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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Natalie Cole
Vocals
Alan Deveritch
Viola
Alexander Treger
Violin
Anatoly Rosinsky
Violin
Anne Karam
Cello
Armen Garabedian
Violin
Armen Ksajikian
Cello
Armond Kaproff
Cello
Arnold Belnick
Violin
Assa Drori
Violin
Barbara Porter
Violin
Berg Garabedian
Violin
Bernie Kundell
Violin
Bonnie Douglas
Violin
Bruce Dukov
Violin
Carole Mukogawa
Viola
Christine Ermacoff
Cello
Chuck Domanico
Double Bass
Clinton Haslop
Violin
Dan Neufeld
Viola
Dana Kaproff
Violin
Daniel Rothmuller
Cello
Darius Campo
Violin
David Stockhammer
Viola
Dennis Karmazyn
Cello
Denyse Buffum
Viola
Diana Halprin
Violin
Dixie Blackstone
Violin
Donald McInnes
Viola
Dorothy Remsen
Harp
Dorothy Wade
Violin
Edith Markman
Violin
Endre Granat
Violin
Ezra Kliger
Violin
Frederick Seykora
Cello
Gail Levant
Harp
Gerry Vinci
Violin
Haim Shtrum
Violin
Harris Goldman
Violin
Harry Shirinian
Viola
Henry Ferber
Violin
Irma Neumann
Violin
Isabelle Daskoff
Violin
Israel Baker
Violin
J. Anthony Cooke
Cello
Jacqueline Brand
Violin
James Getzoff
Violin
JoAnn Turovsky
Harp
Jodi Burnett
Cello
John Chiodini
Guitar
John Clayton
Double Bass
Julie Gigante
Violin
Karen Jones
Violin
Kathleen Lenski
Violin
Katie Kirkpatrick
Harp
Kazi Pitelka
Viola
Kenneth Burward-Hoy
Viola
Kenneth Yerke
Violin
Li Li Chen
Violin
Mari Tsumura Botnick
Violin
Marilyn Baker
Violin
Michael Lang
Piano
Michael Melvoin
Piano
Michael Nowack
Viola
Mike Ferril
Violin
Mike Markman
Violin
Milton Thomas
Viola
Miwako Watanabe
Violin
Murray Adler
Violin
Myra Kestenbaum
Viola
Myron Sandler
Viola
Nils Oliver
Cello
Pamela Goldsmith
Viola
Paul Shure
Violin
Paula Hochhalter
Cello
Pavel Farkas
Violin
Ralph Morrison
Violin
Ray Brown
Upright Bass
Raymond Kelley
Cello
Raymond Tischer
Viola
Rene Mandel
Violin
Roland Kato
Viola
Ronald Cooper
Cello
Ronald Folsom
Violin
Sam Boghossian
Viola
Sid Page
Violin
Sid Sharp
Violin
Sol Gubin
Drums
Stanley Plummer
Violin
Steve Erdody
Cello
Stuart Canin
Violin
Yoko Matsuda
Violin
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Billy Strayhorn
Composer
Johnny Mandel
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Natalie Cole
Executive Producer
David Foster
Producer
Al Schmitt
Mixing Engineer
Anas Allaf
Assistant Engineer
Armin Steiner
Recording Engineer
Chris Rich
Assistant Engineer
David Reitzas
Additional Engineer
Dennis Rogers
Assistant Recording Engineer
Doug Sax
Mastering Engineer
Jerry Jordan
Assistant Engineer
Joey Wolpert
Additional Engineer
John Bruno
Assistant Engineer
Kevin Becka
Assistant Engineer
Marnie Riley
Assistant Engineer
Peter Darmi
Additional Engineer
Rail Jon Rogut
Assistant Engineer
Randy Long
Assistant Engineer
Ray Blair
Assistant Engineer
Rick Winquest
Assistant Engineer
Terry Brown
Assistant Engineer
Tim Lauber
Assistant Engineer
Tommy LiPuma
Executive Producer
Woody Woodruff
Recording Engineer
Lyrics
I used to visit all the gay places
Those come what may places
Where one relaxes on the axis of the wheel of life
To get the feel of life
From jazz and cocktails
The girls I knew had sad and sullen grey faces
With distance gay traces
That used to be there, you could see
Where they'd been washed away
By too many through the day
Twelve O'clock tales
Then you came along with your siren song
To tempt me to madness
I thought for a while that your poignant smile
Was tinged with the sadness of great love for me
Ah, yes I was wrong, again I was wrong
Life is lonely again, and only last year
Everything seemed so sure now life is awful again
A troughful of hearts could only be a bore
A week in Paris will ease the bite of it
All I care is to smile in spite of it
I'll forget you while yet you are still burning
Inside my brain
Romance is much stifling those who strive
I'll live a lush life in some small dive
And there I will be while I rot with the rest
Of those whose lives are lonely too
Writer(s): Billy Strayhorn, Thomas Abraham Misch
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