For Once in My Life (Sylvia Syms album)

For Once in My Life is an album by American vocalist Sylvia Syms recorded in 1967 and released on the Prestige label.[1]

For Once in My Life
Studio album by Sylvia Syms
Released	1967
Recorded	March 9 and April 18, 1967
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	30:35
Label	Prestige PR 7489
Producer	Cal Lampley
Sylvia Syms chronology
Sylvia Is! (1965) For Once in My Life (1967) Love Lady (1970)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "The renditions are mostly pretty brief and instantly forgettable. Not one of Sylvia Syms' more significant sets".[2]

Track listing

1. "Vaya con Dios" (Inez James, Buddy Pepper, Larry Russell) – 4:05
2. "Who (Will Take My Place)?" (Charles Aznavour, Herbert Kretzmer) – 3:20
3. "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" (Pino Donaggio, Vito Pallavicini, Vicki Wickham, Simon Napier-Bell) – 2:52
4. "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) – 4:07
5. "Games That Lovers Play" (Larry Kusic, James Last, Günter Loose, Eddie Snyder) – 2:50
6. "For Once in My Life" (Ron Miller, Orlando Murden) – 2:45
7. "Solitaire" (Steve Allen, Erroll Garner) – 1:55
8. "Yesterday" (Lennon–McCartney) – 3:15
9. "I Will Wait for You" (Jacques Demy, Norman Gimbel, Michel Legrand) – 2:26
10. "Don't Take Your Love from Me" (Henry Nemo) – 3:00

• Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on March 9, 1967 (tracks 1, 5 & 9) and April 18, 1967 (tracks 2–4, 6–8 & 10)

Personnel

• Sylvia Syms – vocals
• Jerome Richardson – flute, alto flute (tracks 1, 5 & 9)
• Johnny "Hammond" Smith – organ
• Gene Bertoncini (tracks 1, 5 & 9), Bucky Pizzarelli (tracks 1, 5 & 9), Thornel Schwartz (tracks 2–4, 6–8 & 10)

– guitar

• Sam Bruno (tracks 1, 5 & 9), Charles Wellsley (tracks 2–4, 6–8 & 10) – bass
• Bobby Rosengarden (tracks 1, 5 & 9), John Harris (tracks 2–4, 6–8 & 10) – drums
• Richie "Pablo" Landrum – congas (tracks 2–4, 6–8 & 10)

References

1. Prestige Records Discography accessed July 29, 2013
2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed July 29, 2013