Easy-Listening Hits of the '60s & '70s

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Tracklist

CD 1
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1Make Your Own Kind of Music
recording of:
Make Your Own Kind of Music
lyricist:
Cynthia Weil
composer:
Barry Mann
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
Cass Elliot2:21
2Way of Love, The
Cher2:32
3It's Not Unusual
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Decca Music Group Limited (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only) (in 1965)
recording of:
It’s Not Unusual
writer:
Gordon Mills (60s/70s UK producer and songwriter) and Les Reed
publisher:
Valley Music Ltd (publisher) and Universal Duchess Music Corp. (in 1964)
Tom Jones4.62:02
4By the Time I Get to Phoenix (feat. Anne Murray / medley: I Say a Little Prayer)
Glen Campbell3:13
5Up, Up and Away
engineer:
“Bones” Howe
producer:
Johnny Rivers and Marc Gordon (soul songwriter, producer, and manager)
bass:
Joe Osborne
drums (drum set):
Hal Blaine
conductor:
Jim Webb (US songwriter, composer, producer, pianist & singer)
brass [horns] arranger and strings arranger:
Marty Paich
arranger:
Jim Webb (US songwriter, composer, producer, pianist & singer)
recorded at:
Sound Recorders, Hollywood (founded by Armin Steiner, 1965-1971) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Up, Up and Away
lyricist and composer:
Jim Webb (US songwriter, composer, producer, pianist & singer)
publisher:
Johnny Rivers Music
The 5th Dimension2.52:37
6Wouldn't It Be Nice
engineer:
Larry Levine (on 1966-01-22) and Ralph Valentin (from 1966-03 until 1966-04)
producer:
Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co-founder)
12 string guitar:
Jerry Cole (on 1966-01-22)
accordion:
Carl Fortina (on 1966-01-22) and Frank Marocco (on 1966-01-22)
baritone saxophone:
Jay Migliori (on 1966-01-22)
bass guitar:
Lyle Ritz (on 1966-01-22)
drums (drum set):
Hal Blaine (on 1966-01-22)
electric bass guitar:
Carol Kaye (on 1966-01-22) and Ray Pohlman (on 1966-01-22)
guitar:
Bill Pitman (on 1966-01-22)
mandoguitar:
Barney Kessel (on 1966-01-22)
percussion:
Frank Capp (on 1966-01-22)
piano:
Al De Lory (on 1966-01-22)
piano [track piano]:
Larry Knechtel (on 1966-01-22)
tenor saxophone:
Steve Douglas (American saxophonist, flautist and clarinetist) (on 1966-01-22) and Plas Johnson (on 1966-01-22)
trumpet:
Roy Caton (on 1966-01-22)
background vocals:
Al Jardine (on 1966-01-22), Bruce Johnston (US singer‐songwriter, member of The Beach Boys) (on 1966-01-22), Carl Wilson (Beach Boys) (on 1966-01-22) and Dennis Wilson (Beach Boys) (on 1966-01-22)
lead vocals:
Mike Love (Beach Boys) (on 1966-01-22) and Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co-founder) (on 1966-01-22)
arranger:
Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co-founder)
recorded at:
Columbia Studios (Hollywood, 1961-1972) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1966-01-22) and Gold Star Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1966-01-22)
part of:
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 297)
recording of:
Wouldn’t It Be Nice (on 1966-01-22)
lyricist:
Tony Asher (US lyricist, worked on Pet Sounds), Mike Love (Beach Boys) and Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co-founder)
composer:
Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co-founder)
publisher:
Almo Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP), Irving Music (BMI), ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
The Beach Boys4.452:25
7Everybody's Talkin'
earliest release:
Everybody’s Talkin’ by Nilsson
part of:
New York Post: 100 Greatest Covers (2007) (number: 51)
cover recording of:
Everybody’s Talkin’
lyricist and composer:
Fred Neil
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and Third Palm Music
Nilsson42:44
8This Is My Song
recording of:
This Is My Song
lyricist and composer:
Charlie Chaplin (filmmaker) (in 1966)
publisher:
MCA, Inc. (this was the US media company that became Universal Studios, Inc. in Dec 1996)
part of:
A Countess From Hong Kong
Petula Clark53:21
9Jean
Oliver3:20
10You're My World
Helen Reddy2:45
11When Will I Be Loved
recording of:
When Will I Be Loved?
lyricist and composer:
Phil Everly
publisher:
Everly and Sons Music
The Everly Brothers1:59
12The Last Waltz
Engelbert Humperdinck3:01
13(It Looks Like) I'll Never Fall in Love Again
cover recording of:
I’ll Never Fall in Love Again
lyricist:
Jimmie Currie (songwriter) and Lonnie Donegan
is based on:
Wanderin' (American folk song)
Tom Jones2:56
14The Fool on the Hill
cover recording of:
The Fool on the Hill
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), Northern Songs and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
Sérgio Mendes & Brasil ’663:13
15Don't Sleep in the SubwayPetula Clark2:59
16Wichita Lineman
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records Nashville (in 2016)
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 192) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 206)
recording of:
Wichita Lineman (in 1968)
lyricist:
Jimmy Webb (US songwriter, composer, producer, pianist & singer)
composer:
Jimmy Webb (US songwriter, composer, producer, pianist & singer) (in 1968)
Glen Campbell3.63:07
17It Must Be Him
recording of:
It Must Be Him (English translation)
lyricist and translator:
Mack David (American lyricist and songwriter)
composer:
Gilbert Bécaud
translated version of:
Seul sur son étoile
Vikki Carr2:53
18Can't Help Falling in LoveElvis Presley3:04
19Making Our Dreams Come True
bass:
Max Bennett (US jazz bassist and session musician)
drums (drum set):
Mike Baird (drummer)
flute:
Clifford Shank and William Collette
guitar:
Ben Benay
horn [horns]:
Dick Hyde, David Luell, William Peterson, Bobby Shew and Phillip Teele
keyboard [keyboards]:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
percussion:
Victor Feldman (jazz musician)
solo saxophone:
David Luell
strings:
Sid Sharp and His Magic Strings
lead vocals:
Cyndi Grecco
vocals:
The Ron Hicklin Singers
arranger:
Charles Fox (film/TV composer, also Latin pianist)
recording of:
Making Our Dreams Come True (Theme From Laverne & Shirley)
lyricist:
Norman Gimbel and Ellen Weston
writer:
Laurie Maitland
composer:
Charles Fox (film/TV composer, also Latin pianist)
publisher:
Bruin Music Company
Cyndi Grecco52:31
20Delta Dawn
producer:
Tom Catalano
cover recording of:
Delta Dawn
writer:
Larry Collins and Alex Harvey (American country singer of the early 70s)
publisher:
Big Ax Music, EMI April Music Inc., EMI U Catalog Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label), フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部, 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), イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
Helen Reddy3:10
21Escape (The Pina Colada Song)
engineer and mixer:
Jim Boyer (producer/engineer)
producer:
Jim Boyer (producer/engineer) and Rupert Holmes
bass [electric bass]:
Frank Gravis
drums (drum set):
Leo Adamian
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Infinity Records Inc.
recorded at:
Plaza Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States
mixed at:
A&R Recording Studio (third studio, 322 West 48th Street, closed in 1989) in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Escape (The Piña Colada Song)
lyricist and composer:
Rupert Holmes
publisher:
The Holmes Line of Music, Inc., 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, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
Rupert Holmes3.74:37
22Two Doors Down
vocals:
Dolly Parton
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1978)
recording of:
Two Doors Down
lyricist and composer:
Dolly Parton
publisher:
Velvet Apple Music
Dolly Parton53:06
23Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose
Tony Orlando & Dawn52:55
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