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This article is about the 1960 album by Sonny Stitt. For the 1957 album by Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt, see Sonny Side Up.
Sonny Side Up
Studio album by
Sonny Stitt
Released1961
RecordedAugust 8, 1960
StudioBell Sound (New York City)
GenreJazz
LabelRoost
RLP 2245
ProducerTeddy Reig
Sonny Stitt chronology
Previously Unreleased Recordings
(1960) 		Sonny Side Up
(1961) 		The Sensual Sound of Sonny Stitt
(1961)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Sonny Side Up is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1960 and originally released on the Roost label.[2]

Reception

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The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars.[1]

Track listing

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All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated

  1. "Sonny Side Up" - 2:36
  2. "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington) - 3:56
  3. "The More I See You" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) - 3:43
  4. "Don't Take Your Love from Me" (Henry Nemo) - 4:47
  5. "My Blue Heaven" (Walter Donaldson, George A. Whiting) - 2:43
  6. "My Mother's Eyes" (Abel Baer, L. Wolfe Gilbert) - 3:51
  7. "When I Grow Too Old to Dream" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) - 3:05
  8. "Bye Bye Blues" (Fred Hamm, Dave Bennett, Bert Lown, Chauncey Gray) - 5:04
  9. "I've Got the World on a String" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 5:14

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ a b Allmusic Review accessed January 4, 2013
  2. ^ Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Royal Roost/Roost Album Discography accessed January 4, 2013
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