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The Left Banke were a late 1960's band from New York with a unique sound. Critics labeled them "baroque-pop" due to the classical influences in their music.

Besides three songs that hit the Billboard charts, "Walk Away Renee," "Pretty Ballerina," and "Desiree," the group left behind a legacy of music that influenced notable musicians ranging from Leonard Bernstein to Alice Cooper.
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December 1965/January 1966 (World United Studios, N.Y.)
38560 I Haven’t Got The Nerve
Smash 2041 (July 66)
39292 I’ve Got Something On My Mind
Smash LP 67088 (Feb 67)

March 1966 (World United Studios, N.Y.)
38559 Walk Away Renee
Smash 2041 (July 66)

November 1966 (World United Studios, N.Y.)
39159 Pretty Ballerina
Smash 2074 (Dec 66)
39160 Lazy Day
Smash 2074 (Dec 66)

January 1967 (Mercury Studios, N.Y.)
39290 She May Call You Up Tonight
Smash LP-6 7088 (Feb 67)
39291 Barterers And Their Wives
Smash LP-67088 (Feb 67)
39294 Evening Gown
Smash LP 67088 (Feb 67)
39295 What Do You Know
Smash LP-6 7088 (Feb 67)
39296 Shadows Breaking Over My Head
Smash LP 67088 (Feb 67)
39293 Let Go Of You Girl
Smash LP 67088 (Feb 67)

February 1967 (New York)
Michael Brown (kybd), Mike McKean (gtr), Bert Sommer (voc)
39330 Ivy, Ivy
Smash 2089 (March 67)
39331 And Suddenly
Smash 2089 (March 67)

September 1967 (Capitol Recording Studio, N.Y.)
4028 Desiree
Smash 2119 (Oct 67)
42829 In The Morning Light
Smash LP 67113 (Feb 69)

May 1968 (Olmstead Studio, N.Y.)
41671 Dark Is The Bark
Smash 2165 (June 68)
41672 My Friend Today
Smash 2165 (June 68)

October 1968 (Olmstead Studio, N.Y.)
42716 Give The Man A Hand
Smash 2209 (Feb 69)
42717 Met To See You
Smash LP 67113 (Feb 69)
42718 There’s Gonna Be A Storm
Smash LP 67113 (Feb 69)
42719 Sing Little Bird, Sing
Smash 2198 (Nov 68)
42781 Goodbye Holly
Smash, 2198 (Nov 68)
42782 Bryant Hotel
Smash 2209 (Feb 69)

October 21, 1969 (Mercury Studios, N.Y.)
(Michael Brown and Steve Martin Caro with Tom Kaye’s Band)
44144 Myrah
Smash 2243 (Nov 69)
44145 Pedestal
Smash 2243 (Nov 69)
44146 Foggie Waterfall
UNRELEASED

January 1971 (Eventide Studios, N.Y.)
Hot Parts Soundtrack (credited to Steve Martin)
Love Songs In The Night
Buddah 219 (March 71)
Two By Two
Buddah 219 (March 71)

February - April, 1978 (Kingdom Sound Studios, Long Island)
Strangers On Train (*songs released on Relix Records RRLP 2021 in 1986 **song released on Charly Cazalet's Rough Mix NYC in 2005)
Hold On Tight*
Heartbreaker*
Lorraine*
Only My Opinion*
Poor Boy
Strangers On A Train*
I Know Love Is Blue**
I Can Fly*
Yesterday's Love*

Summer 1978 (RCA Studios, N.Y.)
8409 And One Day
Camerica 005 (Fall 78)
8408 Queen Of Paradise
Camerica 005 (Fall 78)
»Compilations
The Left Banke - And Finally It's... (UK release, Feb 1982 LP/CD)
Bam-Caruso KIRI 021
Walk Away Renee
There's Gonna Be A Storm
Desiree
Myrah
Shadows Breaking Over My Head
Let Go of You Girl
Sing Little Bird Sing
I Haven't Got the Nerve
Goodbye Holly
Dark is the Bark
I've Got Something on My Mind
Pretty Ballerina
In the Morning Light
She May Call You Up Tonight
My Friend Today
Barterers and their Wives
Pedestal
Foggy Waterfall

The History Of The Left Banke (1985 LP)
Rhino Records RNLP 123
Walk Away Renee
Pretty Ballerina
She May Call You Up Tonight
Ivy, Ivy
Desiree
Goodbye Holly
Foggy Waterfall
Love Songs In The Night (Steve Martin)
Two By Two (Steve Martin)
Myrah
Pedestal
And Suddenly
I'm Coming Home (Stories)
Brother Louie (Stories)

There's Gonna Be A Storm (1992 CD)
Mercury Records 848 095-2
Walk Away Renee
I Haven't Got The Nerve
Pretty Ballerina
She May Call You Up Tonight
I've Got Something On My Mind
Barterers and Their Wives
Let Go Of You Girl
What Do You Know
Evening Gown
Lazy Day
Shadows Breaking Over My Head
Ivy Ivy
Men Are Building Sand
Desiree
Dark Is The Bark
My Friend Today
Sing Little Bird Sing
And Suddenly
Goodbye Holly
In The Morning Light
Bryant Hotel
Give The Man A Hand
Nice To See You
There's Gonna Be A Storm
Pedestal
Myrah
»Bootlegs
Things Go Better (45)
Winfield Records
Things Go Better
Hertz Rent-A-Car
Toni Hairspray
»Tributes
Shadows Breaking Over Our Heads: A Tribute to the Left Banke (1999 CD)
Apollo/Brobdingnagian Records, 1999
Jigsaw Seen - Desiree
Admiral - Let Go of You Girl
Frank Bango - Goodbye Holly
Jason Faulkner - Pretty Ballerina
Shane Faubert - I Haven't Got the Nerve
Starbelly - Myrah
The Sun Sawed in 1/2 - And Suddenly
Blue Cartoon - Shadows Breaking Over My Head
The Andersons - Give the Man a Hand
The Birdwatchers - My Friend Today
MiNisTeR HiLL - Evening Gown
Flamingo - Sing Little Bird Sing
The Gripweeds - Lazy Day
Mark Johnson - Nice to See You
Angie Heaton - Walk Away Renee
Ken Stringfellow - She May Call You Up Tonight
The Phenomenal Cats - I've Got Something on My Mind
Jeremy - Dark is the Bark
The Idea - Barterers and Their Wives
The Christines - There's Gonna Be a Storm
Ed James - Run Jenny Run
Jim Basnight - Brother Louie
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