Last Date (Lawrence Welk album) explained
Last Date is an album by Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra. It was released in 1960 on the Dot label (catalog no. DLP-25350).[1] [2]
The album debuted on Billboard magazine's popular albums chart on December 19, 1960, reached the No. 4 spot, and remained on that chart for 18 weeks[3]
AllMusic gave the album a rating of four-and-a-half stars. Reviewer Greg Adams called it "a program of piano-based pop instrumentals that rank among Welk's best work of the '60s."[2]
Track listing
Side 1
- "Last Date" (Floyd Cramer) [2:19]
- "Sleep" (Earl Lebieg) [2:20]
- "To Each His Own" (Livingston, Evans) [2:29]
- "The Green Leaves of Summer" (Theme From "The Alamo") (Tiompkin, Webster) [2:22]
- "Temptation" (Freed, Brown) [2:06]
- "Georgia on My Mind" (Carmichael, Gorrell) [2:26]
Side 2
- "Please Help Me, I'm Falling" (Robertson, Blair) [2:24]
- "Chances Are" (Stillman, Allen) [2:17]
- "Melodie D'Amour" (Salvador, Johns) [2:23]
- "Night Theme" (Peterson, Cogswell) [2:24]
- "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own" (Greenfield, Keller) [2:32]
- "Misty" (Erroll Garner) [2:11]
Notes and References
- Web site: Lawrence Welk – Last Date. Discogs. December 31, 2020.
- Web site: Last Date. AllMusic. December 31, 2020.
- Book: The Billboard Book of Top 40 Albums. Billboard Books. Joel Whitburn. 1995. 329. 0823076318.
