That Man, Robert Mitchum, Sings

by Robert Mitchum

Overview

Unlike most celebrity vocalists, Robert Mitchum actually had musical talent. Music was never anything more than an occasional sideline to his acting career, but he recorded sporadically throughout the years. That Man, Robert Mitchum, Sings collects all of his commercial recordings from the '50s and '60s, including the complete albums Calypso Is Like So (1957) and That Man (1967), plus the hit single "Ballad of Thunder Road." The latter, a song Mitchum wrote for his film Thunder Road, charted twice for him and once for the bluegrass duo Jim & Jesse, who covered it for the country market in the late '60s. Calypso Is Like So is one of many albums of its era designed to cash in on the calypso craze, but is a cut above the typical offering because of Mitchum's obvious fondness for the style and the humorous songs, most of which comment on the war between the sexes. "What Is This Generation Coming To" addresses rock & roll and the generation gap, and "From a Logical Point of View" is based on the same calypso tune as Jimmy Soul's later hit "If You Wanna Be Happy." In a completely different vein, That Man is a country album Mitchum cut for Monument Records after hearing Charlie Walker's "Little Ole Winedrinker Me," which Mitchum included on the album. That song became a big country hit for Mitchum, and the rest of the album is just as good. He sings an assortment of pop and country hits, a new version of "The Ballad of Thunder Road," and a lovely pop ballad he composed, "Whippoorwill," all in a style similar to Dean Martin's country recordings. ~ Greg Adams

Product Details

Release Date:	07/05/1995
Label:	Bear Family Records
UPC:	4000127158901
Rank:	62506

Tracks

1. You Deserve Each Other
2. Walker's Woods
3. Wheels
4. In My Place
5. Ballad of Thunder Road
6. That Man Right There
7. Little Ole Wine Drinker Me
8. Ricardo's Mountain
9. Sunny
10. Little White Lies
11. Whippoorwill
12. Gotta Travel On
13. My Honey's Lovin' Arms
14. The Ballad of Thunder Road
15. Jean and Dinah
16. From a Logical Point of View
17. Not Me
18. What Is This Generation Coming To?
19. Tic, Tic, Tic
20. Beauty Is Only Skin Deep
21. I Learn a Merengue, Mama
22. Take Me Down to Lover's Row
23. Mama Look a Boo Boo
24. Coconut Water
25. Matilda
26. They Dance All Night

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Robert Mitchum   Primary Artist,Vocals
Justin Gordon   Saxophone
Floyd Cramer   Piano
Howard Roberts   Guitar
Jerry Reed Hubbard   Guitar
Milt Raskin   Piano
Mike Pacheco   Drums,Bongos
Anthony Terran   Trumpet
Ralph Hansell   Drums
Joe Comfort   Bass
Jack Marshall   Guitar
Joe Maphis   Guitar
Wayne Moss   Guitar
Frank Carlson   Drums
Morris Bercov   Saxophone
Marilyn Harman   Drums
Eddie Aparicio   Drums
Lou Singer   Drums
Nick Fatool   Drums
Ray Edenton   Guitar
Harold Bradley   Guitar
Laurindo Almeida   Guitar
Jimmy Rowles   Piano

Technical Credits

Richard Weize   Discography
Norman Span   Composer
Norman Whitfield   Composer
Tommy "Snuff" Garrett   Composer
Sleazy Christopherson   Composer
Paul Clayton   Composer
Bob Miller   Composer
Bobby Hebb   Composer
Fred Foster   Producer
Frank Guida   Composer
Eddie Holland   Composer
Don Raye   Composer
Lee Gillette   Producer
John D. Loudermilk   Composer
Joseph Meyer   Composer
Dick Jennings   Composer
K.C. Arnold   Composer
Hy Lesnick   Contractor
Larry Zwisohn   Discography
Robert Mitchum   Composer
Nick Shaffran   Discography
Harold Bradley   Leader
Hank Mills   Composer
Harry Thomas   Composer
Wilmoth Houdini   Composer
Herman Ruby   Composer
Gary Anderson   Composer
Sonny Burke   Composer
Jimmy Rowles   Leader