Ronnie aldrich - Close to you (1970)

I hope you relax, reminisce about good, happy memories. And happiness will come to you. Tracklist: 01. Something (0:00) 02. Don't Play That Song (4:14) 03. The Long And Winding Road (7:02) 04. Paper Mache (10:24) 05. Make It With You (14:24) 06. Snowbird (17:52) 07. Cecilia (20:25) 08. They Long To Be Close To You (24:00) 09. Rider On The Rain (27:48) 10. My Baby Loves Lovin (31:33) 11. The Sound Of Silence (34:46) 12. Sun Dance (38:23) Thank you for watching! He was born Ronald Frank Aldrich on 15 February 1916 in Erith, England, the only son of a store manager. He started playing the piano at three years old and was educated at the Harvey Grammar School in Folkestone and learned violin at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He travelled to India in the late 30s ahead of World War Two to play jazz and first gained fame in the 1940s as the leader of a Royal Air Force band called The Squadronaires who had a twenty-year-long career before they disbanded in 1964. Aldrich was noteworthy for the recording development of playing two pianos in his recordings (the Decca Phase 4 Stereo series). He recorded for the Decca Record Company Ltd in the 1960s and 1970s, moving to Seaward Ltd (his own company) licensed to EMI in the 1980s. He also regularly broadcast on BBC Radio 2 with his own orchestra as well as with the BBC Radio Orchestra and the BBC Scottish Radio Orchestra, based at BBC Glasgow. Aldrich also recorded special tracks that were released by Reader's Digest. All the Decca recordings have been released on CD format by Vocalion. Many of his sessions for radio stations have been released by Apple iTunes in m4a format. He was appointed musical director at Thames Television,[1] and thus was widely known as the musical director for the television programme The Benny Hill Show. (Wikipedia)