Helen Merrill with Strings

Helen Merrill with Strings is the second album by Helen Merrill, featuring the singer fronting a quartet augmented by a string section arranged by Richard Hayman, recorded in 1955 and released on the EmArcy label.[1]

Helen Merrill with Strings
Studio album by
Released1955
RecordedOctober 21, 22 & 24, 1955
New York City
GenreJazz
Length41:19
LabelEmArcy
MG 36057
ProducerBob Shad
Helen Merrill chronology
Helen Merrill
(1954)
Helen Merrill with Strings
(1955)
Dream of You
(1956–57)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusicPositive[2]
Tom Hull – on the WebB+ (   )[3]

The AllMusic review by Richard Mortifoglio called the album "an unmitigated artistic success. The strings are tastefully scored, the songs are classics or soon to be, and Merrill's delivery is by turns emotional, haunting, and highly musical."[2]

Track listing

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  1. "Lilac Wine" (James Shelton) – 4:26
  2. "Anything Goes" (Cole Porter) – 3:07
  3. "Mountain High, Valley Low" (Bernie Hanighen, Raymond Scott) – 3:02
  4. "Beautiful Love" (Haven Gillespie, Egbert Van Alstyne, Victor Young, Wayne King) – 3:15
  5. "Comes Love" (Charles Tobias, Sam H. Stept, Lew Brown) – 3:03
  6. "End of a Love Affair" (E. C. Redding) – 3:29
  7. "When I Fall in Love" (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) – 3:22
  8. "The Masquerade is Over" (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) – 4:03
  9. "Just You, Just Me" (Raymond Klages, Jesse Greer) – 3:35
  10. "Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year" (Frank Loesser) – 3:51
  11. "You Won't Forget Me" (Kermit Goell, Fred Spielman) – 3:10
  12. "Wait Till You See Him" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:22
  • Recorded in New York on October 21 (tracks 1, 10 & 11), October 22 (tracks 3, 4, 6, 7 & 9) and October 24 (tracks 2, 5, 8 & 12), 1955

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ EmArcy Records discography accessed October 4, 2012
  2. ^ a b Mortifoglio, R. Allmusic Review accessed October 4, 2012
  3. ^ Hull, Tom (July 5, 2021). "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved July 7, 2021.