That Towering Feeling!

That Towering Feeling! is a studio album by American singer Vic Damone, released in 1956, by Columbia Records This was his first project after leaving Mercury Records. It was produced by Tutti Camarata.

That Towering Feeling!
Studio album by
Released1956
GenreTraditional pop, vocal pop, standards
Length35:27
LabelColumbia
ProducerTutti Camarata
Vic Damone chronology
Amor
(1953)
That Towering Feeling!
(1956)
Angela Mia
(1958)

The album features the best alternating between smallish big band, strings, and rhythm section with alternating soloists,[1] as it a couple of Sinatra-style swingers".[2] it contains romantic one, and picking material great standards rendeed from 1930s to 1940 including "Cheek to Cheek", "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", and others.[1]

The album debuted on the Billboard pop albums chart in the issue dated October 14, 1956, and remained on the chart for 8 weeks, peaking at number 14, the highest position Damone achieved on the chart.[3]

The album was released on compact disc by Collectables Records in January 1996 as tracks 13 through 24 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 13 through 23 consisting of the other album being Damone's final Columbia album from November 1962, Young and Lively.[4] and by EMI Music Distribution in 2000, as tracks 1 through 12 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 12 through 24 consisting of Damone's Columbia album from December 1960, On the Swingin' Side.[5]

Collectables included this CD in a box set entitled Only the Best of Vic Damone, which contains six of his studio albums and one compilation and was released on November 27, 2007.[6]

Reception

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Professional ratings
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SourceRating
AllMusic     [7]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music     [8]

Nick Dedina of AllMusic called it that "one of his finest efforts". and stated that "a naturally beautiful voice that he's often at his best when he isn't pushing too hard, as attested by his gorgeous interpretations of "The Touch of Your Lips" and "Time on My Hands" heard here. He's also loose and nimble on the upbeat numbers, and "swinging."[7]

Billboard gave a positive review of the effort. "the warbler in fine vocal from The 1930's and 1940's, and sings as usual - with impeccable taste and richness."[9]

Cashbox praised Damone covers a variety of tempos, and is sensitively sweet on the warmer arrangements and rings with verve on the swinging numbers"[10]

In A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers, Will Friedwald called it "a full-fledged jazz album."[1]

Warsaw Times-Union mentions "he lends his fine tennor to a good collection."[11]

Track listing

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Side one

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Side two

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Charts

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Chart (1956) Peak
position
US Best-Selling Popular Albums (Billboard) 14

References

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  1. ^ a b c Friedwald, Will (2010). A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers. Pantheon Books. p. 132. ISBN 9780375421495.
  2. ^ "That Towering Feeling! - Vic Damone". AllMusic. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums : 1955-1996. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 196. ISBN 978-0-8982-0117-8.
  4. ^ "That Towering Feeling!/Young and Lively". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  5. ^ "That Towering Feeling!/On the Swingin' Side". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Only the Best of Vic Damone". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Vic Damone – That Towering Feeling: Ratings". Allmusic. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
  8. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 392. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  9. ^ Billboard. 1956-09-15. p. 22.
  10. ^ Cash Box. Cash Box Pub. Co. 1956-09-15. p. 20.
  11. ^ Hollywood Today! Movies - TV - Radio by Erskine Johnson. Warsaw Times-Union. September 8, 1956.