Frank Sinatra & Nat King Cole  Two equally splendid versions of " That's All'"  Allan Brandt and Bob Haymes wrote this lovely ballad first made famous by Nat King Cole although Sinatra foll0wed with a fine version.Both singers mastered the art of elegant phrasing, clear articulation and interpretive sensitivity.
The string arrangement by Dob Costa for Sibatra is especially engaging.

 https://youtu.be/sooSaQpGnMM

https://youtu.be/SINfqtCq0lY 

I WISH YOU LOVE  This song was written by Charles Trenet, a French singer/songwriter who had a 60 year international career. His chanson  " I wish you love" became very popular in North America recorded , most notably by Gloria Lynne. A more restrained version by Natalie Cole is offered as a superior pop song performance with better sound quality and an intriguing arrangement,

https://youtu.be/LYmMmzifcD4 

" They Didn't Believe Me'  This was Jerome Kern's first major success. Written , in 1914 with Herbert Reynolds for the show " The Girl From Utah" the song is quite different from earlier Kern songs which were more like European opera in polite, coventional style.  Sung by Dinah Shore . It is a most tender tribute to the qualities of the man " whose wife someday she'll be."
Even after 100 years, the song stil has something relevant to say about the longing people can have for one another.

https://youtu.be/1G02QffbKUM

"A House is not a Home"    This is a more thoughtful and mature song than many of the peppy, rock-based songs by Bert Bachrach and Hal David.  It tells of the void in a person's life when there is no one to share a house ( which is just an empty shell , no matter how extravagant without someone present to help make it a lived in  home.)
Torme is very reverential and controlled in his perforamce whoch he invests with genuine empathy and acceptance of the lyric's profound message. Rob McConnell's arrangement is quite subdued and very much in tune with the purpose of the song and the singer's  performance.

 https://youtu.be/r7Ajh6Ca5C4

Mel Torme sings " September Song"  Septemeber Song was written by Kurt Weill with lyrics by the poet and playright Maxwell Anderson. It was for a 1938 musical called Knickerbocker Holiday. It was written specifically for the actor Walter Huston, father of director John Huston. The song is about an older mn pursuing a younger woman. He is trying to convince her that a mature man is a superior match over a younger, restless and inconsideraste young man.
Sung by Mel Torme backed by the Boss Brass , that great Canadian band of Rob McConnell who did the superb arrangement for Torme.

 https://youtu.be/O1KGS0hq9Ck

" I'm Shadowing You"  A delightful song by Blossom Dearry with clevefrlyrics by the great Johnny Mercer.  It's a about a non-hreatening female stalker who doesn't want her lover to get out of sight. " In Venice, I'll be a menace in your Italian Hotel" In Paris, I will embarras you on the Rue De Chapelle " 

 https://youtu.be/tmOwnezLR0M

Willow Weep for Me was written in 1932 by Ann Ronnell and dedicated to composer George Gershwin. Writing even just one great song is a tribute to the songwriter. It remains a popular song even 80 years after it was written. Here it is sung by Diana Krall in a very evocative performance.

 https://youtu.be/BQ2KfP4Lwa4

I See Your Face Before Me   This is a song by Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz that is almost a hymn to the memory of a most important love in a person's life.As sung by Frank Sinatra, it tells of a face " crowding my every dream" " I close my eyes and there you are-always"

It is a most profoundexpression of everlasting love with which many can understand and agree.

https://youtu.be/ym9r8RcXZes 

 

Brabra Streisand sings " Warm All Over"  from The Most Happy Fella. Written by Guys and Dolls creator, Frank Loesser, it is almost operatic in its majesty and emotional impact.
Assual, Streisand puts the totality of her dramatic capabilities into the song,

 https://youtu.be/4zXvA3KIFvE

Tony Bennett sings " The Way You Look Tonite" It was written by Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields for the movie Swing Time and was sung by Fred Astaire to Ginger Rogers. 

 https://youtu.be/Mx3SPsH9AMQ

Sinatra sings about the Nearness of You  Hoagy Carmichael wrote the music. Ned Washington the tender ;yrics which stress the emotional impact whenever one is close to the one true love. Frank Sinatra provided his version of the song with his udual interpretive sensitivity.

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