The Sweetest Sounds

~ from the Stage musical "No Strings"

Words and Music by Richard Rodgers, 1962

Williamson Music Inc ASCAP

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra

Produced by Hugo & Luigi

 

Recorded in Webster Hall, New York City

Recording Engineer: Bob Simpson

Recording Time 2:45

 

Recorded June 8th, 1962   ~  Matrix No. N5PW-3012 Take 5

After Oscar Hammerstein's death, Richard Rodgers undertook to be his own lyricist and emerged with a hit musical called "No Strings". It was a fresh, modern, fashionable show dealing with a jet-set inter-racial romance. And the orchestra, like the main characters, had no strings. "The Sweetest Sounds" was the show's big hit, setting the plot into motion at the beginning and wrapping it all up at the very end. Perry's treatment is rich and powerful. The throb in his voice is exactly right for the sense of the lyrics, and the soaring melodic line is a perfect vehicle for his easy, open style. ( notes from "The Incomparable Como" Readers Digest UK compilation 1975 ) Notes: ~ introduced by Diahann Carroll and Richard Kiley in the Stage musical "No Strings"

 

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With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra

and The Ray Charles Singers

Produced by Hugo & Luigi

Recorded in Webster Hall, New York City

Recording Engineer: Bob Simpson

Recorded June 8th, 1962

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