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The Cafe Songbook
Record/Video Cabinet: Selected Recordings of
"Softly, as in
a Morning Sunrise"
(All Record/Video Cabinet entries
below
include a music-video
of this page's featured song.
The year given is for when the studio
track was originally laid down
or when the live performance was given.)
Performer/Recording Index
(*indicates accompanying music-video)
Notes: In 1960, June Christy and arranger/conductor Pete Rugulo re-recorded the original mono album Something Cool, c. 1954, with arrangements in stereo. This CD contains both versions. Read customer album reviews at Amazon. Also, the YouTube comments on this video are worth a read.
Notes: Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise" features Johnny Frigo bass and Mike Simpson, flute (originally from the album Nearness of You, 1958). Compact Jazz above is a compilation of Merrill's 1950's work with small group accompaniment. (Please complete or pause one
video before starting another.)