Diana Dors is known more as an actress and sex symbol than as a singer,
but she did sing on record during her heyday. This 1960 album is a
competent pop-jazz session, with accompaniment from the Wally Stott
Orchestra (Stott perhaps being best known internationally for working in
the '60s with Scott Walker, Dusty Springfield, and Shirley Bassey).
Unlike many records by celebrities known mostly for acting, Swinging
Dors isn't a novelty album, or an embarrassment. It's just a very
straightforward swing jazz-flavored adult pop session, Dors singing much
better, in the conventional sense, than her American counterpart
Marilyn Monroe. At the same time, Monroe, for all her vocal limitations,
projected much more character than Dors does on this record, which is
surprisingly only in its utter ordinariness. Richie Unterberger
Tracklist :
1 The Point of No Return 2:17
N. Harris
2 That's How It Is 2:28
Jay Livingston
3 Let There Be Love 2:12
Lionel Rand
4 Namely You 2:25
Johnny Mercer
5 Imagination 3:47
Johnny Burke
6 Roller Coaster Blues 2:33
Dean Fuller
7 The Gentleman is a Dope 3:37
Oscar Hammerstein II
8 April Heart 2:53
Watson
9 In Love For the Very First Time 2:38
Roberts / Woodman
10 Crazy He Calls Me 2:52
Bob Russell
11 Come By Sunday 2:22
M. Grand
12 Tired of Love 2:31
G. Salter
- Bonus Tracks -
13. I Feel So Mmm...... 2:51
14. A Kiss And A Cuddle 2:27
15. Hokey-Pokey Polka (with Jack Buchanan) 0:53
16. Thanks A Lot, But No Thanks 3:28
17. Hooray For Love 3:16
18. It Was Just One Of Those Things 2:38
19. How Long Has This Been Going On 2:11
20. It Was Just One Of Those Things reprise (with Scott Brady) 0:56
21. Brief Television Interview The Bob Hope Show 3:53
Credits :
Featuring - Wally Stott & His Orchestra
Diana Dors - Vocals 
