Thanks for the Memory: The Great American Songbook, Volume IV is the fourth title in Rod Stewart's series of covers of pop standards, released on 18 October 2005 for J Records, and his 23rd album overall.
Track listing
Personnel
Musicians Rod Stewart – vocals Ken Ascher – acoustic piano, additional keyboards Quinn Johnson – additional keyboards Bob Mann – additional keyboards, guitar Lee Musiker – additional keyboards Philippe Saisse – additional keyboards George Benson – guitar solo (12) David Finck – bass (1–4, 7, 8, 10–15) Ed Howard – bass (5, 6, 9) Allan Schwartzberg – drums Dave Koz – saxophone solo (1), saxophone (10) Dan Higgins – clarinet solo (11) Chris Botti – trumpet (2) Roy Hargrove – trumpet (6) Warren Luening – trumpet solo (9, 14) Diana Ross – vocals (1) Chaka Khan – vocals (3) Elton John – vocals (5)
The Orchestra Alan Broadbent – arrangements and conductor Gene Cipriano, Dan Higgins, Greg Huckins, Bill Liston and Bob Sheppard – clarinets, saxophones Larry Corbett and Steve Erdody – principle cellists Vage Ayrikyan, Trevor Handy, Paula Hochhalter, Tim Landauer, David Low, Steve Richards and Tina Soule – cello Gayle Levant – harp Simon Oswell – principle violist Robert Becker, Kenneth Burwood-Hoy, Andrew Duckles, Keith Greene, Vicki Miskolczy, Dan Neufeld and David Walther – viola Michael Markman – concertmaster, violin Darius Campo, Roberto Cani, Kevin Connolly, Lisa Dodlinger, Lorenz Gamma, Armen Garabedian, Berj Garabedian, Julie Gigante, Endre Granat, Lily Ho Chen, Ana Landauer, Phillip Levy, Edith Markman, Sid Page, Melissa Phelps, Gil Romero, Anatoly Rosinsky, Haim Shtrum and Irina Voloshina – violin
Production Steve Ferrera – A&R Clive Davis – album producer Steve Tyrell – album producer, producer Bob Mann – co-producer, arrangements Heidi Hall – production assistant Lewis Karpel – production assistant Jon Allen – album coordinator Jeri Heiden – art direction, design John Heiden – art direction, design John Swannell – photography Luka Scheurer – aide-de-camp for Rod Stewart Lotus Donovan – project manager Arnold Stiefel – management Jackie Oberhauser – management assistant
Technical credits Joe Yannece – mastering at Classic Sound (New York, NY) Andy Zulla – mixing Sara Killion – mix assistant Al Schmitt – recording, orchestra recording Doug Epstein – recording Bill Schnee – orchestra recording, additional engineer Matt Still – vocal recording for Elton John (5) Jon Allen – additional engineer Darwin Best – additional engineer Darius Fong – additional engineer Dan Garcia – additional engineer Bobby Ginsburg – additional engineer Carter Humphrey – additional engineer Ryan Petrie – additional engineer
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2005)Peakposition
Year-end charts Chart (2005)PositionAustralian Albums (ARIA)99Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)51UK Albums (OCC)60US Billboard 200167Worldwide Albums (IFPI)38 Chart (2006)PositionUS Billboard 200116
Certifications
References
External links http://www.rodstewartfanclub.com/about_rod/disco/album_detail.php?album_id=346