On the Street Where You Live (album)
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| Released | August 1964 | |||
| Genre | Traditional pop, vocal pop | |||
| Length | 32:26 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Jack Marshall | |||
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On The Street Where You Love is a studio album by American singer Vic Damone, released by Capitol Records in August 1964, his final for the label, It was produced by Jack Marshall.
He originally recorded the title song On the Street Where You Live in 1956 for while he was on Columbia Records. It reached No. 4 on the Billboard chart[1] and No. 6 on Cashbox magazine's chart. It was a No. 1 hit in the UK Singles Chart in 1958.[2][3]
The album was released on compact disc for the first time by EMI Music Distribution on December 9, 2003 as a double album pairing it with Damone's 1963 Live Album Capitol, The Liveliest.[4]
Reception[edit]
Billboard notes "He has again come up with asmooth package that's loaded with a vocal charm. With the help of Pete King. who arranged and conducted."[5]
Cash Box claimed "it follows through with the Broadway motif as he serves up warm and sensitive readings of "She Loves Me", "Lost in The Stars", Younger than Springtime and a powerful treartment of "Maria"[6]
The Standard stated that "The album could be more suc cinctly titled Broadway Show Stoppers This is precisely what the disc offers Vic gets superb support from arranger conductor Pete King and his orchestra."[7]
Track listing[edit]
Side one[edit]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "On the Street Where You Live" (From the Broadway musical My Fair Lady) | Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner | 2:39 |
| 2. | "I Am in Love" (From the Broadway musical Can-Can) | Cole Porter | 2:27 |
| 3. | "Younger than Springtime" (From the Broadway musical South Pacific) | Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II | 3:20 |
| 4. | "Tonight" (From the Broadway musical West Side Story) | Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim | 2:34 |
| 5. | "I Could Write a Book" (From the Broadway musical Pal Joey) | Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart | 2:34 |
| 6. | "Till There Was You" (From the Broadway musical The Music Man) | Meredith Willson | 2:35 |
Side two[edit]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Maria" (From the Broadway musical West Side Story) | Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim | 3:58 |
| 2. | "The Sound of Music" (From the Broadway musical The Sound Of Music) | Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II | 3:29 |
| 3. | "Something's Coming" (From the Broadway musical West Side Story) | Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim | 2:30 |
| 4. | "Lost in the Stars" (From the Broadway musical Lost in the Stars) | Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill | 2:31 |
| 5. | "She Loves Me" (From the Broadway musical She Loves Me) | Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick | 2:37 |
References[edit]
- ^ Joel Whitburn, Top Pop Singles
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 86. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ Tony Brown, Jon Kutner & Neil Warwick, The Complete Book of the British Charts
- ^ "On the Street Where You Live/The Liveliest". allmusic.com. EMI Music Distribution. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1964-09-19. p. 48.
- ^ "Album Reviews". Cash Box. Vol. 26, no. 26. September 26, 1964. p. 24.
- ^ "The Standard 17 Oct 1964, page 8". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2024-01-29.