Love is a Drag: For Adult Listeners Only

~ Release by Gene Howard (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Lover Man
vocals:
Gene Howard
cover recording of:
Lover Man
lyricist:
Jimmy Davis (songwriter, "Lover Man") (in 1942), Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist) (in 1942) and Jimmy Sherman (in 1942)
composer:
Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist), Jimmy Davis (songwriter, "Lover Man") (in 1942) and Jimmy Sherman (in 1942)
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) (ended), MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group) (ended) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
2:35
2He’s Funny That Way3:40
3My Man
vocals:
Gene Howard
cover recording of:
My Man (Mon homme) (Channing Pollock lyrics)
lyricist:
Jacques Charles (French librettist and theatre producer) and Albert Willemetz
composer:
Maurice Yvain
translator:
Channing Pollock
publisher:
CBS Feist Catalog, Inc. (ended) and Éditions Salabert France
translated version of:
Mon homme
2:30
4Bewitched
vocals:
Gene Howard
cover recording of:
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered (Pal Joey)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1940)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1940)
publisher:
WB Music Group (ended), Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Imagem CV, Lorenz Hart Publishing Co., Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09) and Williamson Music Company
part of:
Pal Joey
3:08
5Bill
vocals:
Gene Howard
cover recording of:
Bill
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) and P. G. Wodehouse
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
T.B. Harms (in 1927)
part of:
Show Boat (1951 film)
part of:
Show Boat: Act II
2:54
6The Boy Next Door
vocals:
Gene Howard
cover recording of:
The Boy Next Door (from “Meet Me in St. Louis”)
writer:
Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin
publisher:
Bill-Bob Publ. Company, EMI Feist Catalog Inc., Harms, Inc., Leo Feist, Inc. and Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
part of:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 film)
2:57
7The Man I Love
vocals:
Gene Howard
cover recording of:
The Man I Love
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1924)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
publisher:
New World Company, New World Music Corp., Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
part of:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Lady, Be Good (full musical)
part of:
New York, New York (soundtrack of the 1977 film)
3:57
8Mad About the Boy
vocals:
Gene Howard
cover recording of:
Mad About the Boy
lyricist and composer:
Noël Coward
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Chappell Music Ltd.
part of:
Words and Music
2:38
9He’s My Guy
vocals:
Gene Howard
cover recording of:
He’s My Guy
lyricist:
Don Raye
composer:
Gene de Paul
4:14
10Jim
vocals:
Gene Howard
cover recording of:
Jim
lyricist:
Nelson Shawn
composer:
Edward Ross and Caesar Petrillo
3:03
11Stranger in Paradise
vocals:
Gene Howard
cover recording of:
Stranger in Paradise (popular song from the 1953 musical “Kismet”)
lyricist:
George Forrest (American composer and lyricist) and Robert Wright (US stage & screen composer & lyricist)
composer:
Alexander Borodin (Alexander Borodin), George Forrest (American composer and lyricist) and Robert Wright (US stage & screen composer & lyricist)
publisher:
Scheffel Music Corp, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell and Frank Music Co. Ltd. (from 1953 to present)
is based on:
Polovtsian Dances no. 17, “Polovtsian Dance with Chorus”: II. Gliding Dance of the Maidens: Andantino, 4/4, A major
part of:
Kismet (full musical)
2:14
12Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man
vocals:
Gene Howard
cover recording of:
Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man (Show Boat)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1927)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1927)
publisher:
T.B. Harms Co.
medley of:
Selections from "Show boat"
part of:
Show Boat (1951 film)
part of:
Show Boat: Act I
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
3:04