Mercury Records Collection: MG-20173: Rusty Meets Hoagy

MG-20173: Rusty Meets Hoagy / Rusty Draper

Label Type :	black Mercury type A
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	MG 20173A MS1 MSI A1 I
	SIDE-B	MG20173B MS1 MSI A2 I

Comments

All are near-mint except a tape stain on top-left of the back cover. Plays so beautifully.

Inside The Groove

A gem of jazzy songs written by Hoagy Carmichael, sung by a popular singer.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

Rusty Draper was very popular during the 1950s with several Popular/Country hits. On this album, however, he sings twelve tunes all written by Hoagy Carmichael, in a jazzy mood.

Unlike the nice photo of the front cover shows, Rusty is accompanied by a nice big-band sound on this album~~, and maybe Hoagy himself plays a piano in the background (it has not been confirmed yet, though)~~. Rusty's singing is worth listening to (yet another little Frank Sinatra?), but above of all wonderful melodies by Hoagy moves us much.

Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)

7 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1	13803	Georgia On My Mind (Gorrell - Carmichael)	2:34
A-2	13801	Ole Buttermilk Sky (Brooks - Carmichael)	2:18
A-3	13805	Ole Rockin' Chair (Carmichael)	2:45
A-4	13698	In The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening (Mercer - Carmichael)	2:12
A-5	13806	Judy (Lerner - Carmichael)	2:39
A-6	13807	Hong Kong Blues (Carmichael)	2:39
SIDE-B
B-1	13802	Lazy Bones (Mercer - Carmichael)	2:30
B-2	13800	Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief (Webster - Carmichael)	2:15
B-3	13699	Moon Country (Mercer - Carmichael)	2:47
B-4	13809	My Resistance Is Low (Adamson - Carmichael)	2:26
B-5	9703	Lazy River (Carmichael - Arodin)	2:45
B-6	13810	Small Fry (Roesser - Carmichael)	2:35

Personnel

Personnel/recorded date/master numbers confirmed with the Ruppli's discography.
(“The Mercury Labels - A Discography” by Ruppli and Novitsky, Greenwood Press, 1993)

B-5:
Rusty Draper (vo) with Ralph Marterie and his Orchestra.
Recorded at Universal Recording Studios, Chicago, IL in May 1953.

All The Rest:
Rusty Draper (vo) with David Carroll Orchestra, The Jack Halloran Singers (vo on B-2, B-4).
Recorded at Universal Recording Studio, Chicago, IL in 1956.