 The album lifted much from its predecessor from six years before.It had the same theme, travel, and the same arranger (Billy May) and where the first had been the brainchild of one songwriting partnership (Cahn and Van Heusen), Two-Beat relied on another pairing, that of Jay Livingston and Ray Evans.The result was a spirited and lively album but, as with many follow-ups, one that never quite matched the original.