3:35
Painted Smiles LP1353 — Ira Gershwin Revisited   (1972)
Kritzerland CD20034-2 — Ira Gershwin Revisited   (2018)
c. If Love Remains(Kurt Weill, Ira Gershwin) / arr: Dick Hyman - 2:44
Painted Smiles LP1353 — Ira Gershwin Revisited   (1972)
Kritzerland CD20034-2 — Ira Gershwin Revisited   (2018)
d. I Wish I Didn't Love You So(Frank Loesser) / arr: Dick Hyman - 3:44
Painted Smiles LP1359 — Frank Loesser Revisited   (1974)
Kritzerland CD20035-2 — Frank Loesser Revisited   (2019)
e. Poppa Don't Preach To Me(Frank Loesser) / arr: Dick Hyman - 2:55
Painted Smiles LP1359 — Frank Loesser Revisited   (1974)
Kritzerland CD20035-2 — Frank Loesser Revisited   (2019)
f. Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year(Frank Loesser) / arr: Dick Hyman - 4:44
Painted Smiles LP1359 — Frank Loesser Revisited   (1974)
Kritzerland CD20035-2 — Frank Loesser Revisited   (2019)
g. Sweet River(Tom Jones, Harvey Schmidt) / arr: Dick Hyman - 3:02
Painted Smiles LP1381 — Contemporary Broadway Revisited   (1985)
Kritzerland CD20037-5 — Contemporary Broadway Revisited   (2019)
h. Wishing (Will Make It So)(Buddy De Sylva) / arr: Dick Hyman - 2:35
Painted Smiles CD144 — De Sylva, Brown & Henderson Revisited, Vol. 1   (1993)
Kritzerland CD20038-3 — De Sylva, Brown & Henderson Revisited   (2020)
i. Let's Take Advantage Of Now(Ted Koehler, Ray Henderson) / arr: Dick Hyman - 2:50
Painted Smiles CD145 — De Sylva, Brown & Henderson Revisited, Vol. 2   (1993)
Kritzerland CD20039-7 — De Sylva, Brown & Henderson Revisited II   (2020)
j. It's Great To Be Alive(Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) / arr: Dick Hyman - 2:52
Painted Smiles CD145 — De Sylva, Brown & Henderson Revisited, Vol. 2   (1993)
Kritzerland CD20039-7 — De Sylva, Brown & Henderson Revisited II   (2020)

Johnny Desmond (v) on f; Mary McCarty (v) on b; Danny Meehan (v) on a.


Date: 1985 (ca)
Label: Reader's Digest
Songbird Sessions

Ed Ames, Margaret Whiting (v), unknown (acc, dir), Dick Grove, Roland Shaw, David Whitaker (dir)

a. My Funny Valentine(Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 3:23
RCA LP Box033/A — Great Ladies Of Song   (1985)
Reader's Digest CD9600789 — The Songbird Sessions   (2008)
b. I Only Have Eyes For You(Harry Warren, Al Dubin) - 3:38
RCA LP Box033/A — Great Ladies Of Song   (1985)
Reader's Digest CD9600789 — The Songbird Sessions   (2008)
c. Till We Meet Again(Richard Whiting, Raymond Egan) - 2:51
RCA LP Box033/A — Great Ladies Of Song   (1985)
Reader's Digest CD9600789 — The Songbird Sessions   (2008)
d. Where Or When(Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 2:52
RCA LP Box033/A — Great Ladies Of Song   (1985)
Reader's Digest CD9600789 — The Songbird Sessions   (2008)
e. Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)(Bart Howard) - 2:26
Reader's Digest CD9600789 — The Songbird Sessions   (2008)
f. That Old Black Magic(Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 2:55
Reader's Digest CD9600789 — The Songbird Sessions   (2008)
g. It Might As Well Be Spring(Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 2:48
Reader's Digest CD9600789 — The Songbird Sessions   (2008)
h. A Tree In The Meadow(Billy Reid) - 2:55
RCA LP Box033/A — Great Ladies Of Song   (1985)
Reader's Digest CD9600789 — The Songbird Sessions   (2008)
i. The Money Tree(Mark McIntyre, Clifford F. Ferre) - 2:08
Reader's Digest CD9600789 — The Songbird Sessions   (2008)
j. Tea For Two(Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar) - 3:38
RCA LP Box033/A — Great Ladies Of Song   (1985)
Reader's Digest download — The Reader's Digest Sessions, Vol. 1   (2007)

Ed Ames (v) on j; Dick Grove (dir) on e; Roland Shaw (dir) on j; unknown (dir) on f-i; David Whitaker (dir) on a-d.

Performances a-d. recorded in London; others probably New York.


Sessions Reported: 2

Performances Reported: 20

Unique Songs Reported: 20

Unique Issues Reported: 13