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Richard S. Ginell reviewed the reissue of the album for Allmusic and wrote that on the album O'Day was "served with a collection of brilliant, difficult big-band charts, courtesy of a 27-year-old emerging master named Gary McFarland who mixed instrumental voices and tempo changes in querulous, turbulent combinations" and highlighted "You Came a Long Way From St. Louis" as being "enlivened with ...
The song "Ballad of the Sad Young Men" would be later recorded by many popular vocalists including Petula Clark, Roberta Flack, [12] Shirley Bassey, [13] and Rickie Lee Jones. [14] Jazz vocalist Mark Murphy also included the song on his album Bop for Kerouac. "Ballad of the Sad Young Men" would be popular among gay bars. [15]
The Ballad Of The Sad Young Men (1959) Fun Life; How Do You Like Your Love? It Wasn't So Good It Couldn't Get Better; I've Got A Lot To Learn About Life (1959) Laugh, I Thought I'd Die; Listen, Little Girl; Man, We're Beat; Night People; Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most (1955); written for the show The Nervous Set (1959), but not used ...
Fran Landesman (born Frances Deitsch; October 21, 1927 – July 23, 2011) was an American lyricist and poet.She grew up in New York City and lived for years in St. Louis, Missouri, where her husband Jay Landesman operated the Crystal Palace nightclub.
He singles out the ballads and prose recitations as high points. He finds the final track "The Ballad of the Sad Young Men" with the Kerouac introduction to be "stunningly perfect". [10] The AllMusic entry written by Sott Yanow gives the album 4.5 stars saying, "this poetry and jazz set works surprisingly well". [6]
"Ballad of the Sad Young Men" [dedicated to Anita O'Day] (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) – 7:02 " All the Things You Are " [dedicated to Charlie Parker ] ( Oscar Hammerstein II , Jerome Kern) – 8:57
"Only the Young" — 128 — — — "The Ballad of the Sad Young Men" b/w "I'm a Fool to Want You" — — 36 — — Steve Lawrence Sings of Love and Sad Young Men "I'm Making the Same Mistakes Again" b/w "Today Will Be Yesterday Tomorrow" — — — — — Non-album tracks "The Warm Hours" b/w "Good Times" (from Love and Sad Young Men ...
The original release was in stereo on vinyl and cassette. This album was re-issued on CD in 2000 with two bonus tracks: "If I Should Love Again" (previously only released as a B-side to "The Ballad of the Sad Young Men") and "Let Me Be the One", which was unreleased until 1994.