The Board of Directors & Annual Report (1967)

About this title: Although they were contemporaries dating back to the 1930s, the Mills Brothers and Count Basie's band did not perform together on record until the late 1960s, when they cut these two albums in less than a year. Both are characteristic efforts combining songs associated with each group of artist with recent hits by others. Of course, the remakes of songs like "(Up A) Lazy River" and "The Glow-Worm" work better than "Gentle on My Mind" (mistakenly credited to Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II instead of John Hartford!) and, yes, "I Dig Rock and Roll Music." As usual, it's the supposedly ... read more

Tracks:

1. (Up A) Lazy River [Arodin/Carmichael]
2. I May Be Wrong But I Think You're Wonderful [Sullivan/Ruskin]
3. Release Me [Miller/Williams/You]
4. I Want to Be Happy [Youmans/Caesar]
5. Down, Down, Down [Redman]
6. The Whiffenpoof Song [Galloway/Minnigerod]
7. I Dig Rock and Roll Music [Dixon/Mason/Stookey]
8. Tiny Bubbles [Pober]
9. December [Ellis]
10. Let Me Dream [Jerome]
11. April in Paris [Duke/Harburg]
12. Gentle on My Mind [Hartford]
13. Cherry [Redman]
14. You Never Miss the Water Till the Well Runs Dry [Kent/Secon]
15. The Glow Worm [Lincke/Robinson/Mer]
16. Sent for You Yesterday (And Here You Come Today) [Basie/Durham/Rushin]
17. Sunny [Hebb]
18. I'll Be Around [Wilder]
19. Cielito Lindo [Redmond/Cavanaugh]
20. Blue and Sentimental [Basie/David/Livings]
21. Every Day I Have the Blues [Memphis Slim]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.