专辑简介

Betty Madigan possesses a rare combination of qualities – good looks, a controlled urgency that gives her singing its dramatic effect, and an uncanny ability to seek and find the basic emotional substance of a song. A Madigan rendition is crowded with wonderful surprises, for the young lady instinctively caresses every opportunity to interpret a lyric, or phrase a melody to produce a total impact that is uniquely a Madigan property and signature. Here, Betty is backed by Dick Jacobs, the top-flight arranger and conductor who has been responsible for many hits in the pop music field. Usually, Betty Madigan means what she says, but when it comes to love she’s willing to forgive and forget. That’s the story behind I’ll Take It All Back, a blissful blend of vocal and orchestration that leads off the side in a lively Madigan mode. Next, her sweet persuasive style reveals that all she needed was that first look and that smile – and it’s love-at-first-sight in the melodic confession… I’ve Got My Heart Set On You. Then, backed by the Nick Travis trumpet, shimmering strings and a bevy of rock-a-bye rhythms, Betty becomes a blues-singing woman. The contrast of her vocal coloring instills emotion into each and every word of the entrancing Lullabye-Bye Blues. In Save Me A Dream, she wants to share her dreams with her sweetheart, but her high hopes are shattered in It All Reminds Me Of You, which follows. Here, Betty offers a torchy ballad in which her heart cries out to the loneliness that taunts her… the heartache of a lost love bringing back memories. The same “romance is gone” mood persists in It’s Too Late Now, an unbeat selection that explores the plight of a shattered heart in an inimitable Madigan-Jacobs performance to close the side. Jack Haskell’s sustained success on recordings, radio and television stems from the fact that he doesn’t use any extraneous gimmicks. He just stands up there and sings. His intonation is precise; his voice quality has distinctive body, virility and warmth. He isn’t over-sentimental and doesn’t collapse to convey intimacy, but lets the lyrics breathe in a free-swinging air. On this fast-moving side, Jack is surrounded by the well-organized and limber accompaniment of Eddie Safranski and His Orchestra. Jack Haskell’s penchant for the rocking beat comes through right from the start in the pace-stepping prediction… This Time Tomorrow. But he also proves he can swing a ballad with the best of them, in the winning selection, You Tell Me, which follows. Then, the good old roaring rhythm returns in the hand-clappin’, feet-movin’ tune, I’m The Guy That Loves Ya, wirtten by renowned jazzman, Earl Bostic. The next jaunt, Walking Down The Aisle, has Jack telling how it feels to turn out as the best man for your best girl’s wedding. Eddie Safranksi’s brilliant bass leads the sentimental backing for this bit of balladry in blue. Another blues, somewhat more frantic and furious follows, with a vocal about a black cat called “carbon kitty” and appropriately named, Black Cat Blues. Jack closes with I’m A Stranger In Town, a wailer that shows he can hold his own with any city slicker.