Roses in Rhythm

Roses in Rhythm
Roses in Rhythm
Studio album by Frankie Carle
Released	1948
Label	Columbia

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Billboard	81/100

Frankie Carle Presents Roses in Rhythm, or simply Roses in Rhythm, is a studio album by American pianist Frankie Carle, released in 1948 on Columbia Records.

It was the third in the series of piano albums released by Carle on Columbia.

Content

The album collected compositions whose titles contained the word "rose".

Release

The album was originally released as a set of four 10-inch 78-rpm phonograph records (cat. no. C-174). Later, it was made available on 45 rpm (four 7-inch records, cat. no. B-174) and 33 rpm (one 10-inch LP, cat. no. CL 6032).

There was also a different Frankie Carle album titled Roses in Rhythm, released on a 12-inch LP in 1956 (cat. no. CL-913).

Reception

Billboard reviewed the album in its issue from November 27, 1948, giving it 81 points out of 100 (which indicated an "excellent" rating). The reviewer stated: "Frankie Carle piano albums [...] have proven to be money-in-the-bank items. This one shouldn't become the exception to the rule. It's the same winning combination – Carle's distinctive piano tinkling with the aid of a rhythm section and eight, time-tested evergreen tunes."

The album reached number one on Billboard's Best-Selling Popular Record Albums chart for the week of January 29, 1949.

Track listing

Set of four 10-inch 78-rpm records (Columbia C-174)

Side 1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Roses of Picardy"	Weatherly—Wood

Side 2
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"My Wild Irish Rose"	Olcott

Side 3
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Mexicali Rose"	Stone—Tenney

Side 4
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Rose of Washington Square"	Macdonald—Hanley

Side 5
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Honeysuckle Rose"	Razaf—Waller

Side 6
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Rose Room" ("In Sunny Roseland")	Williams—Hickman

Side 7
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Only a Rose"	Hooker—Friml

Side 8
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"One Dozen Roses"	Lewis—Washburn—Jurgens—Donovan

10-inch LP (Columbia CL 6032)

Side 1
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Roses of Picardy"
2.	"Mexicali Rose"
3.	"Honeysuckle Rose"
4.	"Only a Rose"

Side 2
No.	Title	Length
1.	"My Wild Irish Rose"
2.	"Rose of Washington Square"
3.	"Rose Room" ("In Sunny Roseland")
4.	"One Dozen Roses"

Charts

Chart (1949)	Peak position
US Billboard Best-Selling Popular Record Albums	1

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 "Billboard". November 27, 1948.
↑ "Billboard". October 16, 1948.
↑ "Billboard". November 20, 1948.
1 2 "Frankie Carle – Frankie Carle Presents Roses In Rhythm – 4 x Shellac (10", 78 RPM, Album), 1948". 1948 – via Discogs.
↑ "Frankie Carle – Frankie Carle Presents Roses In Rhythm". 1948 – via Discogs.
↑ "Frankie Carle – Roses In Rhythm". 1956 – via Discogs.
1 2 "Billboard". January 29, 1949.
↑ "Frankie Carle – Roses In Rhythm – Vinyl (LP, 10", Album), 1949". 1949 – via Discogs.

[Billboard_27_Nov_1948-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Billboard". November 27, 1948.

[2] "Billboard". October 16, 1948.

[3] "Billboard". November 20, 1948.

[Columbia_C-174-4] 1 2 "Frankie Carle – Frankie Carle Presents Roses In Rhythm – 4 x Shellac (10", 78 RPM, Album), 1948". 1948 – via Discogs.

[Discogs-5] "Frankie Carle – Frankie Carle Presents Roses In Rhythm". 1948 – via Discogs.

[Discogs_1956-6] "Frankie Carle – Roses In Rhythm". 1956 – via Discogs.

[Billboard_29_Jan_1949-7] 1 2 "Billboard". January 29, 1949.

[Columbia_CL_6032-8] "Frankie Carle – Roses In Rhythm – Vinyl (LP, 10", Album), 1949". 1949 – via Discogs.