| Yesterday's Love Songs/Today's Blues | ||||
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| Studio album by Nancy Wilson | ||||
| Released | December 1963 | |||
| Recorded | October 8–10, 1963 | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Length | 42:05 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Tom Morgan | |||
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Yesterday's Love Songs/Today's Blues is a 1963 studio album by Nancy Wilson, arranged by Gerald Wilson. It was her highest charting album, entering the Billboard Top 200 on January 25, 1964, and ultimately reaching No. 4. It remained on the chart for 42 weeks. The 1991 CD edition featured a different cover image and added five bonus tracks drawn from other sessions with Gerald Wilson (two from the album How Glad I Am, and three from singles).
Track listing
- "The Song Is You" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 1:58
- "The Very Thought of You" (Ray Noble) – 2:51
- "Satin Doll" (Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Billy Strayhorn) – 2:21
- "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:02
- "Sufferin' with the Blues" (Teddy "Cherokee" Conyers, Lloyd Pemberton) – 2:10
- "Someone to Watch over Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:31
- "The Best Is Yet to Come" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) – 2:18
- "Never Let Me Go" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston) – 2:29
- "Send Me Yesterday" (J.H. Smith) – 2:12
- "All My Tomorrows" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:40
- "Please Send Me Someone to Love" (Percy Mayfield) – 2:33
- "Blue Prelude" (Joe Bishop, Gordon Jenkins) – 2:53
- Bonus tracks not included on the original 1963 release:
- "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" (Frank Loesser) – 2:23
- "Show Goes On" (Bernard Roth) – 2:48 (from How Glad I Am)
- "West Coast Blues" (Wes Montgomery) – 2:01 (from How Glad I Am)
- "Tell Me the Truth" (H. Jackson, D. D. Jackson) – 2:34
- "My Sweet Thing" – 2:21
Personnel
Performance
- Nancy Wilson – vocals
- Teddy Edwards – tenor saxophone
- Harold Land – tenor saxophone
- Paul Horn – alto saxophone
- Joe Maini – alto saxophone
- Don Raffell – baritone saxophone
- Al Porcino – trumpet
- Carmell Jones – trumpet
- John Ewing – trombone
- Wild Bill Davis – organ
- Jack Wilson – piano
- Joe Pass – guitar
- Jimmy Bond – double bass
- Kenny Dennis – drums
- Gerald Wilson – arranger, conductor
References
- Tom, Lord. The jazz discography. West Vancouver, B.C., Canada. ISBN 1881993000. OCLC 30547554.
- Allmusic review
- Larkin, Colin (2004). "Nancy Wilson". The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz (Rev Upd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 941. ISBN 1852271833.
- Yesterday's Love Songs/Today's Blues at AllMusic
- "Top 200 Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
- "Nancy Wilson Yesterday's Love Songs/Today's Blues Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
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