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I Could Write A Book - Richard Rodgers - Les and Larry Elgart And Their Orchestra - CL 1123
A favourite track from Les and Larry Elgart's 1958 album 'Sound Ideas' (CL 1123).
'I Could Write A Book', music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart was written for the 1940 musical play 'Pal Joey',book by John O'Hara.
'Pal Joey' was made into a film in 1957 starring Frank Sinatra, Rita Hayworth and Kim Novak.
The musical is based on a character and situations O'Hara created in a series of short stories published in The New Yorker, which he later published in novel form. The title character, Joey Evans, is a manipulative small-time nightclub performer whose ambitions lead him into an affair with the wealthy, middle-aged and married Vera Simpson. It includes two songs that have become standards: "I Could Write a Book" and "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered".
Les Elgart (trumpet) and his brother Larry (alto/soprano sax) led one of the more popular swing orchestras of the '50s. Their smooth, tightly arranged sound helped keep the declining big-band style alive on the charts for a little while longer.
