Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings

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Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings
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Studio album by Joe Williams
Released	1956
Recorded	Jul 26, 1955-Jun 27, 1956
Genre	Mainstream jazz Vocal jazz Swing Traditional pop Big band music
Length	39:39
Label	Verve Records
Producer	Norman Granz
Professional reviews
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Joe Williams chronology
A Night at Count Basie's (1955) Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings (1956) Joe Williams Sings Everyday (1957)

Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings is a 1956 (see 1956 in music) album by the American jazz and blues singer Joe Williams, with the Count Basie Orchestra.

[edit] Track listing

Track	Song Title	Originally By	Time
1.	"Every Day I Have the Blues"	Memphis Slim	5:29
2.	"The Come Back"	Charles Frazier	5:28
3.	"Alright, Okay, You Win"	Mayme Watts and Sidney Wyche	3:05
4.	"In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down)"	Leroy Carr and Don Raye	3:38
5.	"Roll 'Em Pete"	Pete Johnson and Big Joe Turner	3:12
6.	"Teach Me Tonight"	Sammy Cahn and Gene DePaul	3:04
7.	"My Baby Upsets Me"	Joe Williams	2:58
8.	"Please Send Me Someone to Love"	Percy Mayfield	3:33
9.	"Ev'ry Day"	Sammy Fain and Irving Kahal	3:48
10.	"As Long as I Love You"	Bernie Moten and Henri Woode	3:06
11.	"Stop! Don't!"	George Ronald Brown	2:36
12.	"Too Close for Comfort"	Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener and George David Weiss	2:53

[edit] Personnel

Recorded August 1956, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA:

• Joe Williams - vocals
• Count Basie - piano
• Henry Coker - trombone
• Benny Powell
• Bill Hughes
• Wendell Culley
• Reunald Jones
• Thad Jones
• Joe Newman
• Frank Foster - tenor saxophone
• Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
• Bill Graham - alto saxophone
• Marshall Royal - clarinet, alto saxophone
• Frank Wess - flute, tenor saxophone
• Freddie Green - guitar
• Eddie Jones - double bass
• Sonny Payne - drums
• Edgar Sampson - arranger
• Ernie Wilkins