Les McCann Plays the Hits

Les McCann Plays the Hits
Les McCann Plays the Hits
Studio album by Les McCann
Released	1966
Recorded	August 5 and September 9, 1966 ; United Recording, Hollywood, CA and Bell Sound Studios, New York, NY
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:57
Label	Limelight; LM 82041
Producer	Jerry Ross
Les McCann chronology

Les McCann Plays the Hits is an album by pianist Les McCann recorded in 1966 and released on the Limelight label.^[1]^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]

AllMusic gives the album 3 stars.^[3]

Track listing

"Sunny (part 1)" (Bobby Hebb) - 7:07
"Sunny (part 2)" (Hebb) - 2:40
"Guantanamera" (José Martí) - 2:55
"Summer Samba (So Nice)" (Marcos Valle, Paulo Sérgio Valle, Norman Gimbel) - 2:22
"Sad Little Girl" (Les McCann) - 2:55
"River Deep – Mountain High" (Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector) - 3:16
"Les Skate" (Jerry Ross, Mark Barkan) - 3:19
"Sunshine Superman" (Donovan) - 3:06
"Message to Michael" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 2:52
"Flamingo" (Ted Grouya, Edmund Anderson) - 2:35
"Compared to What" (Gene McDaniels) - 2:33
"Pretty Flamingo" (Barkan) - 3:17

Personnel

Les McCann - piano, vocals
Seldon Powell - tenor saxophone, flute (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 7-12)
Plas Johnson (tracks 2, 5 & 6), Jerome Richardson (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 7-12) - tenor saxophone
Lynn Blessing (tracks 2, 5 & 6), Warren Chiasson (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 7-12) - vibraphone
Vincent Bell (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 7-12), Jimmy Georgantones (tracks 2, 5 & 6), Carl Lynch (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 7-12) - guitar
Leroy Vinnegar - bass
Joe Macho - Fender bass (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 7-12)
Booker T. Robinson - drums
Johnny Pacheco (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 7-12), Ron Rich (tracks 2, 5 & 6) - congas

References

^ Mercury Records Catalog: Limelight series accessed March 8, 2016
^ Freed., R. Les McCann Discography accessed March 8, 2016
^ ^a ^b Les McCann Plays the Hits – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved March 8, 2016.

[1] Mercury Records Catalog: Limelight series accessed March 8, 2016

[2] Freed., R. Les McCann Discography accessed March 8, 2016

[Allmusic-3] Les McCann Plays the Hits – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved March 8, 2016.

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v t e Les McCann
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted. As Les McCann Ltd is often used in the titles for the albums up to 1964, this has been omitted.
Albums as leader or co-leader	It's About Time (with Teddy Edwards, 1959) The Truth (1960) The Shout (1960) In San Francisco (1960) From the Top of the Barrel (1960) Groove (with Richard "Groove" Holmes and Ben Webster, 1961) In New York (1961) Plays the Shampoo (1961) New from the Big City (1961) Pretty Lady (1961) Les McCann Sings (1961) Somethin' Special (with Richard "Groove" Holmes, 1962) On Time (1962) The Gospel Truth (1963) Soul Hits (1963) Jazz Waltz (with The Jazz Crusaders, 1963) A Bag of Gold (1963–64) McCanna (1964) Spanish Onions (1964) McCann/Wilson (with Nancy Wilson (1964) But Not Really (1964) Beaux J. Pooboo (1965) Live at Shelly's Manne-Hole (1965) Les McCann Plays the Hits (1966) Bucket o' Grease (1966) Live at Bohemian Caverns - Washington, DC (1967) Much Les (1968) Swiss Movement (and Eddie Harris, 1969) Comment (1969) Invitation to Openness (1971) Second Movement (with Eddie Harris, 1971) Layers (1972) Live at Montreux (1972) Talk to the People (1972) Another Beginning (1974)
With others	Tell It Like It Tis (Richard "Groove" Holmes, 1962) Stormy Monday (with Lou Rawls, 1962) That's Where It's At (Stanley Turrentine, 1962) Straight Ahead (Stanley Turrentine, 1984) Go Tell It on the Mountain (The Blind Boys of Alabama, 2003)
Soundtracks	Soul To Soul (1971)