The Joy of Living
by Nelson Riddle
- Type: Album
- Released: 1 January 1959
- Label: Capitol
- Country: United States
- Length: 33:30
- Community rating: 3.35/5 from 1 rating
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Riddle's sixth studio album was recorded at Capitol Studios in Hollywood with producer Lee Gillette across twelve orchestral arrangements. The title track was also issued as a 45 single backed with 'Somethin’ Special', and the programme's soft string writing anticipates the approach of his celebrated Sinatra sessions for 'Nice ’n’ Easy'.
Genres
Descriptors: orchestral, sophisticated, gentle, breezy, melodic
Tracklist
- Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries (2:08)
- You Make Me Feel So Young (3:14)
- Makin' Whoopee (4:19)
- Bye Bye Blues (2:33)
- It's So Peaceful In The Country (2:50)
- The Joy Of Living (2:49)
- It's A Big Wide Wonderful World! (2:13)
- June In January (2:13)
- Isn't This A Lovely Day (2:45)
- Indian Summer (2:51)
- It's A Grand Night For Singing (2:49)
- I Got The Sun In The Morning (2:42)
Credits
- Nelson Riddle - primary artist, arranged by, conductor
- Lee Gillette - producer
- Lew Brown - written-by
- Ray Henderson - written-by
- Josef Myrow - written-by
- Mack Gordon - written-by
- Gus Kahn - written-by
- Walter Donaldson - written-by
- Bert Lown - written-by
- Chauncey Gray - written-by
- David Bennett - written-by
- Fred Hamm - written-by
- Alec Wilder - written-by
- Philip J. Davis - written-by
- John Rox - written-by
- Leo Robin - written-by
- Ralph Rainger - written-by
- Irving Berlin - written-by
- Victor Herbert - written-by
- Rodgers & Hammerstein - written-by