''Sassy'' is an album by the American jazz vocalist Sarah Vaughan with

Hal Mooney Hal Mooney, born Harold Mooney (February 4, 1911 – March 23, 1995), was an American composer and arranger. Early life and career Hal Mooney was born in Brooklyn, New York. As a young man, Mooney was a professional pianist. He attended Brook ...

and his orchestra, recorded in 1956 and released on the EmArcy label.EmArcy discography
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Track listing

# " Lush Life" ( Billy Strayhorn) – 3:56 # "I'm The Girl" (James Shelton) – 2:02 # "Shake Down The Stars" (

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, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:43 # "I've Got Some Crying To Do" (Al Frisch,

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) – 2:46 # " My Romance" ( Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:11 # "I Loved Him" ( Cole Porter) – 3:12 # "Lonely Woman" (

Benny Carter Bennett Lester Carter (August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. With Johnny Hodges, he was a pioneer on the alto saxophone. From the beginning of his career ...

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) – 2:59 # "Hey Naughty Papa" (

Hoagy Carmichael Hoagland Howard Carmichael (November 22, 1899 – December 27, 1981) was an American musician, composer, songwriter, actor and lawyer. Carmichael was one of the most successful Tin Pan Alley songwriters of the 1930s, and was among the first ...

) – 2:14 # "I'm Afraid The Masquerade Is Over" (

Herb Magidson Herbert A. Magidson (January 7, 1906 – January 2, 1986) was an American popular lyricist. His work was used in over 23 films and four Broadway revues. He won the first Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1934. Life and career Magidson was ...

, Allie Wrubel) – 3:24 # " The Boy Next Door" (

Ralph Blane Ralph Blane (July 26, 1914 – November 13, 1995) was an American composer, lyricist, and performer. Life and career Blane was born Ralph Uriah Hunsecker in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. He attended Tulsa Central High School. He studied singing with ...

Hugh Martin Hugh Martin (August 11, 1914 – March 11, 2011) was an American musical theater and film composer, arranger, vocal coach, and playwright. He was best known for his score for the 1944 MGM musical ''Meet Me in St. Louis'', in which Judy Garland ...

) – 2:47 # " Old Folks" (Dedette Lee Hill,

Willard Robison Willard Robison (September 18, 1894 – June 24, 1968) was an American vocalist, pianist, and composer of popular songs, born in Shelbina, Missouri. His songs reflect a rural, melancholy theme steeped in Americana and their warm style has ...

) – 3:10 # "Only You Can Say" (Frisch, Wayne) – 2:56 # "A Sinner Kissed an Angel" (

Mack David Mack David (July 5, 1912 – December 30, 1993) was an American lyricist and songwriter, best known for his work in film and television, with a career spanning the period between the early 1940s and the early 1970s. David was credited with writing ...

, Richard M. Jones, Ray Joseph) – 3:35

Personnel

* Sarah Vaughan – vocals *Orchestra

arranged In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition. Differences from the original composition may include reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or formal development. Arranging differs from orchest ...

and conducted by

References

{{Authority control 1956 albums Sarah Vaughan albums EmArcy Records albums Albums arranged by Hal Mooney