The Lively Ones (album)

The Lively Ones is the fifteenth studio album by American singer Vic Damone, released in August 1962 by Capitol Records, to coincide with the NBC special of the same series, which aired from the summers of 1962 and 1963 which showcased current jazz, pop, and folk performers, as well as comedians, It was produced by Jack Marshall. it contains gems such as Ruby (which he also recorded for Mercury Records in 1947), "Marie", and two of Erno Rapee's Twenties movie waltzes, "Charmanine' and "Diane" and what must be the only crooner version of "Cherokee" to this date."

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated October 13. 1962, remaining on the chart for 10 weeks, and peaking at number 57.

The album was released on compact disc by EMI Music Distribution on May 31, 1999, as a double album paired with Damone's other album from 1962, Strange Enchantment. The Lively Ones was included in a box set entitled Seven Classic Albums Box Set, which contains all 7 of his studio albums, and was released on February 5, 2016.