Della Reese - What Do You Know About Love (1960) Vinyl LP • Torch Songs

Catalog Number:

JLP-1109

Musical Styles:

1950s, 1960s, Ballad, Big Band & Swing, Cabaret, Classic R&B, Contemporary R&B, Jazz Pop, Traditional Jazz, Vocal Jazz

Sleeve Grade:

Very Good (VG)

Record Grade:

Very Good Plus (VG+)

Condition Details:

Vinyl plays with some crackles and a few light-clicks (play-graded). Cover has a few creases near edges; scuffing (front/back); discoloration on back, surface impression on front near center of bottom. Inner-sleeve is original (generic white); two seams partially split. Spine is partially readable with wear. Shelf-wear along bottom-edge and corners, heavier across top-edge; splits across top and bottom. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and divots. (Not a cut-out.)

Tracks:

1. What Do You Know About Love?
2. When I Fall In Love
3. Something I Dreamed Last Night
4. I Got It Bad
5. I'll Never Be The Same
6. You Better Go Now
7. I'm Nobody's Baby
8. I Never Knew
9. I Thought Of You Last Night
10. You Don't Know What Love Is
11. I'm Thru With Love
12. That's All There Is

About The Record:

What Do You Know About Love, by Della Reese, features twelve torch ballads and Great American Songbook standards orchestrated by Reg Owen. Drawing from her gospel roots, Reese delivers emotive renditions of classics like When I Fall in Love, I Got It Bad, and I'll Never Be the Same, blending rhythmic precision with heartfelt yearning in a style that bridged sacred and secular music during the late 1950s. Historically significant as one of her final Jubilee releases before signing with RCA Victor—where she achieved greater commercial success—the album exemplifies her transition into a prominent jazz and pop vocalist influenced by figures like Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday. It underscores Reese's versatility amid the era's evolving R&B and jazz scenes, just after her breakthrough million-selling single And That Reminds Me in 1957. What Do You Know About Love? stands out as a notable original composition amid the timeless covers.