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The Lively Ones
Studio album by
Vic Damone
ReleasedAugust 1962
Genre
Length26:53
LabelCapitol
ProducerJack Marshall
Vic Damone chronology
Strange Enchantment
(1962) 		The Lively Ones
(1962) 		Young and Lively
(1962)

The Lively Ones is the fifteenth studio album by American singer Vic Damone,[1] released in August 1962 by Capitol Records, to coincide with the NBC special of the same series, which aired from the summers of 1962 and 1963. It showcased current jazz, pop, and folk performers, as well as comedians.[2] It was produced by Jack Marshall.

The album was available both in stereo and mono.[3] It contains tracks such as "Ruby" (which he also recorded for Mercury Records in 1947), "Marie", and two of Erno Rapee's 1920s movie waltzes, "Charmanine' and "Diane". He reportedly recorded the only crooner version of "Cherokee" as well.[4]

The album was released on compact disc by EMI Music Distribution on May 31, 1999, as a double album paired with Damone's other album from 1962, Strange Enchantment.[5] The Lively Ones was included in a box set entitled Seven Classic Albums Box Set, which contains all 7 of his studio albums, and was released on February 5, 2016.[6]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStarHalf star[1]
New Record MirrorStarStarStarStar[7]
The Encyclopedia of Popular MusicStarStarStarStar[8]

The album was well-received by critics at the time of its release. Billboard praised Damone for "his tender, effortless style, over solid support from the swinging Billy May crew".[9] American Record Guide referred to it as "an equally pleasant album."[10] Cash Box called it "powerful merchandise".[11]

New Record Mirror called it "an outstanding LP" and stated that "the swingier of the two, arrangements by Jack Marshall and Billy May, with orchestra conducted by that latter gent, tend to hold the listener's attention more than the singer of the up-tempo items."[7] The Evening Independent called it "outstanding" and stated that Damone "sings a carefully selected group of standards."[12] Hartford Courant mentions, "Billy May's orchestra does a basher on a mambo-fashioned 'Dearly Beloved' to complement swinging vocalist Damone, and 'I Want a Little Girl.' 'Laura' and 'Ruby' get traditional slow treatment."[13]

Both The Encyclopedia of Popular Music and New Record Mirror gave the album four-star ratings.[7][8] AllMusic gave it a four and a half star out of five rating.[1]

Chart performance

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The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated October 13, 1962, remaining on the chart for 10 weeks, and peaking at number 57.[14] This marked his second charting Capitol album, following Linger Awhile with Vic Damone earlier in the year.[14]

Track listing

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Side one

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Charmaine"Ernö Rapée, Lew Pollack2:06
2."Cherokee"Ray Noble1:48
3."Laura"David Raksin, Johnny Mercer2:23
4."Diane"Ernö Rapée, Lew Pollack2:16
5."Nina Never Knew"Louis Alter, Milton Drake2:47
6."The Lively Ones"Jack Wohl, Sidney Woloshin1:41

Side two

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Marie"Irving Berlin2:01
2."The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" (from the Broadway musical: Jumbo)Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart2:09
3."Ruby" (from the 20th Century Fox film: Ruby Gentry)Mitchell Parish. Heinz Roemheld2:49
4."Dearly Beloved" (from the Columbia Pictures film: You Were Never Lovelier)Johnny Mercer, Jerome Kern2:12
5."I Want a Girl"Harry Von Tilzer, William Dillon2:30
6."Little Girl"Madeline Hyde, Francis Henry2:04

Charts

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Chart (1962) Peak
position
US Billboard Top LPs[14] 57

References

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  1. ^ a b c ""The Lively Ones" - Album Ratings". Allmusic. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
  2. ^ Damone, Vic; Chanoff, David (June 9, 2009). Singing Was the Easy Part. Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-312-57025-5.
  3. ^ Kinslow, Chris (2015). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide 2015. Penguin. p. 140. ISBN 9-781440-243721. Retrieved March 6, 2026.
  4. ^ Friedwald, Will (2010). A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers. Pantheon Books. p. 133. ISBN 9780375421495.
  5. ^ Vic Damone – The Lively Ones/Strange Enchantment at AllMusic. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
  6. ^ 7 Classic Albums - Vic Damone | Album | AllMusic, retrieved April 29, 2025
  7. ^ a b c "Album Reviews by Jimmy Watson" (PDF). Record Mirror. March 30, 1963. p. 10.
  8. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 392. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
  9. ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. August 11, 1962. p. 40.
  10. ^ "Unlikely Corners". American Record Guide. Vol. 29, no. 6. October 29, 1962. p. 140.
  11. ^ "Album Reviews". Cash Box. Vol. 23, no. 47. August 18, 1962. p. 30.
  12. ^ Platter Platter By Chuck Harold. Evening Independent. September 14, 1962.
  13. ^ "Hartford Courant from Hartford, Connecticut". Newspapers.com. September 9, 1962. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  14. ^ a b c Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's top pop albums : 1955-1996. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 196. ISBN 978-0-8982-0117-8.
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