Monday, July 30, 2007
Struttin' With Some Barbecue
music by Lil Hardin Armstrong (above)
lyric by Don Raye (top l-r: Gene DePaul, Don Raye)
Artist: Ruby Braff
Album: Live At The New School
Artist: Louis Armstrong
Squeeze Me
lyric by Clarence Williams (top)
Artist: Ruby Braff
Album: Live At The New School
Artist: Ahmad Jamal
Album: The Legendary Okeh & Epic Recordings
Artist: Marian McPartland
Album: Marian McPartland At The Hickory House
Artist: Thomas "Fats" Waller
Album: Middle Years-A Good Man Is Hard To Find, disc 3
Something To Live For
Artist: Carmen McRae
Album: By Special Request; Here To Stay
Artist: Chris Connor
Album: Chris Connor/He Loves Me He Loves Me Not
Artist: Mel Torme
Album: I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
Artist: Bobby Short
Album: 50 By Bobby Short
Artist: Lena Horne
Album: We'll Be Together Again
Artist: Marlene Ver Planck
Album: Marlene Ver Planck Meets Saxomania
Artist: Buddy DeFranco, Dave McKenna
Album: Do Nothing Till You Hear From Us
Artist: Duke Ellington
Album: The Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia And Master Recordings Of Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra, disc 10 (Click Here for YouTube audio clip: Ella Fitzgerald)
The Skyscraper Blues
music by Gordon Jenkins (top)
lyric by Tom Adair
Artist: Chris Connor
Album: I Miss You So/Witchcraft
Shoe Shine Boy
Artist: Ruby Braff
Album: Cornet Chop Suey
Artist: Benny Goodman
Album: The Complete Trios
Artist: Louis Armstrong
Artist: Duke Ellington
Album: The Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia And Master Recordings Of Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra, disc 6
(click on link for YouTube video with Sarah Vaughan)
music and lyric by Stephen Sondheim
Artist: Carmen McRae
Album: Sarah: Dedicated To You; MP3 Download
Artist: Cleo Laine
Album: Send In The Clowns
music by Ernesto Lecuona
lyric by Francia Luban
English lyric by Al Stillman
Artist: Charlie Barnet
Album: Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra-1941
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Please
music by Ralph Rainger
lyric by Leo Robin (top l-r: Nat Goldstone, Tony Martin, Leo Robin, Harold Arlen)
Artist: Mel Torme
Album: A Tribute To Bing Crosby
Persian Rug
music by Charles N. Daniels (aka Neil Moret) (above)
lyric by Gus Kahn (top)
Artist: Ruby Braff
Album: Bravura Eloquence
Peel Me A Grape
music and lyric by Dave Frishberg
Artist: Diana Krall
Album: Love Scenes (click on link for YouTube video); MP3 Download
Friday, July 27, 2007
Ours
music and lyric by Cole Porter
Artist: Mabel Mercer
Album: Mabel Mercer Sings Cole Porter
Artist: Lena Horne
Album: The Men In My Life
Once You've Been In Love
music by Michel Legrand (above)
lyric by Alan & Marilyn Bergman (top)
Artist: Susannah McCorkle
Album: From Broadway To Bebop
On A Slow Boat To China
music and lyric by Frank Loesser
Artist: Morgana King
Album: This Is Always
Artist: Ella Fitzgerald
Album: Twelve Nights In Hollywood recorded live at the Crescendo may 11 through May 21, 1961, disc 1
Artist: Barney Kessel
Album: Kessel Plays Standards
Old Friend
music by Stephen Sondheim
Artist: Lena Horne
Album: We'll Be Together Again
Artist: Barbara Carroll
Album: Old Friends
Old Acquaintance
music by Franz Waxman (above)
lyric by Kim Gannon (top)
Artist: Jo Stafford
Album: The Jo Stafford Story
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Of All Things
music by Floyd Huddleston
lyric by Al Rinker (top: Al Rinker foreground, Bing Crosby-back)
Artist: Dick Haymes
Album: Imagination
Monday, July 23, 2007
Sugar (That Sugar Baby O' Mine)
music by Edna Pinkard & Maceo Pinkard
lyric by Sidney D. Mitchell
Artist: Lee Wiley
Artist: Complete Fifties Studio Masters
Artist: Ruby Braff
Album: Live At The New School
Artist: Barbara Lea
Album: Remembering Remembering Lee Wiley
Artist: Johnny Mercer
Album: Mosaic Select 28
Artist: Teddy Wilson
Album: With Billie In Mind
Artist: Django Reinhardt
Album: The Complete Django Reinhardt And Quintet Of The Hot Club Of France Swing/HMV Sessions 1936-1948, disc 3
How's The World Treating You
Artist: Sarah Vaughan
Album: The Complete Sarah Vaughan On Mercury, Vol. 4
Artist: Helen Merrill
Album: The Complete Helen Merrill On Mercury
Friday, July 20, 2007
Not While I'm Around
music and lyric by Stephen Sondheim
Artist: Jackie Paris
Album: Nobody Else But Me
Artist: Ken Jennings, Angela Lansbury
Album: Send In The Clowns
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Nobody's Sweetheart
music by Billy Meyers & Elmer Schoebel
lyric by Ernie Erdman & Gus Kahn (top)
Artist: Benny Goodman
Album: The Complete Small Combinations, Vols. 1-2 1935-1937; After You've Gone, Vol. 1; MP3 Download
Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
music and lyric by Jimmie Cox
Artist: Buddy Greco (top)
Album: 'Round Midnight
Nobody Knows
music by Count Basie (above) & Lester Young (middle)
lyric by Jimmy Rushing (top)
Artist: Count Basie
Album: The Essential Count Basie, Vol. 1; MP3 Download
Nobody Else But Me
Artist: Mel Torme
Album: Velvet & Brass
Artict: Jackie Paris
Album: Nobody Else But Me
Artist: Sylvia Syms
Album: Then Along Came Bill
Artist: Ralph Sharon
Album: The Magic Of Jerome Kern
No Other One
music by Vee Lawnhurst (top)
lyric by Tot Seymour
Artist: Benny Goodman
Album: The Birth Of Swing 1935-1936
New York's My Home (Manhattan Tower)
music and lyric by Gordon Jenkins
Artist: Chris Connor, Maynard Ferguson
Album: Two's Company
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
My Sweetie Went Away
music by Lou Handman (top)
lyric by Roy Turk (above l-r: Roy Turk, Fred E. Ahlert)
Artist: Mel Torme
Album: Velvet & Brass; MP3 Download