Soubrette Sings Broadway Hit Songs

Soubrette: Blossom Dearie Sings Broadway Hit Songs
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Studio album by Blossom Dearie
Released	1960
Recorded	February 19 and 22, 1960
Genre	Jazz
Label	Verve Records
Producer	Norman Granz, Blossom Dearie
Blossom Dearie chronology
My Gentleman Friend (1961)My Gentleman Friend1961 Soubrette: Blossom Dearie Sings Broadway Hit Songs (1960) Blossom Dearie Sings Rootin' Songs (1963)Blossom Dearie Sings Rootin' Songs1963

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Soubrette: Blossom Dearie Sings Broadway Hit Songs is a 1960 (see 1960 in music) studio album by Blossom Dearie, with an orchestra arranged by Russell Garcia.

This was Dearie's first album recorded with full orchestral arrangements.

Track listing

1. "Guys and Dolls" (Frank Loesser) – 2:52
2. "Confession" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 2:44
3. "Rhode Island Is Famous for You" (Dietz, Schwartz) – 2:14
4. "To Keep My Love Alive" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 3:26
5. "Too Good for the Average Man" (Rodgers, Hart) – 3:31
6. "The Gentleman Is a Dope" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Rodgers) – 4:19
7. "Always True to You in My Fashion" (Cole Porter) – 2:52
8. "Napoleon" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) – 4:19
9. "Life Upon the Wicked Stage" (Hammerstein, Jerome Kern) – 2:42
10. "The Physician" (Porter) – 2:15
11. "Love Is the Reason" (Dorothy Fields, Schwartz) – 3:37
12. "Buckle Down, Winsocki" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) – 1:49

Tracks 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11 recorded on February 19, 1960. Tracks 2, 4, 5, 9, 10, 12 recorded February 22, 1960.

Personnel

• Blossom Dearie – piano, vocals
• Russell Garcia – conductor, arranger