Cy Walter-Popular NY song magician honoured with a 100 year Centennial Celebration.
The most Senior Songbook devotees may remember Cy Walter, a most gifted pianist and composer who reigned supreme in the NY music scene from the 1930'sthru the 1960's. He played in the most elegant clubs and cabaret and finished his caree playing 6 nights a week at the Drake Hotel. His popular radio show, Piano Playhouse, had a very wide audience including US overseas military bases.. He specialized in show tunes, even the most obscure and Frank Sinatra and others would drop in to learn of any songs that they could add to their repertoire.
This past September, The Cy Walter Foundation, headed by son Mark Walter, hosted a Centennial Celebration of the compositions and elaborate arrangements of Cy Walter.
If yiou want to see and hear what it was like in New York during the flowering of classical American popular song, click on the link below and enjoy gifted singers. pianists and a talented orchestra bring the Walter musical legacy to artistic fruition.
https://youtu.be/Nxxzj7273E8
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