Album US 1958 on RCA Victor label
Jazz and Pop (Space-Age, Easy Listening)
The affable sandman leading you into a musical land of dreams in this album is a talented Britisher named Reg Owen. Somewhat of a late entry into the musical world, Reg didn't really take any interest in music until he was sixteen, at which time he started playing the saxophone and then decided to enter the Royal College of Music. After only eighteen months the Second World War intervened and Reg was off to the R.A.F., where he continued his studies in spare moments and taught himself to write music. When he came out of the service he had absorbed enough technique and developed his natural talent to such a degree that he was able to join Ted Heath's band, for which he wrote all the music from 1951 to 1954. At the present time Reg is on his own, working in practically every phase of music and doing it all exceptionally well. He writes for most of the bands in England, in addition to composing and conducting music for films, TV and radio. In free moments, which he somehow managed to find in the midst of all this activity, he wrote a book on modern studio orchestration. With this album, DREAMING, Reg Owen makes his debut on RCA Victor records. It is a most promising beginning, for this music radiates with a vitality and imagination that should have all listeners demanding more recorded representations of Reg Owen's delightful talents. RCA Victor's date numbering prefix of 'H' stamped in the runoff wax indicates a mastering date of 1957, with this album being released in early '58. The cover photo location is R.H. Macy's Corner Shop. © by Radio Corporation of America, 1958
Reg Owen And His Orchestra , album by | |
E.Y. Harburg , 1896-1981 US lyrics by | |
Haven Gillespie , 1888-1975 US lyrics by | |
Ted Koehler p, 1894-1973 US lyrics by | |
Mitchell Parish , 1900-1993 US lyrics by | |
Harold Adamson , 1906-1980 US lyrics by | |
Reg Owen sax, 1921-1978 GB arranged by | |
Paul Francis Webster , 1907-1984 US lyrics by | |
William Scotti , lyrics by | |
Andy Razaf voc, 1895-1973 US lyrics by |
Raymond Jacobs photography |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | Over The Rainbow | Reg Owen And His Orchestra | E.Y. Harburg, Harold Arlen | |
2 | Drifting And Dreaming | Reg Owen And His Orchestra | Egbert Van Alstyne, Erwin Schmidt, Loyal Curtis, Haven Gillespie | |
3 | Lovely Lady | Reg Owen And His Orchestra | Jimmy McHugh, Ted Koehler | |
4 | Deep Purple | Reg Owen And His Orchestra | Peter de Rose, Mitchell Parish | |
5 | Everything I Have Is Yours | Reg Owen And His Orchestra | Harold Adamson, Burton Lane | |
6 | My Moonlight Madonna | Reg Owen And His Orchestra | Zdeněk Fibich, Paul Francis Webster, William Scotti | |
7 | Stars Fell On Alabama | Reg Owen And His Orchestra | Frank Perkins, Mitchell Parish | |
8 | Embraceable You | Reg Owen And His Orchestra | George & Ira Gershwin | |
9 | By The Sleepy Lagoon | Reg Owen And His Orchestra | Eric Coates | |
10 | Memories Of You | Reg Owen And His Orchestra | Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf | |
11 | Moonlight Serenade | Reg Owen And His Orchestra | Mitchell Parish, Glenn Miller | |
12 | Goodnight My Love | Reg Owen And His Orchestra | George Motola, John Marascalco |