Marvelous Marterie

1959 studio album by Ralph Marterie and the Marlboro Men
Marvelous Marterie
Studio album by
Ralph Marterie and the Marlboro Men
ReleasedMay 1959[1]
RecordedUniversal Recorders, Chicago, IL, 1956–1959[2]
GenreBig band
LabelWing

Marvelous Marterie is a studio album released by Ralph Marterie and his Marlboro Men in 1959 on Wing LP record MGW 12154 (mono) and SRW 12511 (stereo).[2]

Background

This album was in Mercury’s budget Wing line. It was recorded between December 1956 and April 1959. Most of the individual recordings were never otherwise released by Mercury,[3][4][5] although “When My Sugar Walks Down the Street” was also released on Mercury 45rpm #71488,[6] and “Trombone Blues” was also released under the title “Private Eyeball” on the full-priced LP Music For A Private Eye (Mercury MG 20437, SR 60109)[6]

Track listing

  1. Somebody Loves Me (Gershwin – DeSylva – Macdonald)
  2. Can't We Be Friends? (Swift - James)
  3. Deep Purple (Peter DeRose)
  4. Lonely Winter (arr. George Stone)
  5. Trombone Blues (S. Allen – R. Marterie)
  6. When My Sugar Walks Down the Street (Irving Mills – Jimmy McHugh – Gene Austin)
  7. Rain (Eugene Ford)
  8. Stars Fell on Alabama (Frank Perkins – Mitchell Parish)
  9. Sentimental Journey (Les Brown – Ben Homer – Bud Green)
  10. I’ll Be Around (Alec Wilder)
  11. Love Song from “Houseboat” (J. Livingston – Ray Evans)

References

  1. ^ Schwann record & tape guide (1964). Page 218.
  2. ^ a b Mercury Records Catalog: Wing 12100 series Jazzdisco.org. Retrieved December 5, 2011
  3. ^ Mercury Records Discography: 1956 session index Jazzdisco.org. Retrieved December 5, 2011
  4. ^ Mercury Records Discography: 1957 session index Jazzdisco.org. Retrieved December 5, 2011
  5. ^ Mercury Records Discography: 1958 session index Jazzdisco.org. Retrieved December 5, 2011
  6. ^ a b Mercury Records Discography: 1959 session index Jazzdisco.org. Retrieved December 5, 2011