Name: That’s The Kind Of Guy I Dream Of
Duration: P00H02M51S
Description: This rare song was written by the members of the cocktail jazz group The Soft Winds. Initially recorded in 1951 by Betty Hutton with orchestration by Pete Rugolo, the song appeared as the B-side of Hutton’s single “It’s A Man” on RCA Victor. Also recorded, but not released initially, by the Nat “King” Cole Trio.

That’s The Kind Of Guy I Dream Of

from Top Shelf (compilation) by Laura Ainsworth

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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
2021 Mini-LP CD initially released only to Japan.

Features:

• Otherwise unreleased track "You'd Be Surprised" unavailable on the "Top Shelf" digital release
• Warm, vinyl-like mastering courtesy Grammy®-nominated engineer Jessica Thompson (Erroll Garner)
• Slip sleeve paper jacket that looks and feels like a miniature version of the original LP
• Reworked and expanded track list
• 16-page full color booklet featuring bio, song list, and rare photos of Laura
• Lyric sheet
• Full color picture CD
• Collectible Japanese obi strip
• Resealable transparent outer sleeve

Laura's very first release to Japan, "Top Shelf" received excellent reviews in "CD Journal," "Jazz Critique," "Jazz Japan," and "The Walker's" magazines. "Jazz Critique" reviewed the album twice in the same issue, declaring the album "irresistible for 1920s–1950s retro standard lovers." "CD Journal" (one of the top selling music magazines in Japan) described the album as a "modern day nostalgic story based on the jazz standards of the good old days."

In America, a review of the import CD on the "Geoff Wilbur Music Blog" by Eric Harabadian (Down Beat) exploded in popularity and became the blog's most read review of all time. This review can be read at: geoffwilburmusic.com/2021/11/04/laura-ainsworth-top-shelf/

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Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
LIMITIED QUANTITY! The original 10-song, 180g heavyweight vinyl LP, released in 2017 one week before the release of Laura's third album, "New Vintage."

"Top Shelf" was originally an LP-only release intended to present Laura's music to the emerging vinyl market. The album made its way to Japan in 2019 and was reviewed positively in "Jazz Life" magazine, which led to Japanese record store chain Disk Union picking up the album for distribution. Ratspack Records took over Japanese distribution of "Top Shelf" in 2020, and released an expanded edition on mini-LP CD in September 2021.

LP track list is below:

Side 1:
1. Love For Sale
2. An Occasional Man
3. Necessary Evil
4. Just Give Me A Man
5. Hooray For Love

Side 2:
1. That's How I Got My Start
2. Out Of This World
3. That's The Kind Of Guy I Dream Of
4. Wasting My Love On You
5. Skylark

Tracks S1 1, S2 3, 5 from "Keep It To Yourself" (2011)
Tracks S1 3, 4, 5, S2 2 from "Necessary Evil" (2013)
Tracks S1 2, S2 1, 4 from "New Vintage" (2017)

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This rare song was written by the members of the cocktail jazz group The Soft Winds. Initially recorded in 1951 by Betty Hutton with orchestration by Pete Rugolo, the song appeared as the B-side of Hutton’s single “It’s A Man” on RCA Victor. Also recorded, but not released initially, by the Nat “King” Cole Trio.

lyrics

A handsome hunk o’ fellow with the sharpest clothes
A sunny disposition and a smile that glows
That’s the kind of guy I dream of
You should see the kind that I get

He never runs around with any gal but me
He doesn’t give a hoot about variety
That’s the kind of guy I dream of
You should see the kind that I get

If they’re not “dese, dem, and dose”-ers
They’re financially in the red
They’re broad-shouldered brutes
But in their bathing suits…
I shoulda stood in bed

A trip to Catalina on a moonlit deck
He wines me and he dines me and he pays the check
That’s the kind of guy I dream of
You should see the kind that I get

A man who comes a-courtin’ in a limousine
Who doesn’t want me chipping in for gasoline
That’s the kind of guy I dream of
You should see the kind that I get

He shows up on the minute when we have a date
Of course I’m never ready but he loves to wait
That’s the kind of guy I dream of
You should see the kind that I get

Got a guy, says he’s a jockey
Took me to see his thoroughbred
You guessed it, of course
He looks just like his horse
I shoulda stood in bed

He tells me that he’s faithful, never fools around
So naturally I trust him when he’s out of town
That’s the kind of guy I dream of
You should see the goons, the looney tunes
The geeks, the freaks, the weak physiques
The losers, the mooks, the flukes and the kooks
You should see
The guys that I get

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from Top Shelf (compilation), released November 18, 2022

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Laura Ainsworth Dallas, Texas

American retro jazz singer Laura Ainsworth breathes new life into songs from the Great American Songbook era.

Laura has released four studio albums and one compilation album to date.

She has been featured in Down Beat (USA), Broadway World (USA), Jazz Critique (Japan) and other important international jazz publications. ... more

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