MP3:
01 Cab Driver (3:02)
02 Medley (3:39)
03 Help Yourself (2:52)
04 Sunrise Sunset (2:40)
05 Red Roses (3:08)
06 Muskrat Ramble (1:59)
07 Gentle on my mind (3:16)
08 Tijuana Taxi (2:10)
09 Please Release Me (3:29)
10 Can't Take My Eyes Off of You (3:50)
11 Kansas City (2:28)
12 Patricia (3:06)
Transport yourself to Del Webb's Mountain Shadows in Scottsdate, AZ, one evening in... I'm guessing the 1960s... for superior lounge style entertainment from Dick and Libby Halleman — in stereo. The Hallemans are all over the place, though at times echo their obvious heroes, Louis Prima and Keely Smith. Sometimes, they rock, rather.
Lawrence Welk loved the group. On the back he writes, "I want to congratulate you on this wonderful little band. It is truly the best little dance band I have heard in many years. If we can come up with more bands like this, I think the music and dance business could be brought back."
Research has shown that Dick and Libby actually played the Phoenix Rotary Club in 1999 - most recently, Dick was diagnosed with Alzheimer's.
- Contributed by: John Mitchell
Image: Cover
Those jackets the boys are wearing are really somthing special.
Posted by: American Death Fat | December 07, 2007 at 12:33 PM
Wow! They are competent! Super, super job, fellas...and lady.
Posted by: | December 08, 2007 at 04:29 PM
Wow! They sure are competent! Super job, fellas...and lady.
Posted by: | December 08, 2007 at 04:31 PM
I had the time of my life back in 1963 playing for a summer at Lake Shafer, Indiana (Indiana Beach) with Dick and Libby's Big Band. I was 19 years old and fresh out of high school. I played 3rd tenor with them and they treated me like one of the "real" musicians at the time. Wonderful people. I'm so sorry to hear about Dick's fight with Alzheimer's especially since I lost my dad in '89 to that terrible disease. Thanks, Lib. You guys helped me grow up that summer.
Posted by: John Vinson | October 05, 2009 at 07:12 AM
Dick Halleman is my uncle...My father is Fred Halleman, his brother. My family, unfortunately, was not close but I remember Uncle Dick and his wife Libby. We did see them a few times, being that I was born and raised in Phoenix, AZ. It's a real treat to see that they are remembered!
Posted by: Patti Roaten (nee Halleman) | July 01, 2012 at 08:49 PM
Back in the late 50s and early 60s my wife and I enjoyed Dick and Libby's performances at the Fanmarker Officer's club, Chanute Air Force Base. Later after we moved to Tucson we listened again at the Mountain Shadows on a visit to Phoenix. Ilost my wife to alzheimers in 2005.
Posted by: Richard Mills | December 03, 2012 at 04:16 PM