Roses in Rhythm

Roses in Rhythm
Roses in Rhythm
Studio album by Frankie Carle
Released	1948
Label	Columbia

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Billboard	81/100^[1]

Frankie Carle Presents Roses in Rhythm, or simply Roses in Rhythm, is a studio album by American pianist Frankie Carle, released in 1948 on Columbia Records.^[2]^[3]^[1]

It was the third in the series of piano albums released by Carle on Columbia.^[1]

Content

The album collected compositions whose titles contained the word "rose".^[1]

Release

The album was originally released as a set of four 10-inch 78-rpm phonograph records (cat. no. C-174)^[4]. Later, it was made available on 45 rpm (four 7-inch records, cat. no. B-174) and 33 rpm (one 10-inch LP, cat. no. CL 6032).^[5]

There was also a different Frankie Carle album titled Roses in Rhythm, released on a 12-inch LP in 1956 (cat. no. CL-913).^[6]

Reception

Billboard reviewed the album in its issue from November 27, 1948, giving it 81 points out of 100 (which indicated an "excellent" rating).^[1] The reviewer stated: "Frankie Carle piano albums [...] have proven to be money-in-the-bank items. This one shouldn't become the exception to the rule. It's the same winning combination – Carle's distinctive piano tinkling with the aid of a rhythm section and eight, time-tested evergreen tunes."^[1]

The album reached number one on Billboard's Best-Selling Popular Record Albums chart for the week of January 29, 1949.^[7]

Track listing

Set of four 10-inch 78-rpm records (Columbia C-174)^[4]

Side 1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Roses of Picardy"	Weatherly—Wood

Side 2
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"My Wild Irish Rose"	Olcott

Side 3
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Mexicali Rose"	Stone—Tenney

Side 4
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Rose of Washington Square"	Macdonald—Hanley

Side 5
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Honeysuckle Rose"	Razaf—Waller

Side 6
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Rose Room" ("In Sunny Roseland")	Williams—Hickman

Side 7
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Only a Rose"	Hooker—Friml

Side 8
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"One Dozen Roses"	Lewis—Washburn—Jurgens—Donovan

10-inch LP (Columbia CL 6032)^[8]

Side 1
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Roses of Picardy"
2.	"Mexicali Rose"
3.	"Honeysuckle Rose"
4.	"Only a Rose"

Side 2
No.	Title	Length
1.	"My Wild Irish Rose"
2.	"Rose of Washington Square"
3.	"Rose Room" ("In Sunny Roseland")
4.	"One Dozen Roses"

Charts

Chart (1949)	Peak position
US Billboard Best-Selling Popular Record Albums^[7]	1

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 "Billboard". November 27, 1948.
↑ "Billboard". October 16, 1948.
↑ "Billboard". November 20, 1948.
1 2 "Frankie Carle – Frankie Carle Presents Roses In Rhythm – 4 x Shellac (10", 78 RPM, Album), 1948". 1948 – via Discogs.
↑ "Frankie Carle – Frankie Carle Presents Roses In Rhythm". 1948 – via Discogs.
↑ "Frankie Carle – Roses In Rhythm". 1956 – via Discogs.
1 2 "Billboard". January 29, 1949.
↑ "Frankie Carle – Roses In Rhythm – Vinyl (LP, 10", Album), 1949". 1949 – via Discogs.

[Billboard_27_Nov_1948-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Billboard". November 27, 1948.

[2] "Billboard". October 16, 1948.

[3] "Billboard". November 20, 1948.

[Columbia_C-174-4] 1 2 "Frankie Carle – Frankie Carle Presents Roses In Rhythm – 4 x Shellac (10", 78 RPM, Album), 1948". 1948 – via Discogs.

[Discogs-5] "Frankie Carle – Frankie Carle Presents Roses In Rhythm". 1948 – via Discogs.

[Discogs_1956-6] "Frankie Carle – Roses In Rhythm". 1956 – via Discogs.

[Billboard_29_Jan_1949-7] 1 2 "Billboard". January 29, 1949.

[Columbia_CL_6032-8] "Frankie Carle – Roses In Rhythm – Vinyl (LP, 10", Album), 1949". 1949 – via Discogs.

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