On the Swingin' Side

On the Swingin' Side is the twelfth studio album by American singer Vic Damone, released on December 19, 1960, by Columbia Records.

[1] Collectables included this CD in a box set entitled Only the Best of Vic Damone, which contains six of his studio albums and one compilation and was released on November 27, 2007.

"[3] Giving it four stars to indicate "strong sales potential", Billboard notes "He Lends his superior vocal talents to a flock of great standards - eschewing his usual sweet ballad groove in favor of a swinging beat.

"[5] Cash Box claimed "Jack Marshall's arrangement keep the pace on the easy swing side, sympathetic to the singer's style".

[6] In A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers, Will Friedwald writes "He knows his own strengths and weakness enough to stick to doing ballads with a beat, as opposed to out and up-tempo singing in the Sinatra Swingin' Lover tradition.