The Happiest Millionaire (complete title Count Basie Captures Walt Disney's The Happiest Millionaire) is an album by pianist and bandleader Count Basie and His Orchestra featuring performances of tunes featured in Walt Disney's motion picture The Happiest Millionaire recorded in 1967 and released on the Coliseum label.Big Band Paradise, accessed November 17, 2015Edwards, D., Callahan, M., Eyrie. P., Watts, R. & Neely, T. Coliseum Album Discography, accessed November 17, 2015
Track listing All compositions by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman "Detroit" "Strengthen the Dwelling" "I Want to Be Irish" "By Your Pom Pom" "Valentine Candy" "Watch Your Footwork" "What's Wrong with That" "Let's Have a Drink" "Are We Dancing" "Fortuosity" Notes Recorded at A & R Recording in New York on October 4, 1967 (tracks 1, 2 & 5), October 5 (tracks 6, 8 & 10), and October 6 (tracks 3, 4, 7 & 9) Three song titles differ from their originals: "I'll Always Be Irish", "Bye-Yum Pum Pum", and "Let's Have a Drink on It"
Personnel Count Basie - piano Al Aarons, Sonny Cohn, Gene Goe, Sam Noto - trumpet Richard Boone, Harlan Floyd, Grover Mitchell - trombone Bill Hughes - bass trombone Bobby Plater - alto saxophone, flute Marshal Royal - alto saxophone, clarinet Eric Dixon - tenor saxophone, flute Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - tenor saxophone Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone Freddie Green - guitar Norman Keenan - bass Louis Bellson - drums Chico O'Farrill - arranger
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