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Down Drury Lane to Memory Lane Studio album by 101 Strings Released 1960 Genre MOR Label Pye Golden Guinea 101 Strings chronology Grand Canyon Suite Down Drury Lane to Memory Lane
(1960)Morning Noon and Night Down Drury Lane to Memory Lane was the fourth hit album, and first UK number one, for German orchestra 101 Strings. The album was the twentieth record[1] to make number one in the UK and the first double number one album[2]. It spent five weeks at the top.
The album consists of orchestral cover versions of both older and contemporary hits.
Contents
Track listing
Side one No. Title Length 1. "Drury Lane to Broadway" 2. "Rose Marie" 3. "One Alone" 4. "Make Believe" 5. "One Kiss" Side two No. Title Length 1. "You Are My Heart’s Delight" 2. "Don’t Say Goodbye" 3. "A Girl Like Nina" 4. "I Won’t Dance" 5. "Glamorous Night" Side three No. Title Length 1. "Between the Acts" 2. "Music in May" 3. "Rose of England" 4. "My Love is Like the River" 5. "People Will Say We’re In Love" Side four No. Title Length 1. "Some Enchanted Evening" 2. "Getting to Know You" 3. "Fanny" 4. "I Could Have Danced All Night" Chart positions
Chart Year Peak
positionUK Albums Chart[3] 1960 1 Preceded by
South Pacific by Original SoundtrackUK Albums Chart number-one album
10 September 1960 - 15 October 1960Succeeded by
South Pacific by Original SoundtrackWriting credits
The following personnel all have writing credits on this album[4].
- Rudolf Friml
- Sigmund Romberg
- Jerome Kern
- Franz Lehar
- Ivor Novello
- Robert Stolz
- Paul Abraham
- Oscar Hammerstein II
- Kenneth Leslie-Smith
- Rodgers and Hammerstein
- Harole Roeme
- Frank Loewe
- Alan Jay Lerner
References
- ^ UK Number One Albums
- ^ Neil Warwick, John Kutner and Tony Brown : The Complete Book of British Charts (3rd edition) p.807
- ^ "Chart Stats - 101 Strings - Down Drury Lane to Memory Lane". chartstats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/albuminfo.php?id=1631. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
- ^ The sleeve notes of the album
Categories:- 1960 albums
- Double albums
- 101 Strings albums
- Covers albums
- Pye Golden Guinea Records albums
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