• Source: Politely

      • Politely (foaled 1963 in Maryland) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. She was bred by Allaire du Pont and raced under her Bohemia Stable banner. Her sire, Amerigo, a son of the great Nearco, was a stakes winner of races in England and the United States including the Coventry Stakes, New York Handicap and the San Juan Capistrano Handicap. Her dam was Morn Again, a daughter of Calumet Farm's multiple stakes winner Sun Again.
      When Politely, trained by George Baker, raced at age three, her best outing was a third to 1965 American Horse of the Year Moccasin in the 1966 Test Stakes. At ages four and five, she was one of the top fillies in the United States, scoring back-to-back wins in three important stakes races, which included equalling and breaking the Monmouth Park track record in the Matchmaker Stakes.
      Retired to broodmare duty, Politely produced eleven foals between 1971 and 1987. She was bred to top stallions such as Hoist The Flag, Dr. Fager, Alydar, The Minstrel, Smarten and Northern Dancer, but her offspring met with limited racing success.
      In 1977 Politely was inducted into the Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and into the Maryland Thoroughbred Hall of Fame in 2013.


      References

    • Source: Politely!

      • Politely! is a 1958 album by Keely Smith, with arrangements by Billy May.


      Reception


      The initial Billboard magazine review from October 20, 1958 commented that "Miss Smith really has a way with a song. Her ballads are lush and lovely and she swings on the up-tempo tunes. ...Attractive cover drawing of the chick will attract".
      The album was reviewed by Dave Nathan for Allmusic who wrote that "The program balances up-tempo numbers and ballads with matching May orchestrations. The slower numbers are enhanced by strings, while the faster numbers feature Mays's trademark fluttering flutes juxtaposed with blaring brass". Nathan praised Smith's "...earnestness with which she delivered each song, regardless of tempo. This left the impression that she sincerely believed in each word of the lyrics".


      Track listing


      "Sweet and Lovely" (Gus Arnheim, Jules LeMare, Harry Tobias) – 3:44
      "Cocktails for Two" (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) – 2:53
      "The Song Is You" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 3:11
      "I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) – 2:10
      "Lullaby of the Leaves" (Bernice Petkere, Joe Young) – 2:17
      "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 3:00
      "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) – 3:25
      "I'll Never Smile Again" (Ruth Lowe) – 3:06
      "S'posin'" (Paul Denniker, Andy Razaf) – 2:38
      "East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)" (Brooks Bowman) – 3:25
      "All the Way" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:04
      "I Never Knew I Could Love Anybody (Like I'm Loving You)" (Raymond B. Egan, Roy Marsh, Thomas Pitts) – 1:48


      Personnel


      Keely Smith – vocals
      Billy May – arranger
      Jim Jonson – cover illustration
      Voyle Gilmore – producer


      References




      External links


      Politely! at Discogs (list of releases)

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