Best known for her marriage to crooner Dick Haymes, her song-and-dance cameo in 1963's The Pink Panther, and her celebrity photo spreads in Playboy, Fran Jeffries also cut this rare release for Morty Craft's short-lived Warwick label. It's no lost classic by any stretch of the imagination, but as sex-kitten kitsch goes, it's surprisingly engaging and consistent. For starters, Jeffries is an unexpectedly talented singer, sophisticated and soulful, and Ralph Burns' arrangements are delightfully jazzy, shifting seamlessly from uptempo swingers to gentle ballads. The material is also chosen with care, offering Jeffries a crack at Irving Berlin ("Love and the Weather") and the Gershwins ("Isn't It a Pity?") as well as more contemporary numbers including, of course, "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most." by Jason Ankeny
Side A
1 Just Found Out About Love 3'13
2 Isn't It A Pitty? 3'55
3 No Moon At All 2'45
4 Mine Eyes 2'47
5 April Song 3'27
6 Love And The Weather 3'11
Side B
1 Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most 3'47
2 Aren't You Glad You're You? 3'09
3 When You Awake 2'44
4 Lorelei 3'17
5 I'm Gonna Laugh You Right Out Of My Life 3'21
6 Out Of This World 3'00
Credits :
Arranged By, Conductor – Ralph Burns
Vocals – Fran Jeffries
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Thursday, July 7, 2022
FRAN JEFFRIES – This Is Fran Jeffries (1966) Mp320k
Tracklist :
1 Ain't Misbehavin' 3'17
2 You'd Better Love Me 2'07
3 No Moon At All 2'54
4 Just Squeeze Me 2'35
5 Haven't We Met 2'06
6 Show Me The Way To Go Home 2'27
7 Lazy Afternoon 3'04
8 What Did I Have That I Don't Have 2'36
9 Yesterday 2'59
10 Sing For Your Supper 2'30
11 Our Love Is Here To Stay 2'42
12 He Kissed Me 2'47
Credits :
Alto Saxophone – Bud Shank
Arranged By, Conductor – Bill Justis, Dick Grove
Baritone Saxophone – John Lowe
Bass – Ralph Peña
Drum – Norm Jeffries
Guitar – Don Lanier
Piano – Mike Melvoin
Tenor Saxophone – Bill Perkins
Trombone – Bob Edmondson
Trumpet – James Zito, Jules Chaikin
Vibraphone – Nick Pelico
Vocals – Fran Jeffries
FRAN JEFFRIES - All the Love (2000) Mp320k
Tracklist :
1 Just the Way You Look Tonight 2'56
Dorothy Fields / Jerome Kern
2 The Very Thought of You/Look at That Face 3'49
Leslie Bricusse / Anthony Newley / Ray Noble
3 All the Love 4'09
David Benoit / Linda Laurie
4 Close Enough for Love 3'25
Johnny Mandel / Paul Williams
5 Lazy Afternoon 2'58
John Latouche / Jerome Moross
6 Street of Dreams 3'59
Sam M. Lewis / Victor Young
7 Maybe September 3'00
Ray Evans / Percy Faith / Jay Livingston
8 Isn't It a Pity? 3'51
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
9 Imagination 3'16
Johnny Burke / James Van Heusen
10 It's Time 3'38
Bill Conti / Linda Laurie
11 For All We Know 2'25
J. Fred Coots / Sam M. Lewis
Credits :
Arranged By [Strings] – Jimmy Haskell
Bass – Dean Taba, Kenny Wild
Drums – John Ferraro
Piano – David Benoit, Dave Loeb
Producer – Linda Laurie
Saxophone – Ray Pizzi
Vocals – Arnold McCuller (pistas: 3)
1 Just the Way You Look Tonight 2'56
Dorothy Fields / Jerome Kern
2 The Very Thought of You/Look at That Face 3'49
Leslie Bricusse / Anthony Newley / Ray Noble
3 All the Love 4'09
David Benoit / Linda Laurie
4 Close Enough for Love 3'25
Johnny Mandel / Paul Williams
5 Lazy Afternoon 2'58
John Latouche / Jerome Moross
6 Street of Dreams 3'59
Sam M. Lewis / Victor Young
7 Maybe September 3'00
Ray Evans / Percy Faith / Jay Livingston
8 Isn't It a Pity? 3'51
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
9 Imagination 3'16
Johnny Burke / James Van Heusen
10 It's Time 3'38
Bill Conti / Linda Laurie
11 For All We Know 2'25
J. Fred Coots / Sam M. Lewis
Credits :
Arranged By [Strings] – Jimmy Haskell
Bass – Dean Taba, Kenny Wild
Drums – John Ferraro
Piano – David Benoit, Dave Loeb
Producer – Linda Laurie
Saxophone – Ray Pizzi
Vocals – Arnold McCuller (pistas: 3)
Sunday, July 5, 2020
FRAN JEFFRIES - Sings Of Sex And The Single Girl (1964) lp / Mp3
Fran Jeffries (Frances Makris, born May 18, 1937 died December 15, 2016) was an American singer, actress, and model. She had a cameo in the 1963 film The Pink Panther, in which she sang a song called "Meglio Stasera (It Had Better Be Tonight)" while she danced provocatively around a fireplace.
She also sang a number in the first sequel, A Shot in the Dark. Her figure was highlighted, albeit briefly, in a minor role in Sex and the Single Girl.
She was featured in Playboy magazine a few years later, in 1971 at the age of 35, in a pictorial entitled "Frantastic!". Ten years later she posed a second time for Playboy at the age of 45. This second pictorial was titled "Still Frantastic!"
"Sex and the Single Girl" was released on MGM in 1964 as a single and an LP. In 1966, Fran Jeffries recorded an album for Monument Records, This Is Fran Jeffries. wiki
Tracklist:
A1 Sex And The Single Girl
A2 Dreamer
A3 Goodbye Charlie
A4 Make Love To Me
A5 I Thought Of You Last Night
A6 Anniversary Song
B1 Wouldn't It Be Loverly (From My Fair Lady)
B2 Warm Tonight
B3 What Are We Waiting For
B4 I'd Do It Again (Baker Street)
B5 Ballad To A Brute (You're The Man I Want)
B6 Early Morning Blues
Credits:
Arranged By, Conductor – Marty Manning
Trombone – Urbie Green
Vocals – Fran Jeffries
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