My Thanks to You

My Thanks To You is a studio album recorded by US Entertainer Connie Francis. The album features songs which had been popular on both sides of the Atlantic between the 1920s and the 1940s. It was recorded March 4–6, 1959, at EMI's famous Abbey Road Studios in London.

My Thanks To You
Studio album by
Connie Francis
ReleasedAugust 1959
RecordedMarch 4, 5, and 6, 1959
GenrePop
Length39:25
LabelMGM
E-3776 (mono)/SE-3776 (stereo)
ProducerArnold Maxin, Norman Newell
Connie Francis chronology
The Exciting Connie Francis
(1959)		 My Thanks To You
(1959)		 Connie Francis sings Italian Favorites
(1959)

Background

During the sessions, Francis recorded two versions of the song I'll Close My Eyes, written by Billy Reid and Buddy Kaye. Both recordings share the same orchestral arrangement but different sets of lyrics, which are referred to as "American version" and "British version" for distinction. The British version was included on the album while the American Version remained unreleased until 1993.[1]

Geoff Love and Tony Osborne, who both also appeared as conductors, provided arrangements in the style of British Light Music to make the album more appealing especially to British audiences who had rewarded Francis with # 1 chart notations for Who's Sorry Now? and Stupid Cupid in 1958, making her even more successful of the European side of the Atlantic than on the American where both songs had peaked on # 4 and # 16 respectively.

But even with sophisticated singles such as My Happiness (a US # 2 and a UK # 4 for her in early 1959), Connie Francis was still considered too much of a rock 'n' roll singer to be also accepted as a performer of adult contemporary material, hence the albums failed to make an impression on the charts.

The album was re-packaged with a new cover design and re-released in March 1962.[2]

Track listing

Side A
# Title Songwriter Length
1."My Thanks To You"Noel Gay, Norman Newell3.32
2."The Bells of St. Mary's"A. Emmett Adams, Douglas Furber2.30
3."A Garden in the Rain"Carroll Gibbons, James Dyrenforth3.08
4."Try a Little Tenderness"Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Harry M. Woods3.50
5."A Tree in the Meadow"Billy Reid3.27
6."Now Is the Hour"Maewa Kaihau, Clement Scott, Dorothy Stewart2.35

Side B
# Title Songwriter Length
1."I'll Close My Eyes" (British Version)Billy Reid, Buddy Kaye3.36
2."The Very Thought of You"Ray Noble3.47
3."These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)"Eric Maschwitz, Jack Strachey4.20
4."Cruising Down the River"Nell Tollerton, Eily Bendell2.24
5."The Gypsy"Billy Reid3.00
6."Goodnight, Sweetheart"Ray Noble, Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Rudy Vallée3.16

Not included songs from the sessions
# Title Songwriter Length Remark
1."I'll Close My Eyes" (American Version)Billy Reid, Buddy Kaye3.38unreleased until 1993


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References
  1. William Ruhlmann: Connie Francis 1955–1959, supplement to 5 CD Boxed Set White Sox, Pink Lipstick... and Stupid Cupid, Bear Family Records BCD 16 616 EI, Hambergen (Germany) 1993
  2. Connie Francis: Souvenirs, Booklet of 4-CD-Box, Polydor 1996, Cat.-No. 314 533 382-2
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