Sing to Me Mr. C. ~ original album circa 1961
 
RCA VICTOR LSP-2390
RCA JAPAN RVP-6373 / RCA UK SF-8191
STEREO-ORTHOPHONIC HIGH FIDELITY
AUGUST 1961 / 1971
 
 
Produced by Hugo & Luigi
With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra, Tony Mottola on Guitar
& The Ray Charles Singers
Arrangements: Joe Lipman and Jack Andrews
Recording Engineer: Bob Simpson
Recorded in RCA Victor's Studio A, New York City 
May 15th, 17th and 26th, 1961
Side One
Opening Theme:
Sing to Me Mr. C. ( The Ray Charles Singers )
Words and Music by Ray Charles
 
Complete Medley:
 
All By Myself
Words and Music by Irving Berlin , 1921
 
I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face
Music by Frederick Loewe and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, 1956
 
So In Love
Words and Music by Cole Porter, 1949
 
Complete Medley:
 
Say It Isn't So
Words and Music by Irving Berlin , 1932
 
Blue Skies
Words and Music by Irving Berlin, 1927
 
Here's that Rainy Day
Music by Jimmy Van Heusen with lyrics by Johnny Burke , 1953 
    
Complete Medley:
 
All I Do Is Dream of You
Music by Nacio Herb Brown and lyrics by Arthur Freed, 1934
 
Gigi
Music by Frederick Loewe and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, 1958
 
The Way You Look Tonight
Music by Jerome Kern and lyrics Dorothy Fields
Side Two
Opening Theme:
Sing to Me Mr. C. ( The Ray Charles Singers )
 
Complete Medley:
 
Thank Heaven for Little Girls
Music by Frederick Loewe and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
 
You Were Meant For Me
Music by Nacio Herb Brown and lyrics by Arthur Freed , 1929
 
A Fellow Needs a Girl
Music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II , 1947 
   
Complete Medley:
 
You Alone ( Solo Tu )
Music by Robert Allen and lyrics by Al Stillman, 1953
 
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
Music by Fred E. Ahlert and lyrics by Joe Young, 1936, 1957
 
A Portrait of My Love
Music by Cyril Ornadel and lyrics by David West , 1961 
      
Complete Medley:
 
Smile
Music by Charles Chaplin
and lyrics by John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons, 1954
 
How Deep is the Ocean
Words and Music by Irving Berlin , 1932
 
This Nearly was Mine
Music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
 
Closing Theme:
 
You Are Never Far Away From Me ( Perry )
Music by Robert Allen and lyrics by Allan Roberts
 
Unreleased recordings from this session:
 
It All Depends On You
~ from the 1956 Hollywood Musical biography  ~ unreleased session recording
of the composers, "The Best Things In Life Are Free,"
Music by Ray Henderson 
with lyrics by B.G. DeSylva and Lew Brown , 1926
 
Back In Your Own Backyard ~ unreleased session recording
~ featured by Al Jolson and then sung by him 
in the 1929 Hollywood Musical "Say It With Songs"
Music by Al Jolson and Dave Dreyer 
with lyrics by Billy Rose, 1928
Sing to Me Mr. C. ~ original album circa 1961Sing to Me Mr. C. ~ original album circa 1961 back cover
Produced by Hugo & Luigi
With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra, Tony Mottola on Guitar
& The Ray Charles Singers
Arrangements: Joe Lipman and Jack Andrews
Recording Engineer: Bob Simpson
Recorded in RCA Victor's Studio A, New York City May 15th, 17th and 26th, 1961
 
Hugo & Luigi ~ Producers
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