Don't Go to Strangers

This article is about the Etta Jones album and title song. For the unrelated song, see Don't Go to Strangers (T. Graham Brown song).
Don't Go to Strangers
Studio album by Etta Jones
Released 1960
Recorded June 21, 1960
Genre Jazz
Length 40:55
Label Prestige
Etta Jones chronology
Etta Jones and Strings
(1960)
Don't Go to Strangers
(1960)
Something Nice
(1960)
Professional ratings
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Don't Go to Strangers is an album recorded in 1960 by jazz vocalist Etta Jones. It was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008.

Overview

This was Etta Jones' first album for the independent jazz label Prestige when it was released in 1960 (having been recorded in a single session on June 21 of that year), and although Jones had been releasing records since 1944, including a dozen sides for RCA in 1946 and an album for King Records in 1957, she was treated as an overnight sensation when the title tune from the album went gold, hitting the Top 40 on the pop charts and reaching number five on the R&B charts.[2]

Track listing

No. TitleLyricsMusic Length
1. "Yes Sir, That's My Baby"  Gus KahnWalter Donaldson 4:23
2. "Don't Go to Strangers"  Redd EvansArthur Kent/Dave Mann 3:51
3. "I Love Paris"  Cole PorterCole Porter 4:01
4. "Fine and Mellow"  Billie HolidayBillie Holiday 5:52
5. "Where or When"  Lorenz HartRichard Rodgers 3:41
6. "If I Had You"  Jimmy Campbell and Reg ConnellyTed Shapiro 3:51
7. "On the Street Where You Live"  Alan Jay LernerFrederick Loewe 3:45
8. "Something to Remember You By"  Howard DietzArthur Schwartz 3:45
9. "Bye Bye Blackbird"  Mort DixonRay Henderson 3:16
10. "All the Way"  Sammy CahnJimmy Van Heusen 4:39

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