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Accentuate The Positive
- Music by
Harold Arlen with lyrics by
Johnny Mercer , 1944
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- 1st recording 1958 ~
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- Arranged by Joe Lipman
- With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra
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and The Ray Charles Singers
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- Recorded at RCA Victor
Studio A , 155 E. 24th Street, New York City
- Recording Time 2:53 ( with theme
"Dream Along with Me" )
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- Recorded
February
19, 1958 ~
Matrix No. J2PB-1601
Take 7
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- SESSION MUSICIANS
- February 19, 1958
- A&R Joe Reisman and Ed O. Welker
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- Orchestra
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- Leader: Mitchell Ayres
- Contractor: Henry "Hank" Ross
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- Sax ~ Harry Terrill
- Sax ~ Thomas Parshley
- Sax ~ Wolffe Taninbaum
- Sax ~ Philip Zolkind
- Sax ~ Stanley Webb
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- Trumpet ~ Malven Soloman
- Trumpet ~ Bernie Glow
- Trumpet ~ Louis Oles
- Trumpet ~ Nick Travis
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- Trombone ~ Robert Alexander
- Trombone ~ Frank Rehak
- Trombone ~ John D'agostino
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- Piano ~ Henry Rowland
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- Guitar ~ Anthony Mottola
- Guitar ~ Danny Perri
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- Drums ~ Osie Johnson
- Drums ~ Philip Kraus
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- Bass ~ Robert Haggart
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- Choral
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- Contractor: Ray Charles
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- Lois Winter
- Sue Singleton
- Carla Houston
- Rose Marie Jun
- Joyce De Young
- Anne Ryan
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- Steve Steck
- Alan Sokoloff
- Jack Brown
- Bob Harris
- Bob Spiro
- Herbert Davidson
- David Vogel
- Leonard Stea
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- With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra
- & The Ray Charles Singers
- Produced
by Joe Reisman
- Recording Engineer: Bob Simpson
- Arrangements by Joe Lipman and Jack
Andrews
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Recorded
February 12 ~ 20 & March 5 ~ 12, 1958
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Notes:
~ Also known as
"Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive," this song was
introduced by Bing Crosby
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and Sunny Tufts in the 1944
Hollywood musical "Here Come the Waves." It was
nominated for an
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Academy Award. Best-selling records by
Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters (Decca), and
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Johnny
Mercer (Capitol). Artie Shaw, vocal by Imogene Lynn
(Victor), and Kay Kyser, vocal by
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Dorothy Mitchell
(Columbia), also had popular recordings. The song was on
"Your Hit Parade"
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for thirteen weeks, four
times as #1. Perry recorded this song in early 1958
for one of his very
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first full stereophonic albums as
noted above.
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- A Perry Como
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