Originally posted December 2015 That could only be Frank Sinatra accompanied by Nat King Cole singing “The Christmas Song,” written by Mel Tormé and Bob Wells on what Tormé claimed was the hottest day of the year back in July of 1945. Here’s Mark Evanier relating his tale of Mr. Tormé at the Farmers’ Market …
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Originally posted December 2017. Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leslie Odom Jr., singing “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” from his “Simply Christmas” album. If you’re wondering who he is, he won a Tony as the first Aaron Burr in Hamilton. The song has had several iterations of its lyrics since it was written for the …
This comes from a 1999 compilation album entitled Sing America. It’s very good, but I can’t help thinking it was clearly released before the last 17 years of argument about what America is and what it should be, which has now brought us to Trump. Here’s the track listing: 1. Fanfare For The Common Man …
We all know “Guys and Dolls,” right? Well, here’s a little switch. When Frank Sinatra formed Reprise Records in 1960 Sinatra recruited several artists for the fledgling label, such as fellow Rat Pack members Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr. The original roster from 1961 to 1963 included Bing Crosby, Jo Stafford, Rosemary Clooney, Nancy …
Here’s Frank Sinatra singing “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” from his 1957 album “A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra”. It was the fourth album he released that year.* *Preceded by, in order, “Close to You”, “A Swingin’ Affair!”, and “Where Are You?”.
Some very good singers have had things to say about Saturdays. Starting the day off as The Sandpipers do would be pleasant: And then you could go to the park, as Robert Lamm and Chicago do: But then melancholy can creep in by nightfall, as The Chairman of the Board suggests: And then you may …
Mr. Anthony Newley chastises himself, from 1961’s Stop the World, I Want to Get Off. Sérgio Mendes and Brasil 66 do a great cover of The Beatles’ The Fool on the Hill. A 25-year-old Frank Sinatra sings the Johnny Mercer song Fools Rush In shortly after it was written in 1940. He’s fronting the Tommy …
That could only be Frank Sinatra accompanied by Nat King Cole singing “The Christmas Song,” written by Mel Tormé and Bob Wells on what Tormé claimed was the hottest day of the year back in July of 1945. Here’s Mark Evanier relating his tale of Mr. Tormé at the Farmers’ Market in LA a long …
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