For Once in My Life (Sylvia Syms album)

For Once in My Life is an album by American vocalist Sylvia Syms recorded in 1967 and released on the Prestige label.[1]

For Once in My Life
Studio album by
Released1967
RecordedMarch 9 and April 18, 1967
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length30:35
LabelPrestige
PR 7489
ProducerCal Lampley
Sylvia Syms chronology
Sylvia Is!
(1965)
For Once in My Life
(1967)
Love Lady
(1970)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [2]

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "The renditions are mostly pretty brief and instantly forgettable. Not one of Sylvia Syms' more significant sets".[2]

Track listing

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  1. "Vaya con Dios" (Inez James, Buddy Pepper, Larry Russell) – 4:05
  2. "Who (Will Take My Place)?" (Charles Aznavour, Herbert Kretzmer) – 3:20
  3. "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" (Pino Donaggio, Vito Pallavicini, Vicki Wickham, Simon Napier-Bell) – 2:52
  4. "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) – 4:07
  5. "Games That Lovers Play" (Larry Kusic, James Last, Günter Loose, Eddie Snyder) – 2:50
  6. "For Once in My Life" (Ron Miller, Orlando Murden) – 2:45
  7. "Solitaire" (Steve Allen, Erroll Garner) – 1:55
  8. "Yesterday" (Lennon–McCartney) – 3:15
  9. "I Will Wait for You" (Jacques Demy, Norman Gimbel, Michel Legrand) – 2:26
  10. "Don't Take Your Love from Me" (Henry Nemo) – 3:00
  • Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on March 9, 1967 (tracks 1, 5 & 9) and April 18, 1967 (tracks 2–4, 6–8 & 10)

Personnel

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– guitar

  • Sam Bruno (tracks 1, 5 & 9), Charles Wellsley (tracks 2–4, 6–8 & 10) – bass
  • Bobby Rosengarden (tracks 1, 5 & 9), John Harris (tracks 2–4, 6–8 & 10) – drums
  • Richie "Pablo" Landrum – congas (tracks 2–4, 6–8 & 10)

References

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  1. ^ Prestige Records Discography accessed July 29, 2013
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed July 29, 2013