Mercury Records Collection: MG-20355: We Do Sing Too

MG-20355: We Do Sing Too / Nicholas Brothers

Label Type :	black Mercury type A
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	MG-20355A-1 MS1 M C
	SIDE-B	MG-20355B-1 MS1 M C

Comments

Inside The Groove

A very fascinating, funny and entertaining vocal performances by famous entertainers/tap dancers/actors duo.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

Nicholas Brothers - the too famous and great tap dancers - even recorded a fine jazzy album like this. Unlike Fred Astaire's awesome studio date, Nicholas Brothers are backed up with fine jazzy orchestra. But their call-and-response, singing, and tapping is all fantastic.

A fine example of The Entertainment. If you like Fred Astaire or Sammy Davis Jr., you'll like this album.

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

8 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1	16208	The Frim Fram Sause (Redd Evans - J. Ricardel)	1:56
A-2	16212	I Can't Give You Anything But Love (McHugh - Fields)	2:32
A-3	16210	Close Your Eyes (Bernice Petkere)	1:48
A-4	16209	Rip It Up (Blackwell - Marascalco)	2:03
A-5	16217	Esto Es Lo Ultimo (Perez Prado)	2:16
A-6	16215	Oh, Lady Be Good (G. & I. Gershwin)	2:37
SIDE-B
B-1	16211	'S Wonderful (G. & I. Gershwin)	2:10
B-2	16207	Good Rockin' Tonight (R. Brown)	2:31
B-3	16214	What Is This Thing Called Love (Cole Porter)	2:22
B-4	16213	Autumn Leaves (Mercer - Prevert - Kosma)	2:41
B-5	16216	September Song (Anderson - Weill)	3:16
B-6	16218	Alright, Okay, You Win (Wyche - Waits)	2:27

Personnel

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

UPDATE (Feb. 5, 2013):
These recordings turned out to be original Metronome recording - the following info fixed based on NACKA BIG BAND - Svenskt visarkiv.

The Nicholas Brothers : Fayard Nicholas (vo, tap), Harold Nicholas (vo, tap).

A-5, A-6, B-5, B-6:
with Gunnar Lunden-Weldens Orchestra.
Recorded in ~~New York City~~ Gothenburg, Sweden on ~~November 19, 1957~~ August 30, 1956.

A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4, B-1, B-2, B-3, B-4:
with Lon Weldon and his Orchestra,
including Åke Persson (tb),
Recorded in ~~New York City~~ Gothenburg, Sweden on ~~November 19, 1957~~ March 1-2, 1957.