If There Is Someone
Lovelier Than You

 

~  introduced in the stage musical "Revenge with Music" 

Music by Arthur Schwartz and lyrics by Howard Dietz, 1934

Harms Inc.

 

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra

 

Recorded at Manhattan Center, New York City

Recording Time 2:43

 

Recorded March 11, 1952   ~  Matrix No. E2VB-5573 Take 1 - 1A

SESSION MUSICIANS

March 11, 1952 

A&R Production Hugo Winterhalter

 

Orchestra

 

Leader: Mitchell Ayres

Contractor: Henry "Hank" Ross

 

Sax ~ Harry Terrill

Sax ~ Bernard Kaufman

Sax ~ Philip Zolkind

Sax ~ Stanley Webb

 

Trumpet ~ Melven Solomon 

Trumpet ~ James Maxwell 

Trumpet ~ James Milazzo 

 

Violin ~ Sylvan Shulman 

Violin ~ Zelly Smirnoff 

Violin ~ Mac Ceppos 

Violin ~ Raoul Poliakin 

Violin ~ Felix Orlewitz 

Violin ~ Maurice Hershaft 

Violin ~ Arnold Eidus 

Violin ~ Harry Melnikoff 

 

Trombone ~ L. McGarity 

Trombone ~ John D'agostino 

 

Viola ~ Isadore Zir 

Viola ~ Howard Kay 

 

Cello ~ Maurice Brown 

Cello ~ Abram Borodkin 

 

Piano ~ Henry Rowland

 

Guitar ~ Danny Perri 

 

Drums ~ Terry Snyder 

 

Bass ~ Robert Haggart 

 

Single issue: RCA-78/45RPM 20/ 47-4529 ( 1952 )

Single Flip Side: "My Heart Stood Still"

   

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With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra

Recorded at Manhattan Center, New York City

Recorded March 11, 1952

 

Note: this song was written as part of an original score for the night time radio series

"The Gibson Family" and introduced on the stage by Georges Metaxa in

the musical "Revenge with Music"

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