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1957 studio album by Dinah Washington
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Music for a First Love is the eighth
studio album by American jazz singer
Dinah Washington released in 1957 via Mercury label.
[3] The tracks were recorded in various sessions between January 1946 and September 1950.
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Track listing
Title Writer(s) 1. "
Embraceable You "
George Gershwin ,
Ira Gershwin 2:58 2. "
Stairway to the Stars "
Matty Malneck ,
Frank Signorelli ,
Mitchell Parish 3:01 3. "Am I Asking Too Much"
Helen Miller , Fay Whitman 2:54 4. "
What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry "
Walter Donaldson ,
Abe Lyman 2:44 5. "
Harbor Lights "
Will Grosz ,
Jimmy Kennedy 3:07 6. "
How Deep Is the Ocean "
Irving Berlin 3:05 7. "Time out for Tears"
Irving Berman , Abe Schiff 3:26 8. "
If I Loved You "
Rodgers and Hammerstein 2:32 9. "I Want to Cry" Harry Pirone, Lille Randall 3:16 10. "
It Isn't Fair "
Richard Himber , Frank Warshauer, Sylvester Sprigato 3:07 11. "
I Want to Be Loved "
Savannah Churchill 2:57 12. "I Only Know" Washington, Jackson 2:33
Personnel
Dinah Washington – vocals
Willie Cook (1), Harry "Pee Wee" Jackson (1, 3), George Hudson (6, 12), Bob Merrill (9),
Cootie Williams (9) - trumpet
Gus Chappell (1),
Benny Powell (possibly 11) - trombone
Andrew Gardner (3) Rupert Cole (6, possibly 9, 12),
Ernie Wilkins (6, 11-12) - alto sax
Dave Young (possibly 1; 3), William Parker (9) - tenor sax
Cecil Payne (6, 11-12) - baritone sax
Tony Aless (2), Rudy Martin (possibly 1; 3-4), James Forman (6, 12), Arnold Jarvis (9) - piano
Billy Bauer (2), Hurley Ramey (possibly 4),
Freddie Green (6, 11-12),
Mundell Lowe (9) - guitar
Chubby Jackson (2), Bill Settles (possibly 1; 3-4),
Ray Brown (6, 11-12), Leonard Swain (9) - bass
Oliver Coleman (1), Curtis Walker (3), Teddy Stewart (6, 8, 10-12), Sylvester "Vess" Payne (9) - drums
Jimmy Carroll, conductor (5, 7)
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