''Sings Way Out from Down Under'' was the first of two ABC albums for jazz singer

Lu Elliott Lu Elliot (August 3, 1924 – March 5, 1987) was a jazz and blues singer and recording artist. She also recorded some soul songs. Some of the artists she worked with were B. B. King, The Duke Ellington Orchestra and the Sam Williams Express. Bac ...

. It featured songs such as "

I've Got You Under My Skin "I've Got You Under My Skin" is a song written by American composer Cole Porter in 1936. It was introduced that year in the Eleanor Powell musical film ''Born to Dance'' in which it was performed by Virginia Bruce. It was nominated for the Aca ...

", "Some Other Town", and "I Was a Fool".

Background

The album was released in 1967 by

ABC Records ABC Records was an American record label founded in New York City in 1955. It originated as the main popular music label operated by the Am-Par Record Corporation. Am-Par also created the Impulse! jazz label in 1960. It acquired many labels bef ...

. It was dedicated to Elliott's Australian audience stemming from her time in Australia. The arrangements for the album were by

Johnny Pate John William Pate (born December 5, 1923) is an American former musician, a jazz bassist who became a producer, arranger, and leading figure in Chicago soul, pop, and rhythm and blues. He learned piano and tuba as a child and later picked up th ...

. "I Love the Ground You Walk On", produced by Johnny Pate and Lou Zito, was released as a single in February 1967.

Review

A short review of the album in the December 2 issue of ''Billboard'' magazine said that Elliott handled soul numbers such as " Speaking of Happiness" with deep emotion and she could handle a lyric with the best of them. It also received a rave review from '' Hi Fidelity'' magazine. It mentioned that most of the soul sisters that derive from

Dinah Washington Dinah Washington (; born Ruth Lee Jones; August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) was an American singer and pianist, one of the most popular black female recording artists of the 1950s. Primarily a jazz vocalist, she performed and recorded in a ...

were a terrible drag but Lu Elliott was an exception who could twist the tail of a song when it was appropriate.

Track listing

;A side * "I've Got You Under My Skin" (Cole Porter) – 2:25 * "Have You Tried to Forget?" (Johnny Pate) – 2:31 * "Speaking of Happiness" (B. Scott, J. Radcliffe) – 2:38 * "When I Fall in Love" (E. Heyman, V. Young) – 2:35 * "Somewhere Along the Line" (Sanford, Lee) – 2:35 * "I Love the Ground You Walk On" (B. Stevenson, J. Cordae) – 2:35 ;B side * "And We Were Lovers" (J. Godlsmith, L. Bricusse) – 2:45 * "The Lind of Love I Need" (H. Bailin, F. Tishman) – 2:40 * "Some Other Town" (Snookie Matthews, Sr.) – 2:33 * "I Was a Fool" (Johnny Pate) – 3:15 * "Around the World" (Young; Adamson) – 3:25Discog
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References

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