Last Date (Lawrence Welk album)

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Last Date
Studio album by
Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra
Released1960
GenreEasy listening
LabelDot

Last Date is an album by Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra. It was released in 1960 on the Dot label (catalog no. DLP-25350).[1][2]

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's popular albums chart on December 19, 1960, reached the No. 4 spot, and remained on that chart for 18 weeks[3]

AllMusic gave the album a rating of four-and-a-half stars. Reviewer Greg Adams called it "a program of piano-based pop instrumentals that rank among Welk's best work of the '60s."[2]

Track listing[edit]

Side 1

  1. "Last Date" (Floyd Cramer) [2:19]
  2. "Sleep" (Earl Lebieg) [2:20]
  3. "To Each His Own" (Livingston, Evans) [2:29]
  4. "The Green Leaves of Summer" (Theme From "The Alamo") (Tiompkin, Webster) [2:22]
  5. "Temptation" (Freed, Brown) [2:06]
  6. "Georgia on My Mind" (Carmichael, Gorrell) [2:26]

Side 2

  1. "Please Help Me, I'm Falling" (Robertson, Blair) [2:24]
  2. "Chances Are" (Stillman, Allen) [2:17]
  3. "Melodie D'Amour" (Salvador, Johns) [2:23]
  4. "Night Theme" (Peterson, Cogswell) [2:24]
  5. "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own" (Greenfield, Keller) [2:32]
  6. "Misty" (Erroll Garner) [2:11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Lawrence Welk – Last Date". Discogs. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Last Date". AllMusic. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  3. ^ Joel Whitburn (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Albums. Billboard Books. p. 329. ISBN 0823076318.