My Fair Lady (Shelly Manne album) My Fair Lady (Shelly Manne album) My Fair Lady, recorded by "Shelly Manne & His Friends" and released in 1956 by Contemporary Records, is the first album ever made consisting entirely of jazz versions of tunes from a single Broadway musical. It was an instant hit and became one of the best-selling jazz albums of its day. Shelly Manne & his Friends* (*André Previn and Leroy Vinnegar): modern jazz performances of songs from My Fair Lady, as the full name appeared on the 12-inch LP jacket (Contemporary Records C3527), was begun when drummer Shelly Manne, pianist André Previn, and bassist
My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own included on a compilation release which was entitled "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own". The most successful country version was by Susan Raye in 1972 which hit Billboard's Top 10 Country Singles. Debby Boone made a slightly less successful hit of it in 1979, peaking at #11; Boone subsequently made less successful bids for C&W chart success with remakes of the Connie Francis hits "Breakin' in a Brand New Broken Heart" (#25) and "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" (#48). "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own" was recorded by Reba McEntire early in her career; that version was first