Label: Craft
Reissued 1/24/2025, Originally released 1961
Jazz vocalist Helen Humes' second album on Contemporary Records, Songs I Like to Sing! was released in 1961 and is conducted by Marty Paich. Backed by musicians including Art Pepper (sax), Leroy Vinnegar (bass), Shelly Manne (drums), Barney Kessel (guitar) and Andre Previn (piano). This new edition released as part of the Acoustic Sounds Series, features (AAA) Lacquers cut from a 1/4" flat tape copy of the original master tape by Bernie Grundman and is pressed on 180-gram vinyl at QRP.
Track listing:
- If I Could Be with You
- Don't Worry 'Bout Me
- Mean to Me
- Every Now and Then
- I Want a Roof Over My Head
- St. Louis Blues
- You're Driving Me Crazy
- My Old Flame
- Million Dollar Secret
- Love Me or Leave Me
- Imagination
- Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone