That Old Black Magic (album)

That Old Black Magic
Studio album by Keely Smith
Released 1965
Recorded 1965
Genre Traditional pop music, jazz
Label Reprise R6175
Producer Jimmy Bowen
Keely Smith chronology
Keely Smith Sings the John Lennon—Paul McCartney Songbook
(1964)Keely Smith Sings the John Lennon—Paul McCartney Songbook1964
That Old Black Magic
(1965)
I'm In Love Again
(1985)I'm In Love Again1985

That Old Black Magic is a 1965 album by Keely Smith, with arrangements by Ernie Freeman.[1]

Reception

The initial Billboard magazine review from 4 September, 1965 commented that "The famous deadpan one re-creates her hits of the past and brings new excitement and color to the wildest performance of her career".[2]

Track listing

  1. "I've Got the World on a String" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 2:23
  2. "When You're Smiling" (Larry Shay, Mark Fisher, Joe Goodwin) – 1:42
  3. "The Sheik of Araby" (Harry B. Smith, Francis Wheeler, Ted Snyder)
  4. "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues" (Arlen, Koehler) – 3:25
  5. "The Birth of the Blues" (Ray Henderson, Buddy G. DeSylva, Lew Brown) – 2:47
  6. "Oh, Baby" (K. Smith, P. Smith) – 2:22
  7. "That Old Black Magic" (Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 2:43
  8. "Just a Gigolo" (Irving Caesar, Leonello Casucci, Julius Brammer) – 3:32
  9. "I Ain't Got Nobody" (Spencer Williams, Roger A. Graham)
  10. "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Mercer) – 3:00
  11. "Buona Sera" (Peter De Rose, Carl Sigman) – 2:51
  12. "Pennies from Heaven" (Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke) – 2:21

Personnel

References

  1. "Keely Smith - Politely! at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  2. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (4 September 1965). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 1. ISSN 0006-2510.
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