Meco Plays The Wizard of Oz
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Meco Plays The Wizard of Oz is a studio album
that was released in 1979
. None of the singles charted, and the album sold around 400,000 copies.
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
that was released in 1979
1979 in music
See also:Record labels established in 1979* 1979 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1979.-January–February:*January 1...
. None of the singles charted, and the album sold around 400,000 copies.
Track listing
- "Over the RainbowOver the Rainbow"Over the Rainbow" is a classic Academy Award-winning ballad song with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. It was written for the movie The Wizard of Oz, and was sung by Judy Garland in the movie...
" (Harold ArlenHarold ArlenHarold Arlen was an American composer of popular music, having written over 500 songs, a number of which have become known the world over. In addition to composing the songs for The Wizard of Oz, including the classic 1938 song, "Over the Rainbow,” Arlen is a highly regarded contributor to the...
, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) - (1:58) - "Cyclone" (George BassmanGeorge BassmanGeorge Bassman was an American composer and arranger.-Biography:Born in New York to a Russian Jewish émigré couple, Bassman was later raised in Boston and began studying music at the Boston Conservatory while still a boy....
, Herbert Stohart, George Stoll) - (3:43) - "Munchkinland" - (1:19)
- "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) - (2:00)
- "We're off to See the WizardWe're Off to See the Wizard"We're Off to See the Wizard" is one of the classic and most memorable songs from the Academy Award-winning film The Wizard of Oz. Composer Harold Arlen described it, along with "The Merry Old Land of Oz" and "Ding-Dong! The Witch is Dead", as one of the "lemon drop" songs of the film.The melody's...
" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) - (3:32) - "The Haunted Forest" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) - (1:22)
- "March of the Winkies" (Herbert Stohart) - (1:20)
- "Dorothy's Rescue" (Herbert Stohart) - (1:11)
- "If I Were King of the Forest" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) - (0:57)
- "The Reprise: Delirious Escape/Over The Rainbow/Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead/Munchkinland" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) - (3:17)
- "Delirious Escape" (George Bassman, Herbert Stohart, George Stoll)
- "Munchkinland" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg)
Album
| Title | Release date |
Chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Pop | US R&B | |||
| "The Wizard Of Oz" | 1979 | #68 | #49 | |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart Positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| width="45"|>US R&B Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,... |
width="45"|>US Dance Hot Dance Club Play The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs... |
width="45"|>US Pop | ||
| 1979 | "The Wizard Of Oz" | - | #35 | #35 |