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.
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| Released | 1956 | |||
| Genre | Traditional pop, vocal pop, standards | |||
| Length | 35:27 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Tutti Camarata | |||
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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
edit| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| 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
editSide one
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "You Stepped Out of a Dream" (From the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Film: Ziegfeld Girl) | Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn | 3:09 |
| 2. | "Wait Till You See Her" (From the Broadway Musical: By Jupiter) | Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart | 3:19 |
| 3. | "Out of Nowhere" (From The Paramount Pictures: Confessions of a Co-Ed) | Johnny Green, Edward Heyman | 3:42 |
| 4. | "The Song Is You" (From the Broadway Musical: Music in the Air) | Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II | 2:19 |
| 5. | "Spring Is Here" (From the Broadway Musical: I Married an Angel) | Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart | 3:30 |
| 6. | "Let's Fall in Love" (From The Columbia Pictures: Let's Fall in Love) | Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler | 1:58 |
Side two
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (From the Broadway Musical: Roberta) | Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach | 3;49 |
| 2. | "Time on My Hands" (From the Broadway Musical: Smiles) | Vincent Youmans, Harold Adamson, Mack Gordon | 2:37 |
| 3. | "I'm Glad There Is You" | Jimmy Dorsey Paul Madeira | 2:41 |
| 4. | "The Touch of Your Lips" | Ray Noble | 2:24 |
| 5. | "All the Things You Are" (From the Broadway Musical: Very Warm for May) | Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II | 3:27 |
| 6. | "Cheek to Cheek" (From the RKO Radio Pictures: Top Hat) | Irving Berlin | 2:28 |
Charts
edit| Chart (1956) | Peak position |
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| US Best-Selling Popular Albums (Billboard) | 14 |
References
edit- ^ a b c Friedwald, Will (2010). A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers. Pantheon Books. p. 132. ISBN 9780375421495.
- ^ "That Towering Feeling! - Vic Damone". AllMusic. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums : 1955-1996. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 196. ISBN 978-0-8982-0117-8.
- ^ "That Towering Feeling!/Young and Lively". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ "That Towering Feeling!/On the Swingin' Side". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ^ "Only the Best of Vic Damone". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ a b "Vic Damone – That Towering Feeling: Ratings". Allmusic. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 392. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ Billboard. 1956-09-15. p. 22.
- ^ Cash Box. Cash Box Pub. Co. 1956-09-15. p. 20.
- ^ Hollywood Today! Movies - TV - Radio by Erskine Johnson. Warsaw Times-Union. September 8, 1956.