Begin the Beguine

Second recording 1959: ( 1958 Version )

~ from the 1935 Stage musical comedy "Jubilee"

Words and Music by Cole Porter

Harms, Inc. ASCAP

 

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra

Arrangements by Joe Lipman and Jack Andrews

Produced by Charles Grean and Lee Schapiro

 

Recorded in RCA Victor's Studio A, New York City

Recording Engineer: Bob Simpson

Final Recording Time 3:26

 

Recorded May 21st, 1959   ~  Matrix No. K2PB-2329 Take 8

SESSION MUSICIANS

May 21, 1959 

Produced by Charles Grean and Lee Schapiro

 

Orchestra

 

Leader: Mitchell Ayres

Contractor: Henry "Hank" Ross

 

Sax ~ Harry Terrill

Sax ~ Bernard Kaufman

Sax ~ Philip Zolkind

Sax ~ Abraham Richman 

Sax ~ Stanley Webb 

 

Trumpet ~ James Maxwell

Trumpet ~ James Milazzo 

Trumpet ~ Ernest Royal

Trumpet ~ Carl Poole 

Trumpet ~ Melvin Davis

 

Trombone ~ Robert Alexander 

Trombone ~ Chauncey Welsch 

Trombone ~ John D'agostino 

Trombone ~ Richard Hixon 

Trombone ~ Robert Byrne 

 

Piano ~ Henry Rowland

 

Guitar ~ Allen Hanlon 

Guitar ~ Danny Perri 

 

Drums ~ Terry Snyder 

Drums ~ Milton Schlesinger 

 

Bass ~ Arnold Fishkin 

 

Tuba ~ Don Butterfield

| Lyrics | Album Notes | Session | Album Links | Digital Finder | 1958 Version |

Produced by Charles Grean and Lee Schapiro

with Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra & Ray Charles

Recorded at RCA Victor Studio A, 24th Street, New York City

Recording Engineer: Bob Simpson.

Recorded April 9th, 16th, 23rd & May 21st, 1959

A Perry Como Discography 

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