Nancy Wilson - Hollywood: My Way [Capitol Records ST-1934] (1963)

Released: 1963
Country: Canada
Label: Capitol Records
Catalog: ST-1934
Genre: Jazz, Pop, Film Music

Item# SR-CAST1934
Ratings: C=VG; LP=VG


T R A C K L I S T:
01 My Shining Hour
02 Days Of Wine and Roses
03 Moon River
04 Secret Love
05 Dearly Beloved
06 I'll Never Stop Loving You
07 When Did You Leave Heaven?
08 Almost In Your Arms
09 Wild Is The Wind
10 The Second Time Around
11 Did I Remember
12 You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To




Hollywood: My Way
Nancy Wilson


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Album Review

Stephen Cook [allmusic.com]

Like one of her biggest selling albums, Yesterday's Love Songs/Tomorrow's Blues, Hollywood My Way is filled with strong material, fine arrangements, and more than enough evidence of Nancy Wilson's considerable and elegant vocal talents. One thing Hollywood My Way doesn't have, though, is a big hit like Yesterday's Love Songs' ''Guess Who I Saw Today,'' and that goes a long way in explaining Capitol's reticence about releasing it. Regardless, this collection of movie songs ranging from 1931's ''When Did You Leave Heaven'' to 1962's ''Days of Wine and Roses'' (with Jimmy Jones' stellar arrangements) is one of Wilson's best. As usual, she deftly works through a variety of tempi with aplomb. ''My Shining Hours''' breakneck speed and arrangement are kept in check by her behind-the-beat, elongated phrasing, while the ballad tempo in ''Days of Wine of Roses'' is ignited with an assured and dramatic vocal buildup. Wilson's supple voice seems especially fit for the bossa nova treatment of ''Moonriver'' -- she easily shifts from a whisper to full-throated dynamics over the lilting yet steady beat. Equally impressive is her urbane blues delivery on ''When Did You Leave Heaven.''