Ralph Flanagan Plays Rodgers & Hammerstein II for Dancing is an album by bandleader Ralph Flanagan, released in 1950 by RCA Victor.
Release The album was released in two formats: 78 rpm (a set of three phonograph records, cat. no. P 268) and 45 rpm (a set of three 7-inch records, cat. no. WP 268).
Critical reception
Billboard reviewed the album in its issue from March 11, 1950, rating it 90 on a scale of 100 and writing: "This one's likely to rate tops with the teen-agers and college crowd. With Flanagan shaping up as the new idol of the young dance crowd [...], this grouping rates as nothing less than sure-fire."
Chart performance The album spent several weeks at number one on the 45-rpm half of Billboards Pop Albums chart in July–August 1950.
Track listing Set of four 10-inch 78-rpm records (RCA Victor P 268)Set of four 7-inch 45-rpm records' (RCA Victor WP 268)
Charts Chart (1950) Peakposition US Billboard Pop Albums 3 US Billboard Pop Albums / Best-Selling 45 R.P.M. 1
See also List of Billboard number-one albums of 1950
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