Last Date (Lawrence Welk album)

Last Date is an album by Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra. It was released in 1960 on the Dot label (catalog no. DLP-25350).[1][2]

Last Date
Studio album by
Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra
Released1960
GenreEasy listening
LabelDot

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's popular albums chart on December 19, 1960, reached the No. 4 spot, and remained on that chart for 18 weeks[3]

AllMusic gave the album a rating of four-and-a-half stars. Reviewer Greg Adams called it "a program of piano-based pop instrumentals that rank among Welk's best work of the '60s."[2]

Track listing edit

Side 1

  1. "Last Date" (Floyd Cramer) [2:19]
  2. "Sleep" (Earl Lebieg) [2:20]
  3. "To Each His Own" (Livingston, Evans) [2:29]
  4. "The Green Leaves of Summer" (Theme From "The Alamo") (Tiompkin, Webster) [2:22]
  5. "Temptation" (Freed, Brown) [2:06]
  6. "Georgia on My Mind" (Carmichael, Gorrell) [2:26]

Side 2

  1. "Please Help Me, I'm Falling" (Robertson, Blair) [2:24]
  2. "Chances Are" (Stillman, Allen) [2:17]
  3. "Melodie D'Amour" (Salvador, Johns) [2:23]
  4. "Night Theme" (Peterson, Cogswell) [2:24]
  5. "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own" (Greenfield, Keller) [2:32]
  6. "Misty" (Erroll Garner) [2:11]

References edit

  1. ^ "Lawrence Welk – Last Date". Discogs. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Last Date". AllMusic. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  3. ^ Joel Whitburn (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Albums. Billboard Books. p. 329. ISBN 0823076318.