A Touch of Music in the Night explained
A Touch of Music in the Night |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Michael Crawford |
Cover: | Michael_Crawford_A_Touch_of_Music_in_the_Night_album_cover.jpg |
Released: | 1993 |
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Label: | Telstar |
Prev Title: | Michael Crawford Performs Andrew Lloyd Webber |
Prev Year: | 1991 |
Next Title: | Favourite Love Songs |
Next Year: | 1994 |
A Touch of Music in the Night is the fourth studio album by English actor and singer Michael Crawford. It was released in 1993 on Telstar Records. Like with his previous albums, A Touch of Music in the Night features Crawford singing show tunes from various musical theatre and films, but also includes covers of pop songs.
A Touch of Music in the Night reached number one in Australia[1] and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album at the 1994 Grammy Awards.[2] From the album, "The Music of the Night", a duet with Barbra Streisand, was nominated for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.[2] "The Music of the Night" was also released as a single in the UK, reaching number 54 in the UK Singles Chart in early 1994.[3]
Personnel
Adapted from the album's liner notes.[4]
Musicians
New York & Los Angeles sessions
London sessions
- Gavyn Wright – concertmaster
- George Robertson – first viola
- Tony Pleeth – first cello
- Dick Morgan – oboe obligato
Technical
- Arif Mardin – producer (tracks 1–6, 8–12), arrangement (tracks 2, 4, 5, 8–10), basic track arrangement (tracks 3, 6, 11, 12), orchestral arrangement (track 11)
- Joe Mardin – co-producer (tracks 1, 3), arrangement (track 1), synthesizer and orchestral arrangement (track 3)
- David Foster – producer (track 7)
- Barbra Streisand – co-producer (track 7)
- Humberto Gatica – vocal recording (track 7)
- Jeff Jarratt – associate producer (track 7)
- Robbie Kondor – arrangement (track 2), programming (track 2)
- Michael Lang – basic track arrangement (tracks 6, 11)
- Michael O'Reilly – engineer (tracks 1–4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12)
- Jack Joseph Puig – additional engineering (tracks 1, 2, 8), engineering (tracks 3–6, 9–12)
- Don Reedman – associate producer (track 7)
- Dave Reitzas – additional vocal engineering (track 7)
- Steve Skinner – arrangement (track 5)
- John Timperley – orchestra recording (track 7)
- Larry Wilcox – orchestral arrangement (track 6, 12)
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: australian-charts.com - Australian charts portal. australian-charts.com.
- Web site: 36th Annual GRAMMY Awards | GRAMMY.com. grammy.com.
- Web site: MICHAEL CRAWFORD. January 10, 1987. Official Charts.
- A Touch of Music in the Night. Michael Crawford. 1993. Telstar. liner notes.