OH ,YOU CRAZY MOON ! In 1939, composer Jimmy Van Heusen met lyricist Johnny Burke and they produced their first song which became quite popular. Sung by Mel Torme, accompanied by a sumptuous string orchestra, Torme's articulation, timbre and absolute pitch do real justice to a delightful song in which Torme talks directly to the moon, blaming that moon for fostering romance with another man who stole his lover-All because of the power of the moon to stimulate romance.

 https://youtu.be/A_QytdvAGpE

"  Tony Bennet sings" The Shadow .of Your Smile" This classic Johnny Mandel song from The Sandpiper is given a lush string setting while Tony is joined by a young Spanish singer. In the video, they discuss their approach to singing and agree that it has to express emotion right from the heart.
You can hear the tenderness and warmth in their singing in both Spanish & English/

 https://youtu.be/xb9X7gVN6cA

(I) "Don't get around much anymore."  This Duke Ellington song perfectly describes my current mobility concerns after two hip and one knee replacement and foot problems. This is not a plea for sympathy but a description of the difficulty many old geezers & geezettes face as they age. A cane helps, so does a handicap parking pass and Extra Strength Tylenol. I tend to be able to do many things I have always done but at a much more leisurely pace.

Tony Bennett, who sings the song with Michael Buble, is ten years older than I but still does move pretty well. I guess that singing and painting every day does keep you energetic as well as mobile.

Meanwhile, I have to just "Keep Truckin' since life is grand and music is a great healing force.

https://youtu.be/_XL1vGOLmvM 

Women rhapsodizing about their Man: Two Rodgers & Hart songs " Wait Till You See Him" and " He Was Too Good To Me"  are pure expressions of unrestrained love and adoration of a man they adored.
They are sung by Barbara Cook, a leading Broadway diva whose voice and dramatic ability are able to capture all the passion and eloquence of both the music and words of these remarkable songs. 

https://youtu.be/M4M_u5b5m5E         Wait till you see him

https://youtu.be/I_lEm4xl7WU            He Was too good to me

Sinatra sings about a sad & Rainy Day.  Of the more than fifty Jimmy Van Heusen songs recorded by Sinatra, this is often considered to be Van Heusen's finest composition. The lyric is by Johnny Burke who worked with the composer on a number of earlier songs introduced by Bing Crosby. Noted song scholar Alec Wilder wrote that " This is a very powerful and affecting song  In my opinion it is a great illustration of absolute honesty, quite irrespective of its extremely inventive character as a melody."

Sinatra's performance is clearly in keeping with the sombre mood of the piece and brings his dramatic capabilities to the highest possible level.
https://youtu.be/kUx2qUD8uo0
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"  But Not For Me "   A classic George  and Ira Gershwin song that believes there is no love song for the singer, concluding that " There is no knot ( wedding) for me "  Sung by American opera baritone, Jubilant Sykes who is able to render a non-operatic and tender performance of such a sadly reflective song.

 https://youtu.be/TQ_6KObLdWA

Two Porgy & Bess songs: Perhaps George Gershwin's greatest creation, Porgy and Bess is an native folk-opera drawn from Afro-American life in South Carolina. " I Got Plenty of Nuthin' " is sung by baritone Jubilant Sykes. It expresses a positive view of life despite the relative poverty of people living in Catfish Row. " Bess, You is my Woman Now" is a thrilling duet between Jubilant Sykes and Maureen McGovern. She possesses  a  four octave vocal range and great interpretive power.This is a composition that compares with any twentieth century opera aria by the great Puccini.
Wonderful songs, wonderful performances.

https://youtu.be/yrRtYZxvAPE 

" The Very Thought of You" beautifully sung by Natalie Cole .  Music and lyrics were written in 1934  by British bandleader Ray Noble. He emigrated to the United States and was featured on a number of radio programs with Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy and Burns & Allan. He also played the part of a stuffy Englishman in several Hollywood films. Despite being raised and trained in England, his compositions are very much in the tradition of The geat American Songbook and remain popular today. They include:
       * Love is the sweetest thing"
        * Cherokee"
        * The Touch of your lips"
        * I hadn't anyone till you" 
        * Goodnight Sweetheart"
     https://youtu.be/75P3TrQsz0E