- vocal jazz
- 30 min
- 12 tracks
Swingin' Down Yonder is the first full-length, 12-inch album recorded by Dean Martin for Capitol Records during three sessions in September and October 1954 and February 1955. According to the original sleeve notes, all the songs have a "common geographical root: the American South." In 1963, Capitol Records re-released Swingin' Down Yonder under the titled Southern Style.
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Classical in form, warm, spare and effortless.
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
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- effortlessdemanding
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Tracks
- 1Carolina Moon2:35
- 2Waiting for the Robert E. Lee2:20
- 3When It’s Sleepy Time Down South2:52
- 4Mississippi Mud3:09
- 5Alabamy Bound1:48
- 6Dinah2:24
- 7Carolina in the Morning2:18
- 8Way Down Yonder in New Orleans2:21
- 9Georgia on My Mind3:03
- 10Just a Little Bit South of North Carolina2:10
- 11Basin Street Blues2:22
- 12Is It True What They Say About Dixie2:27
12 tracks, 30 minutes.
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- Artist
- Dean Martin
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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