Sings Cole Porter

by Mabel Mercer

Overview

A match made in heaven -- Mabel Mercer was born to sing the work of Cole Porter. Both vocalist and composer were the ultimate in stylized sophistication, their knowing cleverness draped in warmth and wit. On this gem of a recording, Mercer wraps her perfect diction around such Porter masterpieces as "So In Love," "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye," "Just One of Those Things," "It's All Right with Me," and "Down in the Depths" as well as the lesser-known jewels "Experiment," "Where, Oh Where?" and "When Love Comes Your Way." The tasteful arrangements usually feature Mercer with just piano and bass, all the accompaniment this peerless singer needed. Note also that this recording was produced by Ahmet and Nesuhi Ertegun and engineered by Tom Dowd, three of the masterminds behind Atlantic Records' great R&B sides of the 1950s and '60s. -- men who obviously appreciated great music when they heard it.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/21/2006
Label:	Collectables
UPC:	0090431778623
catalogNumber:	7786
Rank:	187072

Tracks

1. It's Delovely
2. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
3. Experiment
4. Ours
5. After You
6. Where Oh Where
7. It's All Right with Me
8. So in Love
9. Looking at You
10. When Love Comes Your Way
11. I Am Ashamed That Women Are So Simple
12. Use Your Imagination
13. Ace in the Hole

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Mabel Mercer   Primary Artist,Vocals
Stan Freeman   Piano
Buddy Barnes   Piano
Frank Carroll   Bass
Cy Walter   Piano
Jimmy Lyon   Piano

Technical Credits

Herb Abramson   Producer
Tom Dowd   Engineer
Ahmet Ertegun   Producer
Nesuhi Ertegun   Producer
Cole Porter   Composer
Geoff Gans   Art Direction
George Frazier   Liner Notes
William Shakespeare   Composer

Editorial Reviews

A great song stylist working in a perfect lyric setting.

All Music Guide - Ron Wynn