Hey...Let Yourself Go!
Hey...Let Yourself Go! | ||||
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Studio album by Nelson Riddle | ||||
Released | 1957 | |||
Recorded | 1957 | |||
Studio | Capitol Records | |||
Genre | Traditional pop | |||
Length | 34:56 | |||
Label | Capitol T-814 | |||
Nelson Riddle chronology | ||||
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Hey...Let Yourself Go! was Nelson Riddle’s third studio album, released in April 1957.[1]
Origin
Riddle's first album consisted of a set of pop arrangements of Broadway tunes The Music from Oklahoma!, in 1955, followed by a collection of lush love songs The Tender Touch released a year later.
For Hey...Let Yourself Go!, Riddle assembled a dozen “carefree, up-tempo rhythms,” as the liner notes characterized them. "The twelve tunes presented here are an irresistible invitation to let yourself go and get on with the dance ... "[2]
Reception
Hey...Let Yourself Go! was well received. Cash Box characterized Riddle's work as "12 sparkling and inventive arrangements in dance tempo", and dubbed the album a "happy, rhythmic offering".[3] The album was said to have captured Riddle's style "at its most frothy and effervescent", with "upbeat numbers that swing, but with an easygoing grace".[4]
It reached number 20 on the Billboard chart.[5]
At year's end, Hey...Let Yourself Go! was ranked the ninth most popular album of the year in the Billboard annual disk jockey poll.[6]
Track listing
Side 1
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Let's Face the Music and Dance" | Irving Berlin | 2:29 |
2. | "You Are My Lucky Star" | Arthur Freed, Nacio Herb Brown | 2:37 |
3. | "You and the Night and the Music" | Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz | 3:35 |
4. | "Younger Than Springtime" | Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II | 3:27 |
5. | "You Leave Me Breathless" | F. Hollander, Ralph Freed | 2:40 |
6. | "You're An Old Smoothie" | Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, Richard A. Whiting | 2:21 |
Side 2
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Then I'll Be Happy" | Cliff Friend, Brown, Sidney Clare | 2:28 |
2. | "I Get Along Without You Very Well" | Hoagy Carmichael | 3:12 |
3. | "I Can't Escape From You" | Leo Robin, Whiting | 3:02 |
4. | "Have You Got Any Castles, Baby?" | Johnny Mercer, Whiting | 1:49 |
5. | "Darn That Dream" | Eddie DeLange, James Van Heusen | 3:38 |
6. | "Let Yourself Go" | Berlin | 3:10 |
References
- ^ "April Album Releases". The Cash Box. New York NY. April 13, 1957. p. 36.
- ^ Hey . . . Let Yourself Go! (LP record). Nelson Riddle. Hollywood, California: Capitol Records. 1957.
{{cite AV media notes}}
: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Album Reviews". The Cash Box. New York NY. April 20, 1957. p. 24.
- ^ Mark Deming. "Hey…Let Yourself Go!". AllMusic.com. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ Levinson, Peter J. (2001). September in the Rain; The Life of Nelson Riddle. Billboard Books. p. 181. ISBN 0-8230-7672-5.
- ^ "The Billboard Tenth Annual Disk Jockey Poll". Billboard. New York NY. November 11, 1957. p. 32.
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- The Music from Oklahoma! (Capitol, 1955)
- The Tender Touch (Capitol, 1956)
- Hey...Let Yourself Go! (Capitol, 1957)
- C'mon...Get Happy! (Capitol, 1957)
- Sea of Dreams (Capitol, 1958)
- The Joy of Living (Capitol, 1959)
- Sing a Song with Riddle (Capitol, 1959)
- Music of the Motion Picture "Can Can" (Capitol, 1960)
- Original Music from The TV Show The Untouchables (Capitol, 1960)
- Dance to the Music of "Tenderloin" (Capitol, 1961)
- Love Tide (Capitol, 1961)
- Magic Moments from "The Gay Life" (Capitol, 1961)
- Route 66 Theme and Other Great TV Themes (Capitol, 1962)
- Love Is a Game of Poker (Capitol, 1962)
- More Hit TV Themes (Capitol, 1963)
- The Best of Nelson Riddle (Capitol, 1963)
- White on White, Shangri-La, Charade & Other Hits of 1964 (Reprise, 1964)
- Original Music from The Rogues (RCA, 1964)
- Interprets Great Music, Great Films, Great Sounds (Reprise, 1964)
- NAT: An Orchestral Portrait of Nat "King" Cole (Reprise, 1966)
- Music for Wives and Lovers (Solid State, 1967)
- The Bright and the Beautiful (Liberty, 1967)
- The Riddle of Today (Liberty, 1968)
- British Columbia Suite (Capilano, 1969)
- Nelson Riddle Conducts The 101 Strings (Marble Arch, 1970)
- Communication (MPS, 1971)
- Changing Colors (MPS, 1972)
- Unforgettable (Capitol, 1954)
- Nat King Cole Sings for Two in Love (Capitol, 1954)
- The Piano Style of Nat King Cole (Capitol, 1955)
- Ballads of the Day (Capitol, 1956)
- St. Louis Blues (Capitol, 1958)
- Cole Español (1958)
- To Whom It May Concern (Capitol, 1959)
- Wild Is Love (Capitol, 1960)
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book (Verve, 1959)
- Ella Swings Gently with Nelson (Verve, 1962)
- Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson (Verve, 1962)
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book (Verve, 1963)
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book (Verve, 1964)
- Ella Loves Cole
- Dream Dancing (Atlantic, 1972)
- The Best Is Yet to Come (Pablo, 1982)
- What's New? (Elektra, 1983)
- Lush Life (Elektra, 1984)
- For Sentimental Reasons (Elektra, 1986)
- Swing Easy! (Capitol, 1954)
- Songs for Young Lovers (Capitol, 1954)
- In the Wee Small Hours (Capitol, 1955)
- Songs for Swingin' Lovers! (Capitol, 1956)
- Close to You (Capitol, 1956)
- A Swingin' Affair! (Capitol, 1956)
- Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely (Capitol, 1958)
- Nice 'n' Easy (Capitol, 1960)
- Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!! (Capitol, 1960)
- The Concert Sinatra (1963)
- Sinatra's Sinatra (1963)
- Sinatra Sings Days of Wine and Roses, Moon River, and Other Academy Award Winners (Reprise, 1964)
- Strangers in the Night (Reprise, 1966)
- Moonlight Sinatra (Reprise, 1966)
- I Wish You Love (Capitol, 1958)
- Swingin' Pretty (Capitol, 1959)
- Little Girl Blue/Little Girl New (Reprise, 1963)
- Shirley Bassey, Let's Face the Music (Columbia, 1962)
- Rosemary Clooney, Rosie Solves the Swingin' Riddle! (RCA Victor, 1961)
- Bing Crosby, Return to Paradise Islands (Reprise, 1964)
- Judy Garland, Judy (1956)
- Antônio Carlos Jobim, The Wonderful World of Antônio Carlos Jobim (Warner Bros., 1965)
- Peggy Lee, The Man I Love (Capitol, 1957)
- Dean Martin, This Time I'm Swingin'! (Capitol, 1960)
- Johnny Mathis, I'll Buy You a Star (Capitol, 1962)
- Oscar Peterson, Oscar Peterson and Nelson Riddle (Verve, 1964)
- Mavis Rivers, Take a Number (Capitol, 1959)
- Tommy Sands, When I'm Thinking of You (Capitol, 1959)
- Dinah Shore, Dinah, Yes Indeed! (Capitol, 1959)
- Phil Silvers, Phil Silvers and Swinging Brass (Columbia, 1957)