Take a Number
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{{Infobox album
| name = Take a Number
| type = album
| artist = Mavis Rivers
| cover = Take a Number Mavis.jpeg
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| released = 1959
| recorded = 1959
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| genre = Jazz
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| label = Capitol – T1210
| producer = Andy Wiswell
| chronology = Mavis Rivers
| prev_title =
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| next_title = Hooray for Love
| next_year = 1960
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Take a Number is the debut album by New Zealand and Polynesian jazz singer Mavis Rivers. It was arranged by Nelson Riddle and released in 1959.{{AllMusic|class=album|id=take-a-number-hooray-for-love-mw0000476348|label=Take a Number}}{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Mavis-Rivers-Take-A-Number/release/4151817|title=Mavis Rivers – Take a Number at Discogs |publisher=discogs.com|accessdate=26 January 2017}}
Reception
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The initial Billboard magazine review from May 18, 1959 commented that "Polynesian canary Mavis Rivers lends her expressive jazz-flavored thrushing style to a group of "number" selections...Spinnable wax".{{cite magazine |magazine=Billboard |title=Reviews and Ratings of New Popular Albums |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GSAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA36 |date=18 May 1959 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |pages=36 |issn=0006-2510}}
Track listing
- "One Minute to One" (J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis) – 2:32
- "Two Loves Have I" – 4:03
- "Three Coins in the Fountain" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 3:12
- "Four A.M." (L. Coleman) – 3:02
- "Five O'Clock Whistle" (Kim Gannon, Gene Irwin, Josef Myrow) – 2:06
- "Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga" (James V. Monaco) – 2:52
- "Seven-League Boots" – 2:46
- "Dinner at Eight" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 3:31
- "About a Quarter to Nine" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) – 3:05
- "One the Ten O' Ten" (J. Fred Coots) – 2:20
- "At the Eleventh Hour" – 3:01
- "It's Twelve O'Clock" (Coots) – 3:34
Personnel
- Mavis Rivers – vocals
- Nelson Riddle – arranger
- Andy Wiswell – producer