Music to Make You Misty explained

Music to Make You Misty
Type:	studio
Artist:	Jackie Gleason
Cover:	Music to Make You Misty.png
Released:	1953
Genre:	Mood music
Label:	Capitol
Prev Title:	Lover's Rhapsody
Prev Year:	1953
Next Title:	Tawny
Next Year:	1953

Music to Make You Misty, also known as Jackie Gleason Presents Music to Make You Misty, is a studio album by television personality Jackie Gleason. It was released in 1953 on Capitol Records.^[1] It was originally issued as a 10-inch extended play record with eight songs. It was reissued several months later as an album with eight additional songs. The musicians featured on the album included Bobby Hackett on trumpet and Toots Mondello on alto sax.^[2]

Music to Make You Misty reached No. 2 on Billboard magazine's pop album chart in January and February 1954.^{[3] [4] [5]}

AllMusic gave the album a rating of three stars.^[2]

Original track listing

Side A

1. "Say It Isn't So" (Irving Berlin)
2. "I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz)
3. "It Happened In Monterey" (Billy Rose, Mabel Wayne)
4. "It All Depends On You" (DeSylva, Brown and Henderson)

Side B

1. "The Man I Love" (George & Ira Gershwin)
2. "Mickey" (Harry Williams, Neil Moret)
3. "I Hadn't Anyone Till You" (Ray Noble)
4. "You Were Meant For Me" (Arthur Freed, Nacio Herb Brown)

Expanded track listing

Side A

1. "It All Depends On You" (DeSylva, Brown and Henderson)
2. "The Man I Love" (George & Ira Gershwin)
3. "Mickey" (Harry Williams, Neil Moret)
4. "I Hadn't Anyone Till You" (Ray Noble)
5. "When Your Lover Has Gone" (E.A. Swan)
6. "Tenderly" (Jack Lawrence, Walter Goss)
7. "I'm Thru with Love" (Livingston, Kahn, Malneck)
8. "Dark Is the Night (C'Est Fin)" (Nicholas Brodszky, Sammy Cahn)

Side B

1. "Say It Isn't So" (Irving Berlin)
2. "I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz)
3. "It Happened In Monterey" (Billy Rose, Mabel Wayne)
4. "You Were Meant For Me" (Arthur Freed, Nacio Herb Brown)
5. "Prelude to a Kiss" (Ellington, Gordon, Mills)
6. "You're the One I Care For" (Lown, Gray, Link)
7. "Jealous" (Finch, Little, Malie)
8. "Thinking of You" (Paul Ash, Walter Donaldson)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jackie Gleason - Music to Make You Misty. Discogs. December 26, 2020.
2. Web site: Music to Make You Misty. AllMusic. December 26, 2020.
3. News: Best Selling Popular LP's. The Billboard. January 23, 1954. 33.
4. News: Best Selling Popular LP's. The Billboard. January 30, 1954. 40.
5. News: Best Selling Popular Albums. The Billboard. February 6, 1954. 36.