The Tender Touch
The Tender Touch | ||||
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Studio album by Nelson Riddle | ||||
Released | 1956 | |||
Recorded | 1956 | |||
Studio | Capitol Records | |||
Genre | Traditional pop | |||
Label | Capitol T-753 | |||
Nelson Riddle chronology | ||||
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The Tender Touch is the second studio album by Nelson Riddle, released in 1956.
Origin
The Tender Touch contains, to quote its liner notes, "some of the most romantic of all love songs—melodies as tender as a caress and unforgettably lovely."[1] It was released the year after the Riddle orchestra's first effort, a collection of contemporary pop arrangements of the memorable tunes from the musical Oklahoma!.
Release
Capitol Records released The Tender Touch in December 1956, at the same time it released the Frank Sinatra / Nelson Riddle compilation album This Is Sinatra!, reflecting the busy year Riddle had with the label.[2] He had also scored the music to the Sinatra Western film Johnny Concho (which included the release of a 7-inch 45 RPM "Extended Play" recording). He arranged and conducted Nat King Cole's last instrumental album, The Piano Style of Nat King Cole. And his hit single "Lisbon Antigua" had spent four weeks at the top of the music charts early in the year.
Within a month of its release, Billboard ranked The Tender Touch among the top ten pop instrumental releases.[3]
The recording was subsequently issued by EMI's British mail order label, The World Record Club, under the title Relax with Nelson Riddle.
Track listing
Side 1
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Love Letters" | Victor Young, Edward Heyman | 3:19 |
2. | "As You Desire Me" | Allie Wrubel | 2:15 |
3. | "All or Nothing at All" | Jack Lawrence, Arthur Altman | 3:01 |
4. | "I Was Lucky" | Jack Stern, A. Horne | 3:26 |
5. | "Body and Soul" | Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton | 4:20 |
Side 2
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "The Touch of Your Lips" | Ray Noble | 2:10 |
2. | "Please Be Kind" | Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin | 3:44 |
3. | "You're Mine, You!" | Johnny Green, Edward Heyman | 3:46 |
4. | "Heaven Can Wait" | Eddie De Lange, Jimmy Van Heusen | 2:46 |
5. | "Symphony" | Alstone, Tabet, Bernstein | 3:10 |
6. | "The Tender Touch, vocal by Sande Ellis" | Joe Green, Nelson Riddle | 2:44 |
References
- ^ The Tender Touch (LP record). Nelson Riddle. Hollywood, California: Capitol Records. 1956.
{{cite AV media notes}}
: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "December Album Releases". The Cash Box. New York NY. December 8, 1956. p. 22. "New Hit Albums". Billboard. New York NY. November 17, 1956. p. 24.
- ^ "New Hit Albums". Billboard. New York NY. January 26, 1957. p. 78.
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- The Music from Oklahoma! (Capitol, 1955)
- The Tender Touch (Capitol, 1956)
- Hey...Let Yourself Go! (Capitol, 1957)
- C'mon...Get Happy! (Capitol, 1957)
- Sea of Dreams (Capitol, 1958)
- The Joy of Living (Capitol, 1959)
- Sing a Song with Riddle (Capitol, 1959)
- Music of the Motion Picture "Can Can" (Capitol, 1960)
- Original Music from The TV Show The Untouchables (Capitol, 1960)
- Dance to the Music of "Tenderloin" (Capitol, 1961)
- Love Tide (Capitol, 1961)
- Magic Moments from "The Gay Life" (Capitol, 1961)
- Route 66 Theme and Other Great TV Themes (Capitol, 1962)
- Love Is a Game of Poker (Capitol, 1962)
- More Hit TV Themes (Capitol, 1963)
- The Best of Nelson Riddle (Capitol, 1963)
- White on White, Shangri-La, Charade & Other Hits of 1964 (Reprise, 1964)
- Original Music from The Rogues (RCA, 1964)
- Interprets Great Music, Great Films, Great Sounds (Reprise, 1964)
- NAT: An Orchestral Portrait of Nat "King" Cole (Reprise, 1966)
- Music for Wives and Lovers (Solid State, 1967)
- The Bright and the Beautiful (Liberty, 1967)
- The Riddle of Today (Liberty, 1968)
- British Columbia Suite (Capilano, 1969)
- Nelson Riddle Conducts The 101 Strings (Marble Arch, 1970)
- Communication (MPS, 1971)
- Changing Colors (MPS, 1972)
- Unforgettable (Capitol, 1954)
- Nat King Cole Sings for Two in Love (Capitol, 1954)
- The Piano Style of Nat King Cole (Capitol, 1955)
- Ballads of the Day (Capitol, 1956)
- St. Louis Blues (Capitol, 1958)
- Cole Español (1958)
- To Whom It May Concern (Capitol, 1959)
- Wild Is Love (Capitol, 1960)
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book (Verve, 1959)
- Ella Swings Gently with Nelson (Verve, 1962)
- Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson (Verve, 1962)
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book (Verve, 1963)
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book (Verve, 1964)
- Ella Loves Cole
- Dream Dancing (Atlantic, 1972)
- The Best Is Yet to Come (Pablo, 1982)
- What's New? (Elektra, 1983)
- Lush Life (Elektra, 1984)
- For Sentimental Reasons (Elektra, 1986)
- Swing Easy! (Capitol, 1954)
- Songs for Young Lovers (Capitol, 1954)
- In the Wee Small Hours (Capitol, 1955)
- Songs for Swingin' Lovers! (Capitol, 1956)
- Close to You (Capitol, 1956)
- A Swingin' Affair! (Capitol, 1956)
- Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely (Capitol, 1958)
- Nice 'n' Easy (Capitol, 1960)
- Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!! (Capitol, 1960)
- The Concert Sinatra (1963)
- Sinatra's Sinatra (1963)
- Sinatra Sings Days of Wine and Roses, Moon River, and Other Academy Award Winners (Reprise, 1964)
- Strangers in the Night (Reprise, 1966)
- Moonlight Sinatra (Reprise, 1966)
- I Wish You Love (Capitol, 1958)
- Swingin' Pretty (Capitol, 1959)
- Little Girl Blue/Little Girl New (Reprise, 1963)
- Shirley Bassey, Let's Face the Music (Columbia, 1962)
- Rosemary Clooney, Rosie Solves the Swingin' Riddle! (RCA Victor, 1961)
- Bing Crosby, Return to Paradise Islands (Reprise, 1964)
- Judy Garland, Judy (1956)
- Antônio Carlos Jobim, The Wonderful World of Antônio Carlos Jobim (Warner Bros., 1965)
- Peggy Lee, The Man I Love (Capitol, 1957)
- Dean Martin, This Time I'm Swingin'! (Capitol, 1960)
- Johnny Mathis, I'll Buy You a Star (Capitol, 1962)
- Oscar Peterson, Oscar Peterson and Nelson Riddle (Verve, 1964)
- Mavis Rivers, Take a Number (Capitol, 1959)
- Tommy Sands, When I'm Thinking of You (Capitol, 1959)
- Dinah Shore, Dinah, Yes Indeed! (Capitol, 1959)
- Phil Silvers, Phil Silvers and Swinging Brass (Columbia, 1957)