'S Awful Nice

• Artist: Ray Conniff and His Orchestra
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• Release Date: 1958 06
• Genre: Easy Listening

Review

The third entry in Ray Conniff's series of neo-swing easy listening albums, 'S Awful Nice followed 'S Wonderful! and 'S Marvelous into hit status, reaching the Top Ten and spending a year in the charts. As ever, Conniff's writing was danceable, with his wordless choir carrying the melodies, doubled by the horn and reed sections. The song selection remained blue chip, especially in the Jerome Kern standards "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes," "All The Things You Are" (dominated by Bernie Glow's trumpet) and "Lovely to Look At." ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern	Ray Conniff	(2:37)
Lullaby of Birdland	George David Weiss, George Shearing	Ray Conniff	(2:11)
June in January	Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin	Ray Conniff	(2:38)
I Cover the Waterfront	Edward Heyman, Johnny Green	Ray Conniff	(2:41)
The Very Thought of You	Ray Noble	Ray Conniff	(2:11)
It Had to Be You	Gus Kahn, Isham Jones	Ray Conniff	(2:50)
Paradise	Gordon Clifford, Nacio Herb Brown	Ray Conniff	(2:34)
April in Paris	E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, Vernon Duke	Ray Conniff & His Orchestra	(1:59)
That Old Feeling	Lew Brown, Sammy Fain	Ray Conniff	(2:50)
Say It Isn't So	Irving Berlin	Ray Conniff	(2:12)
All the Things You Are	Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II	Ray Conniff	(2:27)
Lovely to Look At	Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern, Jimmy McHugh	Ray Conniff	(2:32)

Credits

Will Bradley (Trombone), Bernie Glow (Trumpet), Ray Conniff (Producer), Lou McGarity (Trombone), Ray Conniff (Arranger), Ray Conniff (Conductor), Panama Francis (Drums), Tommy Mitchell (Trombone (Bass))