Red Garters, which is both a stylized Western and a musical, boasts a song score by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans realized by the cast, including pop singers Rosemary Clooney, Guy Mitchell, and newcomer Joanne Gilbert.
Half of this soundtrack album (Clooney's rendition of the title song, Gilbert's single number "This Is Greater Than I Thought," Clooney's "Bad News," and the Clooney/Mitchell duet "Man and Woman") actually comes from the film itself.
The other four songs were recorded subsequently in the recording studio under the auspices of Mitch Miller and Percy Faith.
Clooney is better at the ballads, especially "Good Intentions," than at the feistier material, though she also gives a good reading to the bluesy "Bad News." Mitchell breezes through his songs winningly.
"Man and Woman" is an amusingly contentious duet in the manner of "Anything You Can Do" from Annie Get Your Gun, but not nearly as witty.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red GartersJay Livingston | Rosemary Clooney, Joanne Gilbert, Guy Mitchell | Play | 02:39 | 6 MB | 8 MB |
| 2 | A Dime and a DollarJay Livingston | Rosemary Clooney, Joanne Gilbert, Guy Mitchell | Play | 02:23 | 5 MB | 6 MB |
| 3 | Brave ManJay Livingston | Rosemary Clooney, Joanne Gilbert, Guy Mitchell | Play | 03:09 | 7 MB | 9 MB |
| 4 | This Is Greater Than I ThoughtJay Livingston | Rosemary Clooney, Joanne Gilbert, Guy Mitchell | Play | 03:22 | 7 MB | 8 MB |
| 5 | Good IntentionsJay Livingston | Rosemary Clooney, Joanne Gilbert, Guy Mitchell | Play | 03:02 | 6 MB | 9 MB |
| 6 | Meet a Happy GuyJay Livingston | Rosemary Clooney, Joanne Gilbert, Guy Mitchell | Play | 02:14 | 5 MB | 8 MB |
| 7 | Bad NewsJay Livingston | Rosemary Clooney, Joanne Gilbert, Guy Mitchell | Play | 02:03 | 4 MB | 6 MB |
| 8 | Man and WomanJay Livingston | Rosemary Clooney, Joanne Gilbert, Guy Mitchell | Play | 02:40 | 6 MB | 8 MB |
| 21 mins | 49 MB | |||||
| 21 mins | 64 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rosemary Clooney | Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 2 | Percy Faith | Conductor |
| 3 | Percy Faith & His Orchestra | Orchestra |
| 4 | Joanne Gilbert | Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 5 | J.J. Lilley | Conductor |
| 6 | Jay Livingston | Composer |
| 7 | Mitch Miller | Conductor |
| 8 | Guy Mitchell | Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 9 | Buddy Weed | Harpsichord |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |