It's arguable that no country singer ever came closer to straight jazz than Robbins.
Released in 1962, this album of mostly jazz standards is somewhat of an anomaly in his catalog, jazz being one of the few styles he would dabble in but never fully embrace.
It is part of his remarkably diverse late-'50s/early-'60s period, in which he recorded Hawaiian music, cowboy songs, honky tonk, and pop covers, all within a five-year span.
Robbins was known to dive headlong into a style, and that's certainly true here -- there's not a shred of country anywhere on this album, save for an ever-present Nashville chorus and a slightly rockabilly version of "On the Sunny Side of the Street." It's not nearly as interesting, though, as Ray Price's Night Life, which utilizes the same smoky setting to better effect, and Robbins' take on these songs isn't distinctive enough to be memorable, which is perhaps the reason that most latter-day compilations have chosen to ignore this album.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I'm in the Mood for LoveDorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh | Marty Robbins | Play | 03:26 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | MistyJohnny Burke, Erroll Garner | Marty Robbins | Play | 03:23 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | Looking BackBrook Benton, Belford Hendricks, Clyde Otis | Marty Robbins | Play | 03:13 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | September in the RainAl Dubin, Harry Warren | Marty Robbins | Play | 02:03 | 4 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | Don't Throw Me AwayMarty Robbins | Marty Robbins | Play | 03:27 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | Pennies From HeavenJohnny Burke, Arthur Johnston | Marty Robbins | Play | 02:10 | 4 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | SummertimeGeorge Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward | Marty Robbins | Play | 02:35 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | All the WaySammy Cahn, James Van Heusen | Marty Robbins | Play | 02:59 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | It Had to Be YouIsham Jones, Gus Kahn | Marty Robbins | Play | 02:25 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 10 | I'm Having a BallLynn Phillips | Marty Robbins | Play | 02:07 | 4 MB | 0 MB |
| 11 | If I Could CryJoe Babcock | Marty Robbins | Play | 02:47 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 12 | On the Sunny Side of the StreetDorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh | Marty Robbins | Play | 01:56 | 4 MB | 0 MB |
| 32 mins | 74 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Babcock | Composer |
| 2 | Brook Benton | Composer |
| 3 | Johnny Burke | Composer |
| 4 | Sammy Cahn | Composer |
| 5 | Al Dubin | Composer |
| 6 | Barry Feldman | Executive Producer |
| 7 | Dorothy Fields | Composer |
| 8 | Erroll Garner | Composer |
| 9 | George Gershwin | Composer |
| 10 | Ira Gershwin | Composer |
| 11 | Belford Hendricks | Composer |
| 12 | James Van Heusen | Composer |
| 13 | DuBose Heyward | Composer |
| 14 | Arthur Johnston | Composer |
| 15 | Isham Jones | Composer |
| 16 | Gus Kahn | Composer |
| 17 | Mark Lerner | Design |
| 18 | Jimmy McHugh | Composer |
| 19 | Clyde Otis | Composer |
| 20 | Henry Parker | Photography |
| 21 | Lynn Phillips | Composer |
| 22 | Marty Robbins | Composer, Guitar, Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 23 | Harry Warren | Composer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |