Marvelous Marterie

Marvelous Marterie
Studio album by Ralph Marterie and the Marlboro Men
Released	May 1959[1]
Recorded	Universal Recorders, Chicago, IL, 1956-1959 [2]
Genre	Big Band
Label	Wing

Marvelous Marterie is a studio album released by Ralph Marterie and his Marlboro Men in 1959 on Wing LP record MGW 12154 (mono) and SRW 12511 (stereo).^[2]

Background

This album was in Mercury’s budget Wing line. It was recorded between December 1956 and April 1959. Most of the individual recordings were never otherwise released by Mercury,^[3][4][5] although “When My Sugar Walks Down the Street” was also released on Mercury 45rpm #71488,^[6] and “Trombone Blues” was also released under the title “Private Eyeball” on the full-priced LP Music For A Private Eye (Mercury MG 20437, SR 60109)^[6]

Track listing

1. Somebody Loves Me (Gershwin – DeSylva – Macdonald)
2. Can’t We Be Friends (Swift - James)
3. Deep Purple (Peter DeRose)
4. Lonely Winter (arr. George Stone)
5. Trombone Blues (S. Allen – R. Marterie)
6. When My Sugar Walks Down the Street (Irving Mills – Jimmy McHugh – Gene Austin)
7. Rain (Eugene Ford)
8. Stars Fell on Alabama (Frank Perkins – Mitchell Parish)
9. Sentimental Journey (Les Brown – Ben Homer – Bud Green)
10. I’ll Be Around (Alec Wilder)
11. Love Song from “Houseboat” (J. Livingston – Ray Evans)

References

1. Schwann record & tape guide (1964). Page 218.
2. Mercury Records Catalog: Wing 12100 series Jazzdisco.org. Retrieved December 5, 2011
3. Mercury Records Discography: 1956 session index Jazzdisco.org. Retrieved December 5, 2011
4. Mercury Records Discography: 1957 session index Jazzdisco.org. Retrieved December 5, 2011
5. Mercury Records Discography: 1958 session index Jazzdisco.org. Retrieved December 5, 2011
6. Mercury Records Discography: 1959 session index Jazzdisco.org. Retrieved December 5, 2011