Tamboo!
1955 studio album by Les Baxter, His Chorus and Orchestra
Tamboo! | ||||
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Studio album by Les Baxter, His Chorus and Orchestra | ||||
Released | 1955 | |||
Genre | Easy listening, exotica | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Les Baxter, His Chorus and Orchestra chronology | ||||
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Tamboo! is an album by Les Baxter, His Chorus and Orchestra. It was released in 1955 on the Capitol label (catalog nos. T-655).[1][2]
The album debuted on Billboard magazine's popular albums chart on January 28, 1956, peaked at No. 6, and remained on that chart for two weeks.[3][4]
AllMusic later gave the album a rating of four-and-a-half stars. Reviewer Jo-Ann Greene wrote: "It's brilliantly done, and helped to broaden American minds and widen musical views."[2]
Track listing
Side 1
- "Simba"
- "Oasis of Dakhla"
- "Maracaibo"
- "Tehran"
- "Pantan"
- "Havana"
Side 2
- "Mozambique"
- "Wotuka"
- "Cuchibamba"
- "Batumba"
- "Rio"
- "Zambezi"
References
- ^ "Les Baxter His Chorus And Orchestra* – Tamboo!". Discogs. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
- ^ a b "Tamboo!". AllMusic. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
- ^ Joel Whitburn (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Albums. Billboard Books. p. 27. ISBN 0823076318.
- ^ "The Billboard Buying and Programming Guide: Best Selling Packaged Records". The Billboard. January 28, 1956. p. 36.
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Les Baxter
- Music Out of the Moon (1947)
- Ritual of the Savage (1951)
- The Passions (1954)
- Tamboo! (1955)
- Caribbean Moonlight (1957)
- Skins! Bongo Party with Les Baxter (1957)
- 'Round the World with Les Baxter (1957)
- Space Escapade (1958)
- African Jazz (1959)
- Les Baxter's Jungle Jazz (1959)
- The Sacred Idol (1960)
- Jewels of the Sea (1961)
- "Because of You"
- "Blue Tango"
- "April in Portugal"
- "Ruby"
- "I Love Paris"
- "The High and the Mighty"
- "Unchained Melody"
- "Wake the Town and Tell the People"
- "The Poor People of Paris"