SINATRA SINGS ARLEN'S PURE MELODY " MY SHINING HOUR"

Sinatra sings Arlen's pure melody " My Shining Hour."

Harold Arlen is justly renowned as the most blues and jazz influenced of the major creators of The Great American Songbook. But he was also capable of writing a pure, singing melody without the need for clever harmonic support.
As proof of his versatility to plumb the depths of both the ethereal and the down to earth lament, Arlen wrote two songs for the 1942 film, The Sky's The Limit." Starring Fred Astaire and Joan Leslie, My Shining Hour was first sung by Leslie in a nightclub and later as a burgeoning romantic duet as he walks the lady home.
However, as the wartime romance flounders, Astaire gets drunk, smashes the mirror in a bar and leaves in a sad and lonely state. Sinatra has an iconic rendition of One For My Baby as he pours out his troubles to Joe, the silent bartender.
As a contrast, his version of the tender ballad My Shining Hour showcases Frank Sinatra's uncanny ability to put him in the character portrayed in the song .  You can hear his desire and hope with the lyric stating " In my dreams, your face will flower, Through the darkness of the night" thus making that moment his own Shining Hour, a sentiment especially poignant during WW2.

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