We Dig Mancini Anita Kerr Quartet

• 1 Baby Elephant Walk (From the Paramount Release Hatari!) 02:41
• 2 Charade (Title Song from Charade a Univeral Pictures Production) 03:22
• 3 Mr. Lucky (From the Television Production Mr. Lucky) 02:58
• 4 Bye-Bye (Theme from Peter Gunn) 02:50
• 5 Days of Wine and Roses (From the Warner Bros. Film Days of Wine and Roses) 02:40
• 6 Dreamsville (From the Television Production Peter Gunn) 02:40
• 7 How Soon (Theme from the Richard Boone TV Show) 02:23
• 8 The Pink Panther Theme (From the Mirisch-G&E Production The Pink Panther, a United Artists Release) 02:53
• 9 Dear Heart (From the Warner Bros Film Dear Heart) 03:14
• 10 Too Little Time (Love Theme from The Glenn Miller Story) 02:46
• 11 Moon River (From the Paramount Picture Breakfast At Tiffany's - A Jurow-Shepherd Production) 02:56
• 12 The Sweetheart Tree 02:25
• Total Runtime 33:48

Info for We Dig Mancini

„We Dig Mancini! has a measure of notoriety unrelated to its musical merits because it won the Grammy for Best Performance by a Vocal Group over the Beatles' Help! in 1965, making it a target of derision for those who see it as a symbol of the industry's eagerness to embrace a square vocal group over an adventurous rock & roll act. The Anita Kerr Singers were not very square, though -- they were ubiquitous session singers on countless hit records, and We Dig Mancini! was an adventurous effort to adapt some of Henry Mancini's instrumental music to a vocal group format. The group includes several of Mancini's compositions, such as "The Sweetheart Tree" and "Dear Heart," that are straightforward songs performed in a conventional pop vocal quartet style with jazz shadings, similar to the Four Freshmen but sweeter. The group's renditions of Mancini's instrumental hits, such as "The Pink Panther Theme" and "Baby Elephant Walk," are more unusual and carry the melodies with wordless vocals similar to the Swingle Singers or Ray Conniff. Kerr is one of the most important female artists of her era, and the vocal arrangements on We Dig Mancini! are performed with such precision that it only underscores her skill and professionalism.“ (Greg Adams, AMG)

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Anita Kerr Quartet
In the 1950s and '60s, the Anita Kerr Singers were one of the most popular group of backup vocalists in all of country music, appearing on countless recordings by renowned Nashville artists. Kerr was the group's leader, but was joined by alto Dottie Dillard, tenor Gil Wright, and baritone Louis Nunley, as the quartet initially gained attention by performing on the NBC radio program Sunday Down South in the early '50s, which led to a contract with Decca Records. In 1956, the Anita Kerr Singers landed a spot on the New York-based Arthur Godfrey Talent Scouts TV show, which led to further broadcast appearances (although the group never let their session work for others subside). Around the same time, Chet Atkins (then the head of RCA Records' country division) took the group under his wing, which led to the quartet appearing on countless recordings by renowned artists. The Singers continued to record and tour straight through the '60s, even managing to issue several of their own albums, including Anita Kerr Singers Reflect on the Hits of Burt Bacharach & Hal David, Velvet Voices and Bold Brass, and Simon & Garfunkel Songbook, among others.

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