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艺人

The Diamonds

语种

英语

厂牌

Mercury

发行时间

1958年01月01日

专辑类别

录音室专辑

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专辑介绍

by Greg Adams

The Diamonds may have scored most of their hits with covers of R&B songs, but at heart they were a pop vocal group like the Ames Brothers or the Four Aces and relished wrapping their harmonies around standards and traditional pop songs. The Diamonds Meet Pete Rugolo explores this side of The Diamonds by pairing the quartet with Pete Rugolo, Mercury's A&R director who previously worked with pop and jazz giants such as the Four Freshmen, Stan Kenton, and Peggy Lee. The liner notes say that Rugolo was pleasantly surprised by The Diamonds ability, which isn't exactly a ringing endorsement for a group that had been scoring hits for Mercury for two years at that time. The bass singer's occasional interjections and lead vocals on &Until the Real Thing Comes Along& and &You'll Never Walk Alone& connect the performances, in a vague stylistic sense, with the group's hits, but there is no rock & roll to be found. &Ain't Misbehavin',& &Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams,& and &One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)& are examples of the oldies that The Diamonds croon, barbershop-style, over Rugulo's orchestral arrangements. The Diamonds' next album would be a collection of Western songs, so it appears that Mercury hoped to reach an older audience with the group's albums than their singles.