''Misty Roses'' was an
LP album
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by
The Sandpipers
The Sandpipers were an American easy listening trio who carved a niche in 1960s folk rock with their vocals and innovative arrangements of international ballads and pop standards. They are best remembered for their cover version of "Guantaname ...
released by
A&M Records
A&M Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group and functions as a branch of Interscope Geffen A&M Records, Interscope-Geffen-A&M. Established in 1962 by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss, the label initially operated independent ...
in
1967
Events January
* January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair.
* January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of ...
. The album reached #135 on the
Billboard
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chart and the first track, "Cuando Salí de Cuba," made #3 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.
The December 23, 1967 issue of
Billboard Magazine
''Billboard'' (stylized in lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation. The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events and styles related to th ...
reviewed the album:
Billboard Magazine December 23, 1967
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:''The Sandpipers have established themselves as good album sellers and this new entry should sustain their sales pace. The title song is a winner and will draw plays, as will the rest of the solid repertoire.''
Catalog numbers were LP-135/SP-4135 in the U.S. and Canada, and AMLS912 in the U.K. Other international releases included Australia (Mayfair SMF66-9924), Austria (A&M 212 026), Brazil (Fermata FB-207), Columbia (Fermata LPF 24-46), Germany (A&M 212 026), South Africa (A&M LAM 2032), Spain (A&M/Hispavox HDAS 371-14), and Taiwan (First S-FL-1575, orange vinyl, and Bell SWL-1137, red vinyl). The album was reissued in 1974 on the U.K. Mayfair label.
Track listing
Side One
# "Cuando Salí de Cuba" (Luis Aguilé
Luis María Aguilera Picca (24 February 1936 – 10 October 2009) was an Argentine singer, songwriter and actor, best known for worldwide hit song '"Cuando salí de Cuba" ("When I Left Cuba").
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# "And I Love Her
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" (John Lennon
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/Paul McCartney
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) 2:19
# "Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)
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" (Bart Howard
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# "Strange Song" (Chip Taylor
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He is the paternal uncle of actress Angelina Jolie and former actor James Haven. He is the ...
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# "The Honeywind Blows" (Fred Hellerman
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/Fran Minkoff
Frances Minkoff (February 5, 1915 – April 22, 2002) was an American lyricist best known for her songs co-written with Fred Hellerman of The Weavers.
Career
Her collaborations include the anti-war song "Come Away Melinda", recorded in 1963 by H ...
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Side Two
# " Misty Roses" (Tim Hardin
James Timothy Hardin (December 23, 1941 – December 29, 1980) was an American folk music and blues singer-songwriter and guitarist. In addition to his own success, his songs " If I Were a Carpenter", " Reason to Believe", " Misty Roses" and " ...
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# "Today
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* The current day and calendar date
** Today is between and , subject to the local time zone
* Now, the time that is perceived directly, present
* The current, present era
Arts, entertainment and m ...
" (Randy Sparks
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Biography
Sparks was born on ...
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# "I Believed It All" (Al Hirt
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/Alan Bergman
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/Marilyn Bergman
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# "Daydream
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Various names of this phenomenon exist, including mind-wandering, fantasies, a ...
" (John Sebastian
John Benson Sebastian (born March 17, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter and musician who founded the rock band the Lovin' Spoonful in 1964 with Zal Yanovsky. During his time in the Lovin Spoonful, Sebastian wrote and sang some of the ban ...
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# "Wooden Heart
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" ( Fred Wise/Ben Weisman
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Biography
Weisman was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and grew up in Brooklyn, New Yor ...
/Kay Twomey Kathleen G. "Kay" Twomey (April 27, 1914 in Boston, Massachusetts – September 26, 1995 in Wellesley, Massachusetts) was an American songwriter and music arranger. Twomey co-wrote " Serenade of the Bells", which reached the Billboard magazine Best ...
/Bert Kaempfert
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Production
*Producer: Tommy LiPuma
Tommy LiPuma (July 5, 1936 – March 13, 2017) was an American music producer. His productions received 33 Grammy nominations and sold over 75 million albums. His six individual nominations resulted in five Grammy wins. LiPuma worked with many mus ...
*Arrangers: Perry Botkin, Jr.
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Life and career
He was born in 1933 in New York City, the son of Perry Botkin Sr., who also was a successful ...
, Nick DeCaro
*Engineers: Henry Lewy, Bruce Botnick
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*Album Design: Corporate Head
*Art Director: Tom Wilkes
Thomas Edward Wilkes (July 30, 1939 – June 28, 2009) was an American art director, designer, photographer, illustrator, writer and producer-director.
Life
Wilkes was born in Long Beach, California and raised in southern California. Wilkes atte ...
*Photography: Guy Webster
*Back Cover: Peter Whorf
Reissue
The album was combined with ''The Wonder of You
"The Wonder of You" is a song written by Baker Knight. It was originally recorded by Vince Edwards in 1958, but this recording has never been released.
In an interview with a DJ from Chattanooga, Tennessee, Ray Peterson told the story of how Ba ...
'' in a 2006
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Events
January
* January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute.
* January 12 – A stampede during t ...
CD release by Collectors' Choice Music
Collectors' Choice Music (CCM) is an Itasca, Illinois-based record label and retailer of music on CD. Originally the company was primarily in two businesses, but since 2010 only in the second.
CCM was best known for reissuing albums originally re ...
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References
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The Sandpipers albums
1967 albums
Albums produced by Tommy LiPuma
A&M Records albums