Music for Tonight is a studio album of "mood music" by television host, Steve Allen. Allen played piano and was backed by an orchestra. It was released in 1955 on Coral Records (catalog no. CRL-57004).[1][2] It entered Billboard magazine's pop album chart on May 14, 1955, peaked at No. 7, and remained on the chart for 10 weeks.[3] With the album's success, Coral signed a two-year contract with Allen, hoping to develop him as a counterpart to the success of Jackie Gleason's popular "mood music" albums on the Capitol label.[4]
| Music for Tonight | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Studio album by | |
| Released | 1955 |
| Genre | Mood music |
| Label | Coral |
Track listing
editSide A
- "Tonight" (Steve Allen)
- "Isn't It Romantic?" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
- "It Can't Be Wrong" (Kim Gannon, Max Steiner)
- "I'm Glad There Is You (In This World of Ordinary People)" (Jimmy Dorsey, Paul Madeira)
- "For the Very First Time" (Irving Berlin)
- "The Man with a Horn" (Bonnie Lake, Eddie Delange, Jack Jenney)
Side B
- "Candelight" (Steve Allen)
- "I Fall in Love Too Easily" (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn)
- "Imagination" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen)
- "Long Ago (And Far Away)" (Ira Gershwin, Jerome Kern)
- "Where Are You?" (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh)
- "Stay Just a Little While" (Ross Parker, Steve Allen)
References
edit- ^ "Steve Allen - Music for Tonight". Discogs. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
- ^ "Music for Tonight". AllMusic. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
- ^ Joel Whitburn (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Albums. Billboard Books. p. 13. ISBN 0823076318.
- ^ "Coral Giving Build-Up to Steve Allen". The Billboard. August 6, 1955. p. 38.