“It’s All Right with Me”CATHI HAYES, vocals, with Orchestra Arranged and Conducted by BARNEY KESSELTRACKS #3, 4, 5, 6, 9: Conte Candoli (tp); Bud Shank (as); Bill Perkins, Ted Nash (ts); JustinGordon (bar); Jimmy Rowles (p); Barney Kessel, Howard Roberts (g); Monty Budwig (b); ShellyManne (d)TRACKS #2, 8, 10, 11: Larry Bunker (vb); Barney Kessel, Howard Roberts (g); Monty Budwig(b); Shelly Manne (d)TRACKS #1, 7, 12: Four trumpets; four trombones; Barney Kessel (g); Monty Budwig (b); MelLewis (d)Cathi Hayes (Milwaukee, 1935) began singing in Seattle, Washington,in 1953, along with her brother Jerry, in a five-vocal group called “TheSignatures.” They soon became instrumentally proficient with Cathion vibes. Then in 1958 she left to join a versatile and exciting groupcalled “Gus ‘n’ Us,” directed by Gus Mancuso.In October that same year, Cathi began her career as a single at theFacks club in San Francisco. After eight months working the clubcircuit, she headed to Hollywood, where she became a prominentattraction at Dean Martin’s restaurant Dino’s. It was then—while stillswinging at the bistro—that she recorded her only album—IT’S ALLRIGHT WITH ME—emerging as a new, individual artist of quality.Guitarist Barney Kessel, who took care of the superlativearrangements, described her as “a very adventurous singer who, I’mconvinced, sings for the sheer love of it. As to her style, she’s in a coolgroove, all right, but she’s not derivative in any way.”RECORDED in Hollywood, 1959

“At Separate Tables”LU ANN SIMMS, vocals, with DAVE TERRY and His OrchestraFEATURING: Joe Wilder (tp), Hank Jones (p)Lu Ann Simms (1932-2003) was born in Rochester, NY, and first bowedto an audience at the age of three, while singing for a local radio station.She got her singing break after auditioning on Arthur Godfrey’s TalentScouts, which she won in 1952. From then on, she performed regularlyon the Godfrey television show for three years, and became so popularthat she even inspired the best-selling Lu Ann Simms doll.Then in 1957 she signed with Jubilee, recording her only LP for thislabel in the fall of 1958: AT SEPARATE TABLES. On this album wefind Lu Ann at her best, singing with feeling and warmth a dozen HarryWarren songs, all from pictures. The arranger-conductor behind thesinger was Dave Terry. Unfortunately, her career was shaken in 1959by the death of her first husband and manager Loring Buzzell, anddespite attempts to return to the stage, little by little her star faded.RECORDED in New York City, November 1958

• 1. The Angels Sing
• 2. Blue Moods
• 3. You Smell So Good
• 4. Happiness is Just a Thing Called Joe
• 5. Wonder Why
• 6. Tangerine
• 7. If I Were a Bell
• 8. Last Night When We Were Young
• 9. Down In the Depths
• 10. You Don't Know What Love is
• 11. My Old Flame
• 12. You and the Night and the Music
• 13. Separate Tables
• 14. I Only Have Eyes For You
• 15. There Will Never Be Another You
• 16. The More I See You
• 17. No Love, No Nothin'
• 18. My Dream is Yours
• 19. You'll Never Know
• 20. I Wish I Knew
• 21. I've Got To Sing a Torch Song
• 22. You're Getting To Be a Habit With Me
• 23. Ooh That Kiss
• 24. This is Always