For those unaware, Tangerine Records is proud to announce the long-awaited reissue of Jimmy Scott’s seminal album Falling In Love Is Wonderful on April 17th, 2026.

While limited-run releases and unauthorized bootlegs have circulated among collectors for decades, this release marks the official homecoming of the album to the label where it began, and, for the first time since its original 1963 release, its availability at retail outlets on vinyl and streaming services worldwide.

Along with the news, Tangerine Records has shared “They Say It’s Wonderful,” a highlight from the Ray Charles-supervised album that showcases Scott’s signature ethereal sound. Backed by the lush Marty Paich Orchestra, Scott’s singular alto transforms the Irving Berlin standard into a haunting meditation on love.

Scott held a special place in the heart of Ray Charles, who founded Tangerine Records in 1962 and immediately signed Jimmy to his label. Ray was a devoted fan, once stating, “Jimmy Scott has more pain and prettiness in his voice than any singer anywhere.”

1. They Say It’s Wonderful
2. I Wish I Didn’t Love You So
3. There Is No Greater Love
4. If I Should Lose You
5. Why Try to Change Me Now
6. I’m Getting Sentimental Over You
7. Someone To Watch Over Me
8. How Deep Is The Ocean
9. I Didn’t Know What Time It Was
10. Sunday, Monday or Always

This most gorgeously sumptuous recording opens on an aching yearn that threads throughout They Say It’s Wonderful and the sweeping I Wish I Didn’t Love You So and they are backed by an emotive There Is No Greater Love, the all-embracing If I Should Lose You and the low slung allure of Why Try to Change Me Now.

Along next is the glorious flashback to an era all in the one song, her beautiful I’m Getting Sentimental Over You which is itself followed seamlessly by a sumptuous Someone To Watch Over Me, the decadent How Deep Is The Ocean, the album rounding out on the impassioned I Didn’t Know What Time It Was, coming to an all too soon close on an a glamorously uproarious Sunday, Monday or Always.

Reflecting on the sessions, Scott remembered the creative synergy: “I don’t think we did more than two takes on any one tune. There wasn’t any overdubbing either. It was all the way live. The fiddlers were fiddling, Ray was playing, and I was singing, all at the same time.” Regarding the finished product, he remarked: “Ray produced probably the best record I ever made.”

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