Tony Travis - I See Your Face Before Me / Come Swing with Me (2020)

n the summer of 1954, Tony Travis launched his recording career as a singer with a single for RCA Victor which included It s Easier Said than Done. His Sinatra-ish reading soon attracted deejays, and by 1955 he was performing around the country in a promotional tour with TV appearances. By November he was being heralded as 4th Most promising male vocalist on Billboard s Disk Jockey Poll. Right until the end of 1956 he recorded several more singles for RCA, as well as the LP I See Your Face Before Me, and in April the following year, he was signed to Verve Records by artist and repertoire topper Buddy Bregman. Tony became part of the label s growing talent roster with his second LP, Come Swing with Me, but despite his success in the field, or maybe because of it, the young crooner turned to rock & roll music, and started getting roles on movies and TV.

This CD contains his two albums for RCA and Verve, full of Travis tasteful and swinging touch, and with rock-solid, stylish orchestral backings by Dennis Farnon and Russell Garcia. As a bonus we can also listen to four pleasant numbers recorded while he was under contract with RCA.