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The Tender Touch

The Tender Touch
Studio album by
Nelson Riddle
Released1956
Recorded1956
StudioCapitol Records
GenreTraditional pop
LabelCapitol T-753
Nelson Riddle chronology
The Music from Oklahoma!
(1955) 		The Tender Touch
(1956) 		Hey...Let Yourself Go!
(1957)

The Tender Touch is the second studio album by Nelson Riddle, released in 1956.

Origin

The Tender Touch contains, to quote its liner notes, "some of the most romantic of all love songs—melodies as tender as a caress and unforgettably lovely."[1] It was released the year after the Riddle orchestra's first effort, a collection of contemporary pop arrangements of the memorable tunes from the musical Oklahoma!.

Release

Capitol Records released The Tender Touch in December 1956, at the same time it released the Frank Sinatra / Nelson Riddle compilation album This Is Sinatra!, reflecting the busy year Riddle had with the label.[2] He had also scored the music to the Sinatra Western film Johnny Concho (which included the release of a 7-inch 45 RPM "Extended Play" recording). He arranged and conducted Nat King Cole's last instrumental album, The Piano Style of Nat King Cole. And his hit single "Lisbon Antigua" had spent four weeks at the top of the music charts early in the year.

Within a month of its release, Billboard ranked The Tender Touch among the top ten pop instrumental releases.[3]

The recording was subsequently issued by EMI's British mail order label, The World Record Club, under the title Relax with Nelson Riddle.

Track listing

Side 1

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Love Letters"Victor Young, Edward Heyman3:19
2."As You Desire Me"Allie Wrubel2:15
3."All or Nothing at All"Jack Lawrence, Arthur Altman3:01
4."I Was Lucky"Jack Stern, A. Horne3:26
5."Body and Soul"Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton4:20

Side 2

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Touch of Your Lips"Ray Noble2:10
2."Please Be Kind"Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin3:44
3."You're Mine, You!"Johnny Green, Edward Heyman3:46
4."Heaven Can Wait"Eddie De Lange, Jimmy Van Heusen2:46
5."Symphony"Alstone, Tabet, Bernstein3:10
6."The Tender Touch, vocal by Sande Ellis"Joe Green, Nelson Riddle2:44


References

  1. ^ The Tender Touch (LP record). Nelson Riddle. Hollywood, California: Capitol Records. 1956.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ "December Album Releases". The Cash Box. New York NY. December 8, 1956. p. 22. "New Hit Albums". Billboard. New York NY. November 17, 1956. p. 24.
  3. ^ "New Hit Albums". Billboard. New York NY. January 26, 1957. p. 78.
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