Mercury Records Collection: MG-20886: Born To Sing The Blues

MG-20886: Born To Sing The Blues / Brook Benton

Label Type :	red Mercury type B
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	MG 20886A M1 O P
	SIDE-B	MG 20886B M1 O P C

Comments

Inside The Groove

Benton's Blues singing with orchestra in the slow mood.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

Can we say such kind of music as “Blues” now? ... I don't know, But anyway Brook Benton sings many blues favourites on this “Singing the Blues” album.

It's not Chicago style, Louisianna style, New Orleans style, nor very traditional folk blues style. Backed up with smooth, melodious and lazy arranged Orchestra (conducted by Luchi DeJesus), Benton sings so mellow as he always is. All famous tunes are in different arrangements (from well-known original recordings of each songs), and it's all great as if all songs are initially written for Benton.

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

7 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1	Born To Sing The Blues (Lenny Adelson - Imogen Carpenter)	2:50
A-2	Daddy Knows (Norman Mapp)	2:42
A-3	Why Don't You Write Me (Laura Hollins)	2:26
A-4	So Little Time (W. Clayton)	2:31
A-5	Since I Met You Baby (Ivory Joe Hunter)	3:00
A-6	The Sun's Gonna Shine In My Door (Bill Broonzy)	2:33
SIDE-B
B-1	After Midnight (That's When I Miss You The Most) (M. Singleton - J. Kennedy)	2:18
B-2	Every Goodbye Ain't Gone (Norman Mapp)	2:41
B-3	I Worry 'Bout You (Harry Link - Fred Hildebrand - Vera Michelena)	2:40
B-4	God Bless The Child (Billie Holiday - Arthur Herzog)	3:10
B-5	Nobody Knows (And Nobody Seems To Care) (Irving Berlin)	3:35
B-6	I'll Never Be Free (Bennie Benjamin - George Weiss)	2:40

Personnel

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

Brook Benton (vo) with Orchestra arranged and conducted by Luchi DeJesus.

Recorded November 28 and 29, 1963.

The Artist Also Appears on...

Brook Benton (vo) :

Mercury MG-20421 / SR-60077 : It's Just A Matter Of Time
Mercury MG-20464 / SR-60146 : Endlessly
Mercury MG-20565 / SR-60225 : I Love You In So Many Ways
Mercury MG-20588 / SR-60244 : The Two Of Us / Dinah Washington & Brook Benton
Mercury MG-20602 / SR-60602 : Songs I Love To Sing
Mercury MG-20607 / SR-60607 : Brook Benton Golden Hits
Mercury MG-20619 / SR-60619 : If You Believe
Mercury MG-20641 / SR-60641 : Boll Weevil Song And 11 Other Great Hits
Mercury MG-20673 / SR-60673 : There Goes That Song Again
Mercury MG-20740 / SR-60740 : Lie To Me / Singing The Blues
Mercury MG-20774 / SR-60774 : Golden Hits Volume 2
Mercury MG-20830 / SR-60830 : Best Ballads Of Broadway
Mercury MG-20886 / SR-60886 : Born To Sing The Blues
Mercury MG-20918 / SR-60918 : On The Countryside
Mercury MG-20934 / SR-60934 : This Bitter Earth

Mercury MGD-9 / SRD-9 : Galaxy - Music From 16 Great Artists / Various Artists
Mercury MG-20651 / SR-60651 : Chart Winners - A Collection Of Mercury's Top Pop Hits / Various Artists
Mercury MG-20826 / SR-60826 : Original Golden Hits Of The Great Blues Singers / Various Artists