Sings For Lovers

Performer: Rosemary Clooney
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Personnel: Rosemary Clooney (vocals); Emily Remler, Cal Collins (guitar); Scott Hamilton (tenor saxophone); Jack Sheldon (trumpet); Warren Vach� (cornet); John Oddo, Nat Pierce (piano); John Clayton, Jr., Michael Moore , Monty Budwig (bass instrument); Jake Hanna (drum). There have been few singers who can skirt the issue of category, yet the late Rosemary Clooney remains very much in that class. Like Keely Smith and Tony Bennett, Clooney's easygoing but professional approach effortlessly straddles the divide between pop and jazz with elegance and warmth. SINGS features well-known standards that Clooney could probably sing in her sleep, but she doesn't coast on past glories. Rather, with her mature phrasing and natural swing, she virtually remakes these songs all in a manner that is distinctly hers.

An iconic American vocalist, Rosemary Clooney often blurred the line between pop and jazz, occasionally even venturing into country and international styles. She started out as a singer with the Tony Pastor band in the 1940s, and her solo career started taking off at the end of the decade. Under the stewardship of Mitch Miller, she had numerous novelty-oriented '50s hits, but later on she dedicated herself to more serious, jazzier work, making some of her finest albums, like 1956's BLUE ROSE. Clooney was also active in films and TV (for a time she had her own television show), and continued performing and recording tirelessly until her death in 2002.

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