The album is produced by Derek Taylor.
This album is notable in being a standards album produced decades
before standards albums started to become popular.
The album met with modest chart success but is often
regarded as the finest example of Nilsson's virtuosic singing.
My speciality is my knowledge in standards and popular music for Tin Pan alley to today. I am hearing a lot of standards songs ( i am can tell you most of the time terrible version). This is the best album of standards i ever heard and i have a hudge admiration for Nilsson.He Has been the best crooner since the 70's.
You know of course 2 very popular songs of Nilsson: Without you and Everybody's Talkin'. But you didn't hear a lot about is virtuose ability to sing songs from the " Great american songbook". His is one of my favorite singer. You may be think this is strange for a jazz specialist, how is working on jazz compilation since 10 years - But i do.
This album is simply one of the 10 best i know:
"A little Touch of Schmilsson in the night".
Harry Nilsson and Gordon Jenkins recording the album, A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the NightThis video contains: I'm Always Chasing Rainbows,
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now and What'll I Do.
Nevertheless (I'm in Love With You) and This Is All I Ask
Track listing
"Lazy Moon" (Bob Cole, J. Rosamond Johnson) – 3:20
"For Me and My Gal" (Edgar Leslie, E. Ray Goetz, George W. Meyer) – 2:47
"It Had to Be You" (music: Isham Jones, lyrics: Gus Kahn) – 2:45
"Always" (Irving Berlin) – 1:34
"Makin' Whoopee" (Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson) – 4:25
"You Made Me Love You" (Joseph McCarthy, James V. Monaco) – 2:32
"Lullaby In Ragtime" (Sylvia Fine) – 3:39
"I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" (Joe Howard, Harold Orlob, Frank R. Adams, Will M. Hough) – 2:40
"What'll I Do?" (Irving Berlin) – 2:25
"Nevertheless (I'm in love with you)" (Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby) – 2:38
"This Is All I Ask" (Gordon Jenkins) – 3:35
"As Time Goes By" (Herman Hupfeld) – 3:21
Bonus Tracks
"I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" (Harry Carroll, Joseph McCarthy) - 3:16
"Make Believe" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 2:21
"Trust In Me" (Ned Wever, Milton Ager, Jean Schwartz) - 2:26
"It's Only a Paper Moon" (Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg, Billy Rose) - 3:12
"Thanks For The Memory" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) - 2:46
"Over The Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg) - 3:29
"For Me and My Gal" (Edgar Leslie, E. Ray Goetz, George W. Meyer) – 2:47
"It Had to Be You" (music: Isham Jones, lyrics: Gus Kahn) – 2:45
"Always" (Irving Berlin) – 1:34
"Makin' Whoopee" (Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson) – 4:25
"You Made Me Love You" (Joseph McCarthy, James V. Monaco) – 2:32
"Lullaby In Ragtime" (Sylvia Fine) – 3:39
"I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" (Joe Howard, Harold Orlob, Frank R. Adams, Will M. Hough) – 2:40
"What'll I Do?" (Irving Berlin) – 2:25
"Nevertheless (I'm in love with you)" (Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby) – 2:38
"This Is All I Ask" (Gordon Jenkins) – 3:35
"As Time Goes By" (Herman Hupfeld) – 3:21
Bonus Tracks
"I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" (Harry Carroll, Joseph McCarthy) - 3:16
"Make Believe" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 2:21
"Trust In Me" (Ned Wever, Milton Ager, Jean Schwartz) - 2:26
"It's Only a Paper Moon" (Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg, Billy Rose) - 3:12
"Thanks For The Memory" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) - 2:46
"Over The Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg) - 3:29
