Wednesday 15 January 2020

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.
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