Stan Kenton! Tex Ritter!
# Stan Kenton! Tex Ritter!

Stan Kenton! Tex Ritter! is an album by the Stan Kenton Orchestra with country music vocalist Tex Ritter performing country music compositions arranged in a big band style recorded and released by Capitol Records in 1962.

## Reception

Professional ratings :

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| Allmusic | |

The Allmusic review by Bruce Eder noted "overall this wasn't the worst idea in the world. The public never bought it, however, and the album was quickly deleted".

## Track listing

* "The Bandit of Brazil" (Alfredo Nascimento, Michael Carr, John Turner) – 2:23
* "The Green Leaves of Summer" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Paul Francis Webster) – 2:24
* "Home on the Range" (Traditional) – 3:18
* "Wagon Wheels" (Billy Hill, Peter DeRose) – 2:09
* "Empty Saddles" (Hill) – 2:36
* "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)" (Tiomkin, Ned Washington) – 2:42
* "Cool Water" (Bob Nolan) – 2:34
* "September Song" (Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson) – 3:57
* "Red River Valley" (Traditional) – 3:56
* "Cimarron (Roll On)" (Johnny Bond) – 3:20
* "Take Me Back to My Boots and Saddle" (Teddy Powell, Walter G. Samuels, Leonard Whitcup 2:45
* "The Last Round Up" (Hill) – 3:42
* Recorded at Capitol Studios in Hollywood, CA on March 26, 1962 (tracks 7 & 8), March 29, 1962 (tracks 2, 3, 5 & 9) and March 30, 1962 (tracks 1, 4, 6 & 10–12).

## Personnel

* Stan Kenton – piano, celeste, arranger, conductor (tracks 2, 3, 5 & 7–9)
* Tex Ritter – vocals
* Dee Barton, Bob Fitzpatrick, Newell Parker – trombone
* Jim Amlotte, – bass trombone
* Dave Wheeler – bass trombone, tuba
* Dwight Carver, Gene Roland, Carl Saunders, Ray Starling – mellophonium
* Lex de Azevedo – piano, celeste (tracks 1, 4, 6 & 10–12)
* Alvino Rey – console guitar
* Don Bagley – bass
* Art Anton – drums
* Lennie Niehaus – arranger, conductor (tracks 1, 4, 6 & 10–12)
