Silk Stockings

~ from the 1955 Broadway musical "Silk Stockings"

Words and Music by Cole Porter

 

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra

and The Ray Charles Singers

Arranged by Joe Reisman 

Produced by Joe Carlton

 

Recorded in Webster Hall, New York City

Recording Time 2:46

 

Recorded November 16, 1954, Matrix No. E4VB-5937 Take D

SESSION MUSICIANS & CHOIR

 

Orchestra

 

Conductor: Mitchell Ayres

Contractor: Henry "Hank" Ross ( Sax ) 

Choir Contractor: Ray Charles

 

Sax ~ Hank Ross, Harry Terrill, Bernard Kaufman, Stanley Webb, Philip Zolkind

Trumpet ~ Melven Solomon, James Maxwell, James Milazzo

Trombone ~ Robert Byrne, John D'Agostino, Bart Varsalona

Piano ~ Henry Rowland

Guitar ~ Danny Perri 

Bass ~ Robert Haggart 

Drums ~ Robert Rosengarden, Terry Snyder 

Harp ~ Lucille Lawrence 

Violins ~ Sylvan Shulman, Zelly Smirnoff, Mac Ceppos, Raoul Poliakin, Jack Zayde,

Harry Melnikoff, Julius Schacter, Paul Winter, Harry Glickman, Felix Orlewitz, Sidney Harris, Samuel Rand

Viola ~ Isadore Zir, Howard Kay, George Brown, Samuel Persoff

Cello ~ Maurice Brown, Lucien Schmitt

 

Choir ~ Ray Charles, Lois Winter, Peggy Powers, Marilyn Palmer, Marsha Heil, Marilyn Jackson,

Elise Bretton, Lillian Clark, Francine Carroll, Steven Steck Jr., William Ventura, Jack Brown, Arthur Malvin,

Robert Spiro, David Vogel, Eugene Lowell, Michael Stewart

 

Single release: RCA-78/45RPM-20/47-5950-A ( Christmas 1954 )

Single Flip Side: "( There's No Place Like ) Home for the Holidays"

 

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With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra

and The Ray Charles Singers

Arranged by Joe Reisman 

Produced by Joe Carlton

Recorded in Webster Hall, New York City

Recorded November 16, 1954

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