“Flamingo Serenade” by The Flamingos - album review

features in: Album Chart of 1959Album Chart of the Decade: 1950s

TJR says

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] 5.8.png The Flamingos - Love Walked In (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) Pop Ballad
A2 [02:27] 6.4.png The Flamingos - Music, Maestro, Please! (Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson) Rock n Roll Ballad
A3 [03:42] 3.3.png The Flamingos - Begin The Beguine (Cole Porter) Pop
A4 [02:45] 3.6.png The Flamingos - The Breeze And I (Al Stillman, Ernesto Lecuona) Pop Ballad
A5 [02:40] 5.2.png The Flamingos - Time Was (Gabriel Luna de la Fuente, Keith Russell) Pop Ballad
A6 [02:28] 4.0.png The Flamingos - Goodnight Sweetheart (Ray Noble, Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly) Pop Ballad
B1 [03:24] 8.1.png The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes For You (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) Pop Ballad
B2 [02:49] 5.9.png The Flamingos - I’m In The Mood For Love (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) Pop Ballad
B3 [02:51] 3.9.png The Flamingos - As Time Goes By (Herman Hupfield) Pop Ballad
B4 [03:04] 4.0.png The Flamingos - Where Or When (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) Pop Ballad
B5 [02:24] 5.1.png The Flamingos - Yours (Gonzalo Roig, Albert Gamse, Jack Sherr) Pop Ballad
B6 [02:33] 5.5.png The Flamingos - But Not For Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) Rock n Roll Ballad

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