This is a fantastic jazz record by Art Kassel and His Orchestra recorded in 1947. It has been recorded by many artists, and has been in the top ten a number of times.
"(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" is a popular song. The music was written by William Best, with lyrics by Deek Watson. The song was published in 1945. * The biggest-selling version, by Nat King Cole was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 311. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on November 22, 1946 and lasted 12 weeks on the chart, peaking at #1.[1] * The recording by Eddy Howard was released by Majestic Records as catalog number 7204. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on January 10, 1947 and lasted 5 weeks on the chart, peaking at #6. [1] * The recording by Dinah Shore was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 37188. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on January 10, 1947 and lasted 4 weeks on the chart, peaking at #6. [1] * The recording by Charlie Spivak was released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-1981. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on January 10, 1947 and lasted 14 weeks on the chart, peaking at #7.[1]
List of known recorded versions * Nat King Cole (1946) * Charlie Spivak (1946) * Ella Fitzgerald (1947) * Eddy Howard (1947) * Art Kassel (1947) * Django Reinhardt (1947) * Dinah Shore (1947) * Smiley Lewis (1954) * The Rivileers (1954) * Sam Cooke (1958) * Jesse Belvin (1959) * The Voices Five (1959) * Donnie Elbert (1960) * The Cleftones (1961) * The Spaniels (1961) * The Righteous Brothers (1962) * Dean Martin (1962) * Marvin Gaye and Mary Wells (1964) * James Brown (1968/1976) * Danny Kortchmar (1973) * Linda Ronstadt (1986)
wow how cool is this..i have that very picture record sitting on the turntable of my victrola.......it was part of a whole series of issues...for two years out of Detroit....most cool...
gigglydot 8 months ago
@gigglydot That's pretty neat. I have a lot of these in my collection, and quite a few posted. They were only made from May of 1946 to April of 1947 by Sav-Way Industries in Detroit, with seventy four 10" records being produced, and just a couple of 12" prototypes, private presses, and one-offs.
althazarr 8 months ago
Hey there Lloyd!! Great music and beautiful artwork on that picture disc. Great post!
spintheblackcircle4 1 year ago
@spintheblackcircle4 Thank you Don! I love these old Vogues. I'll be posting more of them soon.
althazarr 1 year ago
Dear Mr Althazarr,
thanks for the upload of this picture disc! I own this record too, i´ve found it for many years on an little flie-market in bavaria (germany), my homeland!
Greetings from Christian
ChristianCgnify 2 years ago
This is one of my favorite Vogues that I own. It's amazing how good they sound.
Greetings to you too, and I hope you enjoy all the music I have to share,
Lloyd
althazarr 2 years ago