The Sound of the City: Los Angeles

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Annotation

Part of a series of compilations from Charlie Gillett, inspired by his book of the same name

Annotation last modified on 2015-06-01 12:21 UTC.

Tracklist

▼CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1A Little Further Down the Road Apiece
Ella Mae Morse2:31
2(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66
double bass:
Johnny Miller (part of the Nat King Cole Trio) (on 1946-03-15)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (on 1946-03-15)
instruments:
The Nat King Cole Trio (in 1946)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1946-03-15)
lead vocals:
King Cole
vocals:
Nat King Cole (in 1946, on 1946-03-15)
performer:
The Nat King Cole Trio (on 1946-03-15)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1946-03-15)
recording of:
(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66 (on 1946-03-15)
lyricist and composer:
Bobby Troup
publisher:
Chappell Morris Ltd., E. H. Morris, LondonTown Music, Inc., Troup-London, LLC, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 and Burke-Van Heusen, Inc. (on 1946-04-22)
Nat King Cole3:01
3Chicken Shack
Amos Milburn2:50
4This Joint’s Too Hip
Betty Hall Jones2:31
5Walking Shoes
recording of:
Walking Shoes
writer:
Gerry Mulligan
Gerry Mulligan Quartet & Chet Baker3:12
6Straight Street
recording of:
Straight Street
writer:
James Woodie Alexander and Jesse Whitaker
Pilgrim Travelers2:19
7The Wallflower (Roll with Me Henry)
Etta James & The Peaches2:57
8Riot in Cell Block Number 9
The Robins3:02
9Looking Back
Johnny “Guitar” Watson1:50
10Somethin’ Else
Eddie Cochran2:08
11Waiting in School
Ricky Nelson2:03
12La Bamba
recording engineer:
Larry Levine and Stan Ross (recording engineer, mixer & producer)
producer:
Bob Keane
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Del-Fi Records Inc. (in 1958)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1958 (recordings) (number: 19) and Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 346)
recording of:
La bamba (additional lyrics by Ritchie Valens) (on 1958-11-17)
additional lyricist:
Ritchie Valens
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
version of:
La bamba
Ritchie Valens52:07
13Tequila
recording of:
Tequila
lyricist:
Chuck Rio (Daniel Flores)
composer:
Chuck Río (Daniel Flores)
The Champs4.32:12
14Ramblin’
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1959-10-09)
recording engineer:
Bones Howe
producer:
Nesuhi Ertegun
alto saxophone:
Ornette Coleman (on 1959-10-09)
bass and double bass:
Charlie Haden (American jazz bassist) (on 1959-10-09)
drums (drum set):
Billy Higgins (US jazz drummer) (on 1959-10-09)
pocket trumpet:
Donald Cherry (Jazz trumpeter) (on 1959-10-09)
trumpet:
Don Cherry (Jazz trumpeter) (on 1959-10-09)
recording of:
Ramblin' (on 1959-10-09)
composer:
Ornette Coleman
Ornette Coleman6:37
15I Get Around
recording of:
I Get Around
lyricist:
Mike Love (Beach Boys) and Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co-founder)
composer:
Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co-founder)
publisher:
Irving Music, Inc., Sea of Tunes, Universal Music Publishing Group Japan (work publisher - do NOT use as a release label), Victor Music Arts, Yamaha Music Publishing (until 2017-03-31) and Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (holding company - do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
The Beach Boys2:12
16Dirty Water
recording of:
Dirty Water
lyricist and composer:
Ed Cobb
The Standells2:48
17Mary Mary
recording of:
Mary, Mary
lyricist and composer:
Michael Nesmith
The Monkees2:17
18Different Drum
engineer:
Peter Abbott (US recording engineer) and John Krause (engineer)
producer:
Nick Venet
acoustic guitar:
Kenny Edwards (Bryndle/Stone Poneys/Linda Ronstadt), Bernie Leadon and Al Viola
bass:
Lyle Ritz
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Gordon (US drummer with Derek and the Dominos)
harpsichord:
Don Randi
performer:
Linda Ronstadt
cover recording of:
Different Drum
lyricist and composer:
Michael Nesmith
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
The Stone Poneys4.352:38
19Bang Bang
recording of:
Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) (original version, first recorded by Cher)
lyricist and composer:
Sonny Bono
publisher:
April Music (private press label?), Chris Marc Music, Cotillion Music Inc. (BMI), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
Cher2:46
20Ode to Billy Joe
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records Nashville (in 1967)
part of:
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 191) and Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 412)
recording of:
Ode to Billie Joe
lyricist and composer:
Bobbie Gentry
publisher:
Larry Shayne Music, Inc.
Bobbie Gentry54:15
21Mercy Mercy Mercy
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Dance Plant Records (Cussy Music Publishing) (in 2012) and FHT (in 2012)
recording of:
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
composer:
Josef Zawinul (jazz and fusion keyboard player)
publisher:
Zawinul Music
Cannonball Adderley3:08
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Release Group

part of:The Sound of the City (EMI 5 x 2-CD series from 2002 compiled by Charlie Gillett) (number: 4) (order: 4)