Soubrette Sings Broadway Hit Songs

Soubrette: Blossom Dearie Sings Broadway Hit Songs is a 1960 studio album by Blossom Dearie, with an orchestra arranged by Russell Garcia.

This was Dearie's first album recorded with full orchestral arrangements.

Track listing

 * 1) "Guys and Dolls" (Frank Loesser) – 2:52
 * 2) "Confession" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 2:44
 * 3) "Rhode Island Is Famous for You" (Dietz, Schwartz) – 2:14
 * 4) "To Keep My Love Alive" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 3:26
 * 5) "Too Good for the Average Man" (Rodgers, Hart) – 3:31
 * 6) "The Gentleman Is a Dope" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Rodgers) – 4:19
 * 7) "Always True to You in My Fashion" (Cole Porter) – 2:52
 * 8) "Napoleon" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) – 4:19
 * 9) "Life Upon the Wicked Stage" (Hammerstein, Jerome Kern) – 2:42
 * 10) "The Physician" (Porter) – 2:15
 * 11) "Love Is the Reason" (Dorothy Fields, Schwartz) – 3:37
 * 12) "Buckle Down, Winsocki" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) – 1:49

Tracks 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11 recorded on February 19, 1960. Tracks 2, 4, 5, 9, 10, 12 recorded February 22, 1960.

Personnel

 * Blossom Dearie – piano, vocals
 * Russell Garcia – conductor, arranger
 * Al Harding – reeds
 * Paul Harn – flute
 * Red Mitchell – bass
 * Mel Lewis – drums
 * Gus Donahue – copyist
 * Tracks 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11
 * Jerome Kasper, Charles Gentry and Dave Pell - reeds
 * Jimmy Rowles - piano
 * Larry Bunker - xylophone
 * Tracks 2, 4, 5, 9, 10, 12
 * Barney Kessel - guitar
 * Victor Feldman - xylophone