Showing posts with label Joanie Sommers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Joanie Sommers. Show all posts

Saturday, December 26, 2020

Joanie Sommers - Golden Lady

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2014
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 175:31
Size: 408,8 MB
Art: Front

(3:02) 1. Makin' Whoopee
(2:43) 2. What's New?
(2:43) 3. I Concentrate On You
(3:55) 4. Heart and Soul
(3:42) 5. This Heart of Mine
(3:50) 6. 'Round Midnight
(2:45) 7. Hard Hearted Hannah
(3:07) 8. Blues in the Night
(2:35) 9. I Feel a Song Coming On
(2:14) 10. You Came a Long Way from St. Louis
(4:45) 11. My Ship
(2:29) 12. Hey! Jealous Lover
(3:58) 13. Why Shouldn't I
(2:31) 14. I Feel Pretty
(2:31) 15. Let's Talk About Love
(2:04) 16. I'm Old-Fashioned
(2:13) 17. I Don't Want to Walk Without You
(3:25) 18. Out of This World
(2:30) 19. Mean to Me
(2:38) 20. Shake Hands With a Fool
(2:02) 21. One Boy
(2:21) 22. Theme from a Summer Place
(2:37) 23. Ev'rything I've Got
(2:39) 24. Little Girl Blue
(2:51) 25. What's Wrong With Me
(2:02) 26. I Need Your Love
(2:06) 27. The Piano Boy
(4:16) 28. Spring Is Here
(2:29) 29. I'm Nobody's Baby
(2:32) 30. Since Randy Moved Away
(3:06) 31. Cherokee
(2:23) 32. Something's Coming
(2:22) 33. So in Love
(3:48) 34. Make the Man Love Me
(2:22) 35. Seems Like Long, Long Ago
(2:27) 36. I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me
(2:33) 37. Johnny Get Angry
(2:16) 38. A Wonderful Guy
(3:23) 39. A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
(2:31) 40. Till There Was You
(3:10) 41. Why Try to Change Me Now
(2:52) 42. A Lot of Livin' to Do
(3:33) 43. Just Squeeze Me
(2:13) 44. There's No Such Thing
(3:16) 45. Namely You
(3:21) 46. For All We Know
(2:35) 47. Kiss and Run
(2:12) 48. Old Devil Moon
(3:15) 49. I'll Never Stop Loving You
(2:21) 50. In a Matter of Moments
(2:17) 51. My Heart Belongs to Daddy
(3:32) 52. Something I Dreamed Last Night
(3:03) 53. It Might as Well Be Spring
(2:24) 54. I Like the Likes of You
(2:12) 55. I'm Beginning to See the Light
(2:43) 56. Oh but I Do
(2:59) 57. Too Young for the Blues
(1:57) 58. The Best Thing for You
(2:27) 59. Let There Be Love
(2:18) 60. Nobody Else but Me
(2:06) 61. Aren't You Glad You're You
(2:07) 62. This Can't Be Love
(3:22) 63. After the Lights Go Down Low

Joanie Sommers scored her biggest chart success with "Johnny Get Angry" in 1962. The single, her second solo release, peaked at the number seven spot and charted for more than two months. Her first solo record, "One Boy," was a number from the musical Bye Bye Birdie and only hit number 54 in 1960. She continued to record through the decade, but never had another winner that rose as high on the charts as "Johnny Get Angry." She later achieved a different kind of success in commercials with several different jingles that she sang for Pepsi during the '60s and again two decades later. (The title of one of her later albums, Come Alive, was even derived from one of the Pepsi ad campaigns.)

Sommers, whose real name is Joan Drost, was born in New York but grew up in California. During her high school and college years, she sang in school bands. She was 18 years old when Warner Bros. signed her to a contract in 1959 and paired her with Edd Byrnes on one of his singles. She also had a small role in 77 Sunset Strip, the television series that featured Byrnes in the role of Kookie. In addition, she sang on Byrnes' "I Don't Dig You" and "Hot Rock," which appeared on one of his albums. Sommers released an album of her own, the jazz-oriented Positively the Most, and it helped establish her presence in easy listening and adult circles. Fans and critics often cite her 1965 album, Softly the Brazilian Sound, as one of her best efforts.

In 1966, the singer signed with Columbia Records. One of her following recordings was a version of "Alfie," which both Cher and Dionne Warwick also covered it. While Sommers' version didn't get the notice that the other two did, she had the satisfaction of placing in the Top Ten in the easy listening category. She also appeared in On the Flip Side, a television special that starred Rick Nelson. The show's soundtrack contains two versions of "Try to See It My Way," one of which is a duet with Nelson while the other is a Sommers solo. The singer, married with three children, stepped out of the spotlight as the '70s approached. Before retiring, she made numerous television appearances on the shows of Johnny Carson, Dinah Shore, Dean Martin, Mike Douglas, Bobby Darin, and others. Sommers started singing and making appearances again during the '80s.~ Linda Seida https://www.allmusic.com/artist/joanie-sommers-mn0000784759/biography

Golden Lady

Saturday, September 28, 2019

Joanie Sommers - 'Round Midnight

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 69:56
Size: 162,3 MB
Art: Front

(3:25)  1. Out of This World
(2:13)  2. There's No Such Thing
(2:22)  3. Seems Like Long, Long Ago
(2:38)  4. Shake Hands with a Fool
(2:29)  5. Hey! Jealous Lover
(2:13)  6. I Don't Want to Walk Without You
(2:30)  7. Mean to Me
(3:48)  8. Make the Man Love Me
(2:37)  9. Ev'rything I've Got
(2:06) 10. The Piano Boy
(2:31) 11. Till There Was You
(2:21) 12. (Theme From) A Summer Place
(2:35) 13. Kiss and Run
(2:14) 14. You Came a Long Way from St. Louis
(3:07) 15. Blues in the Night
(2:31) 16. I Feel Pretty
(3:15) 17. I'll Never Stop Loving You
(3:50) 18. 'Round Midnight
(2:31) 19. Let's Talk About Love
(2:35) 20. I Feel a Song Coming On
(4:45) 21. My Ship
(2:33) 22. Johnny Get Angry
(2:23) 23. Something's Coming
(2:52) 24. A Lot of Livin' to Do
(3:22) 25. After the Lights Go Down Low

Joanie Sommers scored her biggest chart success with "Johnny Get Angry" in 1962. The single, her second solo release, peaked at the number seven spot and charted for more than two months. Her first solo record, "One Boy," was a number from the musical Bye Bye Birdie and only hit number 54 in 1960. She continued to record through the decade, but never had another winner that rose as high on the charts as "Johnny Get Angry." She later achieved a different kind of success in commercials with several different jingles that she sang for Pepsi during the '60s and again two decades later. (The title of one of her later albums, Come Alive, was even derived from one of the Pepsi ad campaigns.) Sommers, whose real name is Joan Drost, was born in New York but grew up in California. During her high school and college years, she sang in school bands. She was 18 years old when Warner Bros. signed her to a contract in 1959 and paired her with Edd Byrnes on one of his singles. She also had a small role in 77 Sunset Strip, the television series that featured Byrnes in the role of Kookie. In addition, she sang on Byrnes' "I Don't Dig You" and "Hot Rock," which appeared on one of his albums. Sommers released an album of her own, the jazz-oriented Positively the Most, and it helped establish her presence in easy listening and adult circles.

Fans and critics often cite her 1965 album, Softly the Brazilian Sound, as one of her best efforts. In 1966, the singer signed with Columbia Records. One of her following recordings was a version of "Alfie," which both Cher and Dionne Warwick also covered it. While Sommers' version didn't get the notice that the other two did, she had the satisfaction of placing in the Top Ten in the easy listening category. She also appeared in On the Flip Side, a television special that starred Rick Nelson. The show's soundtrack contains two versions of "Try to See It My Way," one of which is a duet with Nelson while the other is a Sommers solo. The singer, married with three children, stepped out of the spotlight as the '70s approached. Before retiring, she made numerous television appearances on the shows of Johnny Carson, Dinah Shore, Dean Martin, Mike Douglas, Bobby Darin, and others. Sommers started singing and making appearances again during the '80s. ~ Linda Seida https://www.allmusic.com/artist/joanie-sommers-mn0000784759/biography

'Round Midnight

Friday, January 26, 2018

Joanie Sommers, Laurindo Almeida - Softly, The Brazilian Sound

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:14
Size: 85.3 MB
Styles: Bossa Nova, Easy Listening
Year: 1964/1997
Art: Front

[2:58] 1. Meditation
[3:16] 2. Dear Heart
[3:06] 3. Watching The World Go By
[2:49] 4. Quiet Nights (Corcovado)
[2:43] 5. Once
[3:21] 6. Softly, As I Leave You
[2:21] 7. I Could Have Danced All Night
[2:57] 8. I'll Remember April
[3:31] 9. You Can't Go Home Again
[3:23] 10. Carnival
[3:55] 11. Old Guitaron
[2:49] 12. That's All

Joanie had a great 'teen' hit in the early sixties called "Johnny Get Angry". But it was only a bit later when she released an album of Bossa Nova numbers that blew me away. Still a teen ager, I had landed a job with a local FM station and put Joanie's Bossa Nova on the air immediately. It was like a breath of fresh air. Her unique voice caressed subtle Bossa rhythms like a cool sea breeze. She handled rhythms and phrasing as subtly as Getz --lilting, gently swinging, precise. Listening to her ablbums are still like sipping Pina Coladas, barefoot on a sunset beach. Rio never had a better ambassador. The good news is: this sound is as fresh as ever. Timeless! This collection features some of the same songs that I remember from that sixites release --Quiet Nights and Meditation, specifically. But every song she touches, she makes hers. Joanie is definitely among the great vocalists. ~Len Hart

Softly, the Brazilian Sound

Friday, November 11, 2016

Joanie Sommers - Johnny Gets Angry

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1962
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 29:27
Size: 68,1 MB
Art: Front

(2:33)  1. Johnny Get Angry
(3:23)  2. A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
(2:06)  3. The Piano Boy
(2:13)  4. I Don't Want to Walk Without You
(2:30)  5. Mean to Me
(2:38)  6. Shake Hands with a Fool
(2:02)  7. One Boy
(2:32)  8. Since Randy Moved Away
(2:21)  9. (Theme From) a Summer Place
(2:22) 10. Seems Like Long, Long Ago
(2:39) 11. Little Girl Blue
(2:02) 12. I Need Your Love

"Johnny Get Angry" was one of the great teen pop hits and the biggest for Joannie Sommers, but most of her recordings were in more of a mature vein pop in the old-fashioned sense. This straight CD reissue of her 1962 album has a mixture of both styles. The title track and "Since Randy Moved Away" sit alongside "(Theme From) A Summer Place" and "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square," giving listeners a look at both sides of Sommers. Her minor hit version of "One Boy" from Bye Bye Birdie is also included among the dozen tracks here. With a playing time just under a half-hour, Johnny Get Angry could have been presented as a two-fer or with bonus tracks, but fans will be glad to finally have a legitimate reissue of her original album. ~ Greg Adams http://www.allmusic.com/album/johnny-get-angry-mw0000014752

Johnny Gets Angry

Sunday, November 6, 2016

Joanie Sommers - Let's Talk About Love

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2015
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 34:41
Size: 80,0 MB
Art: Front

(2:29)  1. Let's Talk About Love
(4:13)  2. Spring Is Here
(2:26)  3. I'm Nobody's Baby
(2:19)  4. Something's Coming
(3:47)  5. Make the Man Love Me
(2:24)  6. I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me
(2:28)  7. Til There Was You
(3:19)  8. After the Lights Go Down Low
(2:11)  9. There's No Such Thing
(3:13) 10. Namely You
(2:32) 11. Kiss and Run
(3:13) 12. I'll Never Stop Loving You

At the time of the release of this little-known LP (singer Joanie Sommers' fifth for Warner Bros), she was being packaged as the "voice of youth." Backed by a big band arranged and conducted by Tommy Oliver, Sommers interprets a dozen songs having something to do with love, programmed so as to tell a story. Sommers' voice at this point in time was quite musical but can be a bit of an acquired taste. She swings the pieces (a couple newer songs and such standards as "I'm Nobody's Baby," "I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me," "Till There Was You" and "Kiss and Run") with sincerity and understanding of the lyrics. Some of the arrangements are a bit dated (using early-'60s pop rhythms), but in general the album works well. ~ Scott Yanow http://www.allmusic.com/album/lets-talk-about-love-mw0000591608

Let's Talk About Love

Thursday, November 3, 2016

Joanie Sommers - Hits and Rarities

Styles: Jazz, Vocal
Year: 1995
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 77:38
Size: 179,1 MB
Art: Front

(2:47)  1. Don't Pity Me
(2:20)  2. If You Love Him
(2:32)  3. Johnny Get Angry
(2:01)  4. One Boy
(2:13)  5. When the Boys Get Together
(2:54)  6. Summertime
(2:17)  7. My Heart Belongs to Daddy
(2:12)  8. That Old Devil Moon
(2:19)  9. Little Girl Bad
(2:04) 10. Bobby's Hobbies
(2:53) 11. What's Wrong with Me?
(2:31) 12. Let's Talk about Love
(2:17) 13. Henny-Penny
(2:26) 14. A Little Bit of Everything
(2:09) 15. Why Don't You Do Right?
(2:46) 16. I'm Gonna Know He's Mine
(3:03) 17. I'd Be So Good to You
(2:21) 18. Theme from A Summer Place
(1:59) 19. Memories, Memories
(2:30) 20. Mean to Me
(2:28) 21. Goodbye Summer
(2:40) 22. My Block
(2:30) 23. Since Randy Moved Away
(1:59) 24. Goodbye Joey
(2:25) 25. I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me
(2:28) 26. I'm Nobody's Baby
(2:12) 27. There's No Such Thing
(3:16) 28. I'll Never Stop Loving You
(2:36) 29. Call Me
(3:22) 30. Out of This World
(2:52) 31. A Lot of Livin' to Do

Joanie Sommers scored her biggest chart success with "Johnny Get Angry" in 1962. The single, her second solo release, peaked at the number seven spot and charted for more than two months. Her first solo record, "One Boy," was a number from the musical Bye Bye Birdie and only hit number 54 in 1960. She continued to record through the decade, but never had another winner that rose as high on the charts as "Johnny Get Angry." She later achieved a different kind of success in commercials with several different jingles that she sang for Pepsi during the '60s and again two decades later. (The title of one of her later albums, Come Alive, was even derived from one of the Pepsi ad campaigns.)

Sommers, whose real name is Joan Drost, was born in New York but grew up in California. During her high school and college years, she sang in school bands. She was 18 years old when Warner Bros. signed her to a contract in 1959 and paired her with Edd Byrnes on one of his singles. She also had a small role in 77 Sunset Strip, the television series that featured Byrnes in the role of Kookie. In addition, she sang on Byrnes' "I Don't Dig You" and "Hot Rock," which appeared on one of his albums. Sommers released an album of her own, the jazz-oriented Positively the Most, and it helped establish her presence in easy listening and adult circles. Fans and critics often cite her 1965 album, Softly the Brazilian Sound, as one of her best efforts.

In 1966, the singer signed with Columbia Records. One of her following recordings was a version of "Alfie," which both Cher and Dionne Warwick also covered it. While Sommers' version didn't get the notice that the other two did, she had the satisfaction of placing in the Top Ten in the easy listening category. She also appeared in On the Flip Side, a television special that starred Rick Nelson. The show's soundtrack contains two versions of "Try to See It My Way," one of which is a duet with Nelson while the other is a Sommers solo. The singer, married with three children, stepped out of the spotlight as the '70s approached. Before retiring, she made numerous television appearances on the shows of Johnny Carson, Dinah Shore, Dean Martin, Mike Douglas, Bobby Darin, and others. Sommers started singing and making appearances again during the '80s. ~ Linda Seida http://www.allmusic.com/artist/joanie-sommers-mn0000784759/biography

Hits and Rarities