My Favorite Hits Mickey Mantle

In 1958 RCA Victor released this LP record of Mickey Mantle's Favorite Songs. "MY FAVORITE HITS" On the back of the record Mickey Mantle states: "I think that next to sports I have been more interested in pop music than in anything else. In high school back in Commerce, Oklahoma, when I spent most of my free time practicing ball, whatever time I had to spare beyond that was put in at the local drugstore listening to a jukebox with the latest hits." Mantle tried to link each song selection with something in his life, which reminded him of the song and vice versa. Home on the Range and The Last Round-up were big hits when he was a kid in Oklahoma.

The idea for the record originated with Sports Illustrated. The front of the album cover pictures Mickey Mantle posing in a batting stance at Yankee Stadium. The picture was taken by Richard Beattie. The back of the record cover Mantle talks about his love for music, how it helps him to relax, and why he selected some of the songs. That Old black Magic (trying to get base hits at the start), Remember Me? (his second trial with the Yankees), In my Solitude (the pitcher he couldn't hit), and Stormy Weather (a batting slump). Mickey's tongue in cheek humor.

In a June 2, 1958 issue of Billboard magazine an article, points out that the 12 songs featured on the record, are a group of standards selected form the label's catalog. The bulk of the collectors value relies on the condition, and display of the album cover.

LIST OF SONGS

SIDE ONE	SIDE TWO
Begin the Beguine - Arte Shaw Home on the range - Vaughn Monroe Tennessee waltz - Eddie Arnold That old black magic - Glen Miller Remember Me? - Hal Kemp I'll never smile again - Tommy Dorsey	Come rain or shine - Tony Martin Love Letters - Hugo Winterhalter Solitude - Duke Ellington Stormy Weather - Billy Butterfield Last round up - Sons of the pioneers Lullaby of Birdland - Ralph Flanagan

MY FAVORITE HITS MICKEY MANTLE


My Favorite Hits Mickey Mantle Side 1	My Favorite Hits Mickey Mantle Back Cover	My Favorite Hits Mickey Mantle Side 2

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