“Flamingo Serenade” by The Flamingos - album review
| features in: Album Chart of 1959 ● Album Chart of the Decade: 1950s |
The swellegant doo woppers from Chicago had a noticeable change of direction when they started recording for George Goldner’s End Records in 1958. More and more the song selections would dip into the old Broadway standards of the 1930s and 1940s, a move which was well rewarded via pop chart success. This was not an undertaking that gelled well with my sensibilities, although the undoubted class shone through on “Music, Maestro, Please!” and “I Only Have Eyes For You”. The latter, written in 1934 by composer Harry Warren and lyricist Al Dubin for the film “Dames”, became their biggest seller, and has been featured in dozens of movies and TV shows. Overall stamp? Beware of the manufactured pop process…
The Jukebox Rebel
05–Dec–2008
| Tracklist |
| A1 | [02:51]  The Flamingos - Love Walked In (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) Pop Ballad |
| A2 | [02:27]  The Flamingos - Music, Maestro, Please! (Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson) Rock n Roll Ballad |
| A3 | [03:42]  The Flamingos - Begin The Beguine (Cole Porter) Pop |
| A4 | [02:45]  The Flamingos - The Breeze And I (Al Stillman, Ernesto Lecuona) Pop Ballad |
| A5 | [02:40]  The Flamingos - Time Was (Gabriel Luna de la Fuente, Keith Russell) Pop Ballad |
| A6 | [02:28]  The Flamingos - Goodnight Sweetheart (Ray Noble, Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly) Pop Ballad |
| B1 | [03:24]  The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes For You (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) Pop Ballad |
| B2 | [02:49]  The Flamingos - I’m In The Mood For Love (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) Pop Ballad |
| B3 | [02:51]  The Flamingos - As Time Goes By (Herman Hupfield) Pop Ballad |
| B4 | [03:04] The Flamingos - Where Or When (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) Pop Ballad |
| B5 | [02:24]  The Flamingos - Yours (Gonzalo Roig, Albert Gamse, Jack Sherr) Pop Ballad |
| B6 | [02:33]  The Flamingos - But Not For Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) Rock n Roll Ballad |
