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Buddy Rich Sings Johnny Mercer is a 1956 studio album by Buddy Rich, of the lyrics of Johnny Mercer, arranged by Buddy Bregman. This was the first of three vocal albums that Rich recorded.

Track listing:

LP side A

“Goody Goody” (Matty Malneck)
“Out of This World” (Harold Arlen)
“Skylark” (Hoagy Carmichael)
“Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive” (Arlen)
“One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)” (Arlen)
“Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)” (Bloom)

LP side B

“Day In, Day Out” (Rube Bloom)
“Blues in the Night” (Arlen)
“Trav’lin’ Light” (Jimmy Mundy, Trummy Young)
“Too Marvelous for Words” (Richard A. Whiting)
“This Time the Dream’s on Me” (Arlen)
“Dream” (Johnny Mercer)
All lyrics by Johnny Mercer, composers indicated.

Personnel:
Harry “Sweets” Edison – trumpet
Ted Nash – tenor saxophone
Jimmy Rowles – piano
Buddy Rich – vocals, drums
Alvin Stoller – drums
Buddy Bregman – arranger, orchestra conductor

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Released: 1956
Recorded: January 4–6, 1956
Length: 40:53
Label: Verve
Producer: Norman Granz