My Fair Lady (Shelly Manne album)

My Fair Lady
My Fair Lady
Studio album by Shelly Manne
Released	1956
Recorded	August 17, 1956
Studio	Contemporary Records (Los Angeles)
Genre	Jazz
Length	35:56
Label	Contemporary Records; C 3527
Producer	Lester Koenig
Shelly Manne chronology
André Previn chronology

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Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

My Fair Lady, recorded by "Shelly Manne & His Friends" and released in 1956 by Contemporary Records, is the first album ever made consisting entirely of jazz versions of tunes from a single Broadway musical.^[4] It was an instant hit and became one of the best-selling jazz albums of its day.^[5]

^ AllMusic review
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 130. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 935. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ Gordon, p. 143. Gordon gives the year as 1957, but this is certainly an error. The album cover and other sources give it as 1956.
^ Gordon, pp. 142-43. See also Brand, p. 87.

[1] AllMusic review

[RSJRG-2] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 130. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 935. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[4] Gordon, p. 143. Gordon gives the year as 1957, but this is certainly an error. The album cover and other sources give it as 1956.

[5] Gordon, pp. 142-43. See also Brand, p. 87.

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