Name: A New York Singer
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A New York Singer

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Album: A New York Singer
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Go Away Little Boy
2)	Stairway to the Stars (1939)
3)	That Ole Devil Called Love (1944)
4)	Songbird (Thank You for Your Lovely Song) (1979)
5)	Music That Makes Me Dance, The
6)	Why Shouldn't I?
7)	By Myself/Vocalise No. 5 (Musical: Between the Devil, 1937/1980)
8)	Isn't It a Pity?
9)	Music Man
10)	I Looked at You
11)	Hey, Star
12)	Red and Yellow Flowers (1980)
13)	You Keep Coming Back Like a Song
14)	Hopscotch
15)	Sure Thing, A
16)	Good Old Friends

Album: A New York Singer
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Go Away Little Boy
2)	Stairway to the Stars (1939)
3)	That Ole Devil Called Love (1944)
4)	Songbird (Thank You for Your Lovely Song) (1979)
5)	Music That Makes Me Dance, The
6)	Why Shouldn't I?
7)	By Myself/Vocalise No. 5 (Musical: Between the Devil, 1937/1980)
8)	Isn't It a Pity?
9)	Music Man
10)	I Looked at You
11)	Hey, Star
12)	Red and Yellow Flowers (1980)
13)	You Keep Coming Back Like a Song
14)	Hopscotch
15)	Sure Thing, A
16)	Good Old Friends

Performer Notes

Personnel: Marlene VerPlanck (vocals); Joe Back (guitar); Gloria Agostini (harp); Al Brown (viola); Alan Shulman (cello); Aaron Rosand , Joseph Malin, Harry Lookofsky (strings); Lenny Hambro, Romeo Penque, Joel Kaye, Billy Slapin (reeds); Phil Thompson (tenor saxophone); Bert Collins, Jerry Kail, Bob McCoy, David Gale, Joe Wilder, Richard Perry (trumpet); Donald Corrado, Peter Gordon (French horn); Jimmy Knepper, Alan Raph, John Gale (trombone); Bhen Lanzaroni, Loonis McGlohon, Benny Aronov (piano); Bill Stowe, Luther Rix, Bill Lavorgna, Rick Dior (drums).
Audio Mixers: David Floyd; Conrad Hunter.
Liner Note Authors: George H. Buck, Jr.; Bob Jones .
Recording information: Penny Lane Studios, New York, NY (??/??/1980-10/14/1995); Studio East, Charlotte, NC (??/??/1980-10/14/1995); White Room Studios, Charlotte, NC (??/??/1980-10/14/1995).
Editors: David Floyd; Conrad Hunter.
Photographer: Richard Stolarz.
Arranger: Billy Ver Planck.
This CD mostly brings back a middle-of-the-road pop date featuring the beautiful voice of Marlene Ver Planck backed by a string orchestra arranged by Billy Ver Planck. The charts are sometimes...more suited to Barbra Streisand than Ella Fitzgerald, although Marlene generally carries it off. But the program (which includes "Go Away, Little Boy," "The Music That Makes Me Dance" and "Hopscotch") is not very jazz-oriented. Much more interesting to jazz fans are five selections recorded especially for this reissue in 1995, for they swing a bit and match Ver Planck with a combo that often includes either trumpeter Joe Wilder or tenor saxophonist Phil Thompson. Marlene had continued growing as a singer during the intervening 15 years and the latter date finds her in fine form; pity that it oculd not have been paired with a jazz-oriented session for a more cohesive listening experience. ~ Scott Yanow