Sunday, 23 December 2018

" 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

Friday, 21 December 2018

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

Monday, 17 December 2018

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 

 

Wednesday, 5 December 2018

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

Tuesday, 4 December 2018

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.

\ https://youtu.be/aECKnsLH_LE

Sunday, 25 November 2018

I REMEMBER YOU   BY TONY BENNETT This tender ballad was written by composer Victor Schertzinger and lyricist extraordinarejohnny Mercer. It cherishes the memory of a loved one  pointing out that " And when the angels ask me to recall, the thrill of it all, I will tell them I remember you." 
The arrangement is by Johnny Mandel. the masterful arranger and film composer of Emily, The Shadow of your Smile and the theme from M.A.S.H. 

 https://youtu.be/Yslez7Ds0xM