Once Upon a Summertime

by Blossom Dearie

Once Upon a Summertime cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1958
  • Label: Verve
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 36:23
  • Community rating: 3.62/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Characterized by her distinctively delicate, girlish timbre and impeccable piano accompaniment, this LP solidifies her reputation as a uniquely subtle interpreter of the Great American Songbook. The intimate, swinging arrangements emphasize lyrical wit and quiet sophistication over sheer vocal power.

Genres

Descriptors: piano, female-vocals, lounge, sophisticated, whispering

Tracklist

  1. Tea For Two (3:24)
  2. Surrey With The Fringe On Top (4:20)
  3. Moonlight Saving Time (2:03)
  4. It Amazes Me (4:19)
  5. If I Were A Bell (3:08)
  6. We're Together (2:05)
  7. Teach Me Tonight (2:41)
  8. Once Upon A Summertime (2:47)
  9. Down With Love (1:42)
  10. Manhattan (4:19)
  11. Doop-Doo-De-Doop (A Doodlin' Song) (2:19)
  12. Love Is Here To Stay (3:10)

Credits

  • Joakim Berg - music by, text by
  • Martin Sk枚ld - music by, organ

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