IF THERE IS SOMEONE LOVELIER THAN YOU
While rummaging through old photos, I found a 1964 passport application of Ann Ireland, my wife-to -be in 1966. Literally, the picture took my breath away as I looked upon the radiant face of that lovely 24 year old woman.
A song immediately came to mind.
" If there is someone lovelier thn you, Than I am blind, A man without a mind. " This version is by  Dick Haymes, a favourite of both Ann and myself. It ends with
" If There is someone lovelier than you. By all that's beautiful, Such beauty can't be true."

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Every Time We Say Goodbye  Cole p[orter was known for his saucy and cleverly-Rhymed lyrics ( like " The virago from Chicago " from Kiss Me Kate.")  He also had a tender, most expressive way of looking at love relationships. In "Every Time We say Goodbye" he explores the anguish felt by lovers when they part, even momentarily. For example " How strange the change from major to minor, every time we say goodbye" 9 On the worf minor, P[orter introduces a change to a minor chord to underscore the " minor" lyric intent.
This duet between Clint Holmes and Jane Monheit features a Grammy nominated arrangement by the great Jorge Callandrelli, a favourite arranger of the best singers of classic American popular song. He combines strings, woodwinds and brass in a most elegant and moving fashion.
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INDIAN   SUMMER    Composed by Victor Herbert, an American who principally wrote in an European Operatta vein, found time to write an imensely popular song in the Great American Songbook tradition pioneered by Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Richard Rodgers and Harold Arlen. It is his only song free from any European musical influences with very poetic lyrics by Al Dubin, My home in Toronto is in a very leafy enclave called Rosedale where the fall colours of red and sugar maples, white and red oaks and brilliant flaming Sumach are in their current glory.
Sung by John Pizzarelli,backed by the wondrful harmonic sensibilities of Sir Geoge Shearing, it is a poignant reminder of the recurring glories of Mother Nature present even in the middle of a large urban metropolis.

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