Sammy Nestico, a graduate of
Duquesne University who worked for the US Air Force Band, primarily the Airmen of Note, in Washington, DC for 12 years after World War II, had at this time been writing for Basie for four years.
On this album
Basie recorded the song Scott's Place written for
KFI jazz DJ Scott Ellsworth. Like all other cuts on the LP it was composed by
Sammy Nestico. This later became the theme music for Ellsworth's night time radio program.
The title track of this album was also used as theme music. Radio personality
J.P. McCarthy used Have a Nice Day to open his "Morning Music Hall" on
WJR, a powerful Detroit AM radio station, for several years in the early to mid 1970s. McCarthy overlaid the first few bars of the song with the sound of a wind-up alarm clock, first ticking and then ringing, to greet his listeners each morning.
The album was reissued on CD in West Germany by EmArcy Records (Catalog #824 867–2) and Marketed by Phonogram. (CD itself says "Made in W. Germany by Polygram")
Sammy Nestico, a graduate of
Duquesne University who worked for the US Air Force Band, primarily the Airmen of Note, in Washington, DC for 12 years after World War II, had at this time been writing for Basie for four years.
On this album
Basie recorded the song Scott's Place written for
KFI jazz DJ Scott Ellsworth. Like all other cuts on the LP it was composed by
Sammy Nestico. This later became the theme music for Ellsworth's night time radio program.
The title track of this album was also used as theme music. Radio personality
J.P. McCarthy used Have a Nice Day to open his "Morning Music Hall" on
WJR, a powerful Detroit AM radio station, for several years in the early to mid 1970s. McCarthy overlaid the first few bars of the song with the sound of a wind-up alarm clock, first ticking and then ringing, to greet his listeners each morning.
The album was reissued on CD in West Germany by EmArcy Records (Catalog #824 867–2) and Marketed by Phonogram. (CD itself says "Made in W. Germany by Polygram")