Angel Eyes: A Great " Saloon" song. In his live performances, Frank Sinatra often would group together what he called " saloon " songs.In addition to his iconic " One More For My Baby," he often would sing " Angel Eyes". This is a song written by Matt Dennis, a talented pianist, composer, singer and arranger for the Tommy Dorsey band. Written in 1946, with lyrics by Earl Brent, the song has been very popular with jazz performers because of the interesting harmonic patterns and meandering melodic line.
Dennis was an excellent performer of his own materials which includes such other well known standards like
" Everything Happens To Me" " Will You Still Be Mine ?" " The Night We Called It a Day" and "Violets For Your Furs" , all songs written in 1941 with lyrics by Tom Adair.
The first version features Ella Fitzgerald in a live performance and a brief introduction by Sinatra himself.
FITZGERALD: http://youtu.be/BLcjQpI9cXg
The second version is Sinatra"s epic performance in the Nelson Riddle arranged LP " Only The Lonely."
This song was the one chosen by Sinatra as the last song he would perform before his official retirement.
LINK: http://youtu.be/o0HoodY9pXg
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