A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night

by Harry Nilsson

A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: July 1973
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 36:01
  • Community rating: 3.4/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Defying commercial expectations at the height of his pop-rock fame, the idiosyncratic songwriter recorded an entire album of classic pre-rock standards. Lushly orchestrated by veteran arranger Gordon Jenkins, the project predated the modern trend of pop artists tackling the Great American Songbook by over a decade.

Genres

Descriptors: orchestral, crooning, elegant, vocal, lounge

Tracklist

  1. Lazy Moon (3:21)
  2. For Me and My Gal (2:47)
  3. It Had to Be You (2:31)
  4. Always (1:49)
  5. Makin' Whoopee! (4:30)
  6. You Made Me Love You (2:33)
  7. Lullaby in Ragtime (3:40)
  8. I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (2:38)
  9. What'll I Do (2:26)
  10. Nevertheless (I'm In Love with You) (2:39)
  11. This Is All I Ask (3:36)
  12. As Time Goes By (3:24)

Credits

  • Harry Nilsson - primary artist, vocals [the singer]
  • Gordon Jenkins - conductor, arranged by, written-by
  • Jack Mandel - contractor [music contractor], strings
  • D. Bamford - copyist [music copyist]
  • G. Bamford - copyist [music copyist]
  • Ken Dryden - flute
  • James W. Brown - french horn
  • Jim Buck Jr - french horn

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