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Silk Stockings
- ~ from the 1955 Broadway musical
"Silk Stockings"
- Words and Music by Cole Porter
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- With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra
- and The Ray Charles Singers
- Arranged by Joe Reisman
- Produced
by Joe Carlton
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- Recorded in
Webster Hall, New York City
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Recording Time 2:46
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- Recorded November 16, 1954, Matrix No. E4VB-5937 Take D
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- SESSION MUSICIANS
& CHOIR
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- Orchestra
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- Conductor: Mitchell Ayres
- Contractor: Henry "Hank" Ross
( Sax )
- Choir Contractor: Ray Charles
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- Sax ~ Hank Ross, Harry Terrill, Bernard Kaufman,
Stanley Webb, Philip Zolkind
- Trumpet ~ Melven Solomon, James Maxwell,
James Milazzo
- Trombone ~ Robert Byrne, John
D'Agostino, Bart Varsalona
- Piano ~ Henry Rowland
- Guitar ~ Danny Perri
- Bass ~ Robert Haggart
- Drums ~ Robert Rosengarden, Terry Snyder
- Harp ~ Lucille Lawrence
- Violins ~ Sylvan Shulman, Zelly
Smirnoff, Mac Ceppos, Raoul Poliakin, Jack Zayde,
- Harry Melnikoff,
Julius Schacter, Paul Winter, Harry Glickman, Felix Orlewitz, Sidney Harris,
Samuel Rand
- Viola ~ Isadore Zir, Howard Kay, George
Brown, Samuel Persoff
- Cello ~ Maurice Brown, Lucien Schmitt
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- Choir ~ Ray Charles, Lois Winter, Peggy
Powers, Marilyn Palmer, Marsha Heil, Marilyn Jackson,
- Elise Bretton, Lillian Clark,
Francine Carroll, Steven Steck Jr., William Ventura, Jack Brown, Arthur Malvin,
- Robert Spiro, David Vogel, Eugene Lowell, Michael Stewart
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- Single release:
RCA-78/45RPM-20/47-5950-A ( Christmas 1954 )
- Single Flip Side: "( There's No Place Like )
Home
for the Holidays"
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| Lyrics | CD Finder |
- With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra
- and The Ray Charles Singers
- Arranged by Joe Reisman
- Produced
by Joe Carlton
- Recorded in
Webster Hall, New York City
- Recorded November 16, 1954
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