Thursday, November 30, 2006





Hush-A-Bye Island

music by Jimmy McHugh (left)
lyric by Harold Adamson (right)

Artist: Frank Sinatra
Album: The Columbia Years 1943-1952 Complete Recordings, Vol. 5


How Little It Matters How Little We Know

music by Philip Springer
lyric by Carolyn Leigh (top)

Artist: Frank Sinatra
Album: Sinatra's Sinatra; MP3 Download
Artist: Carmen McRae
Album: Here To Stay
Artist: Chris Connor
Album: I Miss You So/Witchcraft

Wednesday, November 29, 2006




How Are You Fixed For Love?

music by Jimmy Van Heusen (l-r: Jimmy Van Heusen, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Cahn)
lyric by Sammy Cahn

Artist: Frank Sinatra
Album: Come Dance With Me




Hidden Persuasion

music and lyric by Wainwright Churchill III

Artist: Frank Sinatra
Album: Sinatra's Swingin' Session (click on link for YouTube video); MP3 Download



Here's That Rainy Day (Click Here for YouTube video clip of John Lewis & Billy Taylor*INCREDIBLE)

music by Jimmy Van Heusen (left)

lyric by
Johnny Burke (right)

Artist: Frank Sinatra
Album: No One Cares
Artist: Carmen McRae
Album: Bittersweet
Artist: Chris Connor
Album: Sweet And Swinging
Artist: Dick Haymes
Album: Keep It Simple
Artist: Joe Derise
Album: Joe Derise Sings And Plays The Jimmy Van Heusen Anthology, Vol. 4
Artist: Helen Merrill, Dick Katz
Album: The Helen Merrill-Dick Katz Sessions

Artist: Marian McPartland
Album: Marian McPartland At The Festival



Help Yourself To My Heart

music by Sammy Timberg
lyric by Buddy Kaye (above)

Artist: Frank Sinatra
Album: The Columbia Years 1943-1952 Complete Recordings, Vol. 9


Hear My Song, Violetta

original song (German) by Ermenegildo Carosio (above) and Othmar Klose
English version: music by Othmar Klose and Rudi Lukesch
lyric by Buddy Bernier and Bob Emmercih

Artist: Frank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey
Album: Tommy Dorsey/Frank Sinatra All Time Greatest Hits, Vol. 4



Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
(click on link for YouTube video: Judy Garland from Meet Me In St. Louis)

music by Ralph Blane (above)
lyric by Hugh Martin (top)

Artist: Frank Sinatra
Album: The Columbia Years 1943-1952 Complete Recordings, Vol. 6; MP3 Download
Artist: Marlene Ver Planck
Album: You'd Better Love Me



Homesick That's All

music and lyric by Gordon Jenkins

Artist: Frank Sinatra
Album: The Columbia Years 1943-1952 Complete Recordings, Vol. 2; MP3 Download

Tuesday, November 28, 2006






Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

music by Jule Styne (l-r: David Wayne, Vivian Blaine, Jule Styne)
lyric by Sammy Cahn (top)

Artist: Frank Sinatra
Album: Sings For Only The Lonely; MP3 Download; The Columbia Years 1943-1952 Complete Recordings, Vol. 4; Frank Sinatra Sings The Songs Of Sammy Cahn And Jule Styne
Artist: Carmen McRae
Album: Bittersweet
Artist: Ralph Sharon
Album: The Ralph Sharon Trio Swings The Sammy Cahn Songbook
Artist: Chris Connor
Album: Chris Connor/He Loves Me He Loves Me Not
Artist: Diana Krall
Album: Quiet Nights

Monday, November 27, 2006





Granada

music & original lyric by Augustin Lara (above)
English lyric by Dorothy Dodd (top)

Artist: Frank Sinatra
Album: Swing Along With Me




Goody Goody

music by Matty Malneck
lyric by Johnny Mercer (top)

Artist: Frank Sinatra

Album: Sinatra And Swingin' Brass

Artist: Benny Goodman

Album: The Birth Of Swing 1935-1936 (click on link for YouTube video); MP3 Download

Artist: Peggy Lee

Album: Trav'lin' Light; MP3 Download

Artist: Julie London

Album: Cry Me A River; MP3 Download



Glenn Island Special

music by Eddie Durham

Artist: Glenn Miller
Album: The Popular Recordings 1938-1942 (click on link for YouTube video); MP3 Download


Glad To Be Unhappy

music by Richard Rodgers (left)
lyric by Lorenz Hart (right)

Artist: Lee Wiley
Album: The Complete Fifties Studio Masters
Artist: Frank Sinatra
Album: Frank Sinatra Sings The Select Rodgers & Hart; In The Wee Small Hours; MP3 Download
Artist: Chris Connor
Album: Chris Connor Sings Ballads Of The Sad Cafe
Artist: Helen Merrill
Album: The Complete Helen Merrill On Mercury


Give It Back To The Indians

music by Richard Rodgers (left)
lyric by Lorenz Hart (right)

Artist: Lee Wiley
Album: Complete Fifties Studio Masters

Sunday, November 26, 2006



Getting To Know You

music by Richard Rodgers (right)
lyric by Oscar Hammerstein II (left)

Artist: Tommy Flanagan
Album: Plays The Music Of Rodgers & Hammerstein



Get Out Of Town

music and lyric by Cole Porter

Artist: Ella Fitzgerald
Album: Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Songbook
(Click Here for YouTube video clip)
Artist: Carmen McRae

Album: Live At Ronnie Scott's
Artist: Chris Connor
Album: Chris Connor/He Loves Me He Loves Me Not
Artist: Peggy Lee, George Shearing
Album: Beauty And The Beat!
Artist: Thad Jones
Album: Thad Jones-Debut
Album: Look Who's Here
Artist: Ralph Sharon
Album: The Magic Of Cole Porter
Album: Soaring







April Played The Fiddle



music by
James V. Monaco (top)


lyric by
Johnny Burke
(above)

Artist:
Glenn Miller

Album: The Popular Recordings 1938-1942



And Then You Kissed Me

music by Jule Styne (above)
lyric by Sammy Cahn (top)

Artist: Frank Sinatra
Album: Frank Sinatra Sings The Songs Of Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne


Saturday, November 25, 2006





And The Angels Sing

music by Ziggy Elman (above)
lyric by Johnny Mercer (top)

Artist: Glenn Miller
Album: The Popular Recordings 1938-1942; The Glenn Miller Orchestra In The Digital Mood
Artist: Ziggy Elman
Album: Ziggy Elman And His Orchestra-1947




American Patrol

music by F. W. Meacham

popular arrangement by Jerry Gray for Glenn Miller

Artist: Glenn Miller

Album: The Popular Recordings 1938-1942; The Glenn Miller Orchestra In The Digital Mood; The Lost Recordings





All This And Heaven Too

music by Jimmy Van Heusen (above)

lyric by
Eddie DeLange (top)

Artist: Frank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey
Album: Dorsey/Sinatra All Time Greatest Hits, Vol. 4
Artist: Chris Connor
Album: This Is Chris

Artist: Jimmy Dorsey
Album: Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra 1940




Aint'cha Comin' Out?

music by Harry Ruby (top)
lyric by Bert Kalmar

Artist: Glenn Miller
Album: The Popular Recordings 1938-1942




Adios

music by Enrique (Enric) Madriguera
English lyric by Eddie Woods

Artist: Glenn Miller
Album: The Popular Recordings 1938-1942
Artist: Mel Torme
Album: Ole Torme





A String Of Pearls

music by Jerry Gray (left)
lyric by Eddie DeLange (top)

Artist: Glenn Miller
Album: The Popular Recordings 1938-1942; The Glenn Miller Orchestra In The Digital Mood; The Lost Recordings
Album: Jazz Collection





A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square

music by Manning Sherwin

lyric by
Eric Maschwitz (above)

Artist: Glenn Miller
Album: The Popular Recordings 1938-1942
Artist: Mel Torme
Album: Mel Torme At The Crescendo

Artist: Mel Torme & George Shearing

Album: Mel Torme & George Shearing-The Complete Concord Recordings, disc 1
Artist: Anita O'Day
Album: Verve Jazz Masters 49

Artist: Marian McPartland

Album: Marian McPartland At The Hickory House






A Little Learnin' Is A Dangerous Thing

music & lyric by Sy Oliver (above) & Dick Jacobs (top)

Artist: Frank Sinatra & Pearl Bailey
Album: The Columbia Years 1943-1952 Complete Recordings, Vol. 8


Friday, November 24, 2006



A Fellow Needs A Girl

music by Richard Rodgers (right)
lyric by Oscar Hammerstein II (left)

Artist: Frank Sinatra
Album: The Columbia Years 1943-1952 Complete Recordings, Vol. 7

Thursday, November 23, 2006




Yours And Mine

music by Nacio Herb Brown (left)

lyric by
Arthur Freed (right)

Artist: Dizzy Gillespie
Album: The Complete RCA Victor Recordings

Artist: Louis Armstrong
Album: The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946), disc 3




You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You

music & lyric by Larry Stock (left), Russ Morgan (top) & James Cavanaugh

Artist: Frank Sinatra
Album: Swing Along With Me




You're Lonely And I'm Lonely

music & lyric by Irving Berlin

Artist: Frank Sinatra, Tommy Dorsey
Album: Dorsey/Sinatra All Time Greatest Hits, Vol. 4






You're My Girl

music by Jule Styne (top)
lyric by Sammy Cahn (above)

Artist: Frank Sinatra
Album: The Columbia Years 1943-1952 Complete Recordings, Vol. 7