Oscar Peterson Plays the Richard Rodgers Songbook

Oscar Peterson Plays the Richard Rodgers Songbook is a 1959 studio album by pianist Oscar Peterson of compositions written by Richard Rodgers.

Oscar Peterson Plays the Richard Rodgers Songbook
Studio album by Oscar Peterson
Released	1959
Recorded	1952, 1953, 1959
Genre	Jazz
Label	Verve
Producer	Norman Granz
Oscar Peterson chronology
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Track listing

1. "This Can't Be Love"
2. "It Might as Well Be Spring" (Oscar Hammerstein II)
3. "Johnny One Note"
4. "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" (Hammerstein)
5. "The Lady Is a Tramp"
6. "Blue Moon"
7. "Manhattan"
8. "Isn't It Romantic?"
9. "Lover"
10. "I Didn't Know What Time It Was"
11. "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered"
12. "My Funny Valentine"

All music by Richard Rodgers and all lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Other lyricists indicated.

Personnel

Performance

• Oscar Peterson – piano
• Ray Brown - Bass
• Ed Thigpen - Drums