Noël Coward at Las Vegas
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{{Infobox album
| name = Noël Coward at Las Vegas
| type = live
| artist = Noël Coward
| cover = cowardvegas.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1955
| recorded = June 1955
| venue =
| studio = Desert Inn, Las Vegas Strip, Paradise, Nevada
| genre = Traditional pop
| length = 44:33
| label = Columbia
| producer = Dan O'Leary
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Together with Music
| next_year = 1956
}}
{{Album reviews
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r109224|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
}}
Noël Coward at Las Vegas is a 1955 live album by Noël Coward.{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r109224|label=Noël Coward at Las Vegas}}
This was Coward's first appearance on the Las Vegas Strip, with Coward claiming that the dates gave him "one of the most sensational successes of my career, and to pretend that I am not absolutely delighted would be idiotic." Life magazine wrote that Coward was paid $40,000 per week for the engagements.Life Magazine, June 20, 1955, p. 20 Coward was accompanied by Peter Matz, who also provided the orchestrations, Matz arranged Coward's next live album, Noël Coward in New York.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110725090655/http://www.noelcoward.net/archive/hcact2/matz.html "Noel Coward in New York"]}} at noelcoward.net
The album reached No. 14 on the Billboard albums chart.
Track listing
- Noël Coward Medley ("I'll See You Again", "Dance Little Lady", "Poor Little Rich Girl", "A Room With A View", "Someday I'll Find You", "I'll Follow My Secret Heart", "If Love Were All", "Play, Orchestra, Play") – 5:19
- "Uncle Harry" – 3:45
- "Loch Lomond" (Traditional) – 2:28
- "A Bar on the Piccola Marina" – 4:48
- "World Weary" – 3:11
- "Nina" (Coward, Cole Porter) – 4:22
- "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" – 3:14
- "Matelot" – 4:35
- "Alice Is At It Again" – 3:33
- "A Room with a View" – 3:04
- "Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love" (Porter) – 4:30
- "The Party's Over Now" – 1:44
All music and lyrics written by Noël Coward unless otherwise indicated.
Personnel
References
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Category:Columbia Records live albums
Category:Albums arranged by Peter Matz