September Song (album)

September Song is a 1963 album by Jimmy Durante, with arrangements by Roy Bargy.[1][2][3]

September Song
Studio album by
Released1963
Recorded1963
GenreTraditional pop
Length29:43
LabelWarner Bros. 1506
ProducerJackie Barnett
Jimmy Durante chronology
Jimmy Durante at the Copacabana
(1961)
September Song
(1963)
Hello Young Lovers
(1964)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [2]

The album was reviewed by Greg Adams for Allmusic who wrote that "Mixing Durante's utterly unique voice with lush strings and a vocal chorus, September Song is a left-field masterpiece full of wistful and affecting performances. Durante was by no means a technically accomplished vocalist, but he negotiated the sessions with aplomb and created a piece of work very different from, but just as charming as, the comedy that had made him a star".[2]

Track listing

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  1. "September Song" (Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson)
  2. "Look Ahead Little Girl" (Jackie Barnett, Sammy Fain)
  3. "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep" (Irving Berlin)
  4. "When the Circus Leaves Town" (Barnett, Jimmy Durante)
  5. "I Believe" (Al Stillman, Ervin Drake, Irvin Graham, Jimmy Shirl)
  6. "Young at Heart" (Carolyn Leigh, Johnny Richards)
  7. "Don't Lose Your Sense of Humor" (Barnett, Durante)
  8. "You'll Never Walk Alone" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
  9. "One Room Home" (Barnett, Durante)
  10. "Blue Bird of Happiness" (Edward Heyman, Harry Parr Davies, Sandor Harmati)

Personnel

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Other media

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"Young at Heart" was featured in the 1991 film City Slickers[4] and also appears on the soundtrack album.

References

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  1. ^ "Jimmy Durante – September Song at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b c September Song at AllMusic
  3. ^ Bakish 1995, p. 241.
  4. ^ City Slickers at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

Bibliography

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  • Bakish, David (1995). Jimmy Durante: His Show Business Career, with an Annotated Filmography and Discography. New York: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-89950-968-6.
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