A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night

A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night
Studio album by Harry Nilsson
Released	June 1973
Recorded	15−22 March 1973
Studio	CTS Studios, Wembley; RCA Recording Studios, New York City
Genre	Pop
Length	36:04
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	Derek Taylor
Harry Nilsson chronology
Son of Schmilsson (1972) A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night (1973) Son of Dracula (1974)

A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Nightis an album of classic 20th-century standards sung by American singer Harry Nilsson. The album was arranged by Frank Sinatra's arranger Gordon Jenkins, and produced by Derek Taylor. In 1988, it was reissued as A Touch More Schmilsson in the Night, containing an intro and outro (studio chatter) and six additional songs from the recording sessions.

This album is notable in being a standards album produced a decade before such works started to become popular again.^[1]Although Nilsson's album met with only modest chart success, it is often regarded as the finest example of his virtuosic singing.^{[citation needed]} The title is an allusion to Shakespeare's Henry V, Act 4, in which the Chorus refers to Henry's nocturnal visit to his troops as "a little touch of Harry in the night".

Track listing[edit]

1. "Lazy Moon" (Bob Cole, J. Rosamond Johnson) – 3:20
2. "For Me and My Gal" (Edgar Leslie, E. Ray Goetz, George W. Meyer) – 2:47
3. "It Had to Be You" (music: Isham Jones; lyrics: Gus Kahn) – 2:45
4. "Always" (Irving Berlin) – 1:34
5. "Makin' Whoopee" (Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson) – 4:25
6. "You Made Me Love You" (Joseph McCarthy, James V. Monaco) – 2:32
7. "Lullaby in Ragtime" (Sylvia Fine) – 3:39
8. "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" (Joe Howard, Harold Orlob, Frank R. Adams, Will M. Hough) – 2:40
9. "What'll I Do?" (Irving Berlin) – 2:25
10. "Nevertheless (I'm in Love with You)" (Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby) – 2:38
11. "This Is All I Ask" (Gordon Jenkins) – 3:35
12. "As Time Goes By" (Herman Hupfeld) – 3:21

1988 reissue track listing

1. "Intro" – 0:15
2. "Lazy Moon" (Bob Cole, J. Rosamond Johnson) – 3:20
3. "For Me and My Gal" (Edgar Leslie, E. Ray Goetz, George W. Meyer) – 2:47
4. "It Had to Be You" (music: Jones; lyrics: Kahn) – 2:45
5. "Always" (Irving Berlin) – 1:34
6. "Makin' Whoopee" (Kahn, Donaldson) – 4:25
7. "You Made Me Love You" (McCarthy, Monaco) – 2:32
8. "Lullaby in Ragtime" (Fine) – 3:39
9. "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" (Howard, Orlob, Adams and Hough) – 2:40
10. "What'll I Do?" (Berlin) – 2:25
11. "Nevertheless (I'm in Love with You)" (Kalmar, Ruby) – 2:38
12. "This Is All I Ask" (Jenkins) – 3:35
13. "As Time Goes By" (Herman Hupfeld) – 3:21
14. "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" (Harry Carroll, Joseph McCarthy) – 3:16
15. "Make Believe" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 2:21
16. "Trust in Me" (Ned Wever, Milton Ager, Jean Schwartz) – 2:26
17. "It's Only a Paper Moon" (Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg, Billy Rose) – 3:12
18. "Thanks for the Memory" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 2:46
19. "Over the Rainbow" (Arlen, Harburg) – 3:29
20. "Outro" – 0:14