Monday, March 31, 2008
Save Your Sorrow For Tomorrow
music by Al Sherman (above)
lyric by B.G. "Buddy" DeSylva (top l-r: Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson)
Artist: Peggy Lee
Album: Trav'lin' Light
Sugar Blues
music by Clarence Williams (above)
lyric by Lucy Fletcher
Artist: Johnny Mercer
Album: Mosaic Select No. 28
Surprise Party
music by Walter Bishop
lyric by Bob Hilliard (above: Bob & Jackie Hilliard)
Artist: Johnny Mercer
Album: Mosaic Select No. 28
Sunday, March 30, 2008
I've Got Beginner's Luck
music by George Gershwin (right)
lyric by Ira Gershwin (left)
Artist: Chris Connor
Album: Chris Connor Sings The George Gershwin Almanac Of Song
Artist: Bobby Short
Album: Bobby Short Is K-RA-ZY For Gershwin
I Hear Music
music by Burton Lane (top)
Artist: Chris Connor
Album: Chris; All About Ronnie
Artist: Oscar Peterson
Artist: Bing Crosby
Album: The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings 1954-56, disc 2
Artist: George Shearing
Album: That Shearing Sound
It's A Most Unusual Day
music by Jimmy McHugh (above)
Artist: Chris Connor
Album: A Jazz Date With Chris Connor/Chris Craft
Artist: Bing Crosby
Saturday, March 29, 2008
I Miss You So
music by Jimmy Henderson (above)
lyric by Sydney Robin
Artist: Chris Connor
Album: I Miss You So/Witchcraft
Artist: Diana Krall
Album: Love Scenes
It's Love
music by Leonard Bernstein (above)
lyric by Betty Comden (top left) & Adolph Green (top right)
Artist: Carmen McRae
Album: Here To Stay
It Takes A Whole Lot Of Human Feeling
music and lyric by Micki Grant
Artist: Carmen McRae
Album: Jazz Collector Edition
Monday, March 24, 2008
You Won't Forget Me
music by Fred Spielman
lyric by Kermit Goell
Artist: Shirley Horn
Album: You Won't Forget Me
Artist: Helen Merrill
Album: The Complete Helen Merrill On Mercury
Sunday, March 23, 2008
You're So Right For Me
music and lyric by Ray Evans (right) & Jay Livingston (left)
Artist: Peggy Lee
Album: Latin Ala Lee/Ole Ala Lee
You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby
music by Harry Warren (top)
lyric by Johnny Mercer (above)
Artist: Dick Haymes
Album: For Me, For You, Forevermore
Artist: Ralph Sharon
Album: Ralph Sharon Plays The Harry Warren Songbook
You've Got Me Crying Again
music by Isham Jones
lyric by Charles Newman
Artist: The Four Freshmen
Album: Angel Eyes; The Four Freshmen And Five Saxes/The Four Freshmen And Five Guitars
You Made Me Love You
music by Jimmy Monaco
lyric by Joseph McCarthy
Artist: The Four Freshmen
Album: The Four Freshmen And Five Trombones
Artist: Al Jolson
Album: You Made Me Love You 1911-1916
Saturday, March 22, 2008
You Call It Madness
music by Con Conrad
lyric by Gladys Dubois, Russ Columbo & William Rivers
Artist: Diana Krall
Album: All For You
Where Are The Songs We Sung?
music and lyric by Noel Coward
Artist: Bobby Short
Album: Bobby, Noel And Cole
music and lyric by Noel Coward
Artist: Bobby Short
Album: Bobby, Noel And Cole
Artist: Noel Coward
Album: Noel Coward In Las Vegas
Why Don't We Try Staying Home
music and lyric by Cole Porter
Artist: Bobby Short
Album: Bobby, Noel And Cole; MP3 Downloads
Where Have You Been
music and lyric by Cole Porter
Artist: Bobby Short
Album: Bobby, Noel And Cole; MP3 Downloads
Friday, March 21, 2008
Who Can I Turn To
music by Alec Wilder (above)
lyric by William Engvick
Artist: Jo Stafford
Album: Jo Stafford with Tommy Dorsey & Paul Weston
Artist: Barbara Lea
Album: Remembering Lee Wiley
When It's Sleepy Time Down South
music and lyric by Clarence Muse (above), Leon Rene (top) & Otis Rene, Jr.
Artist: Mel Torme
Album: I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart; Mello Moods
Artist: Benny Goodman
Album: The Harry James Years, Vol. 1
Artist: Louis Armstrong
Thursday, March 20, 2008
The Birth Of The Blues
music by Ray Henderson (right)
Artist: Frank Sinatra
Album: In The Blue Of Evening; The Columbia Years 1943-1952 Complete Recordings, Vol. 12
Artist: The Hi-Lo's
Album: Under Glass/I Presume
Artist: Mel Torme & George Shearing
Album: Mel Torme & George Shearing-The Complete Concord Recordings, disc 5
The Lamplighter's Serenade
music by Hoagy Carmichael
lyric by Paul Francis Webster
Artist: Frank Sinatra, Tommy Dorsey
Album: All Time Greatest Dorsey/Sinatra Hits, Vol. 4
The Call Of The Canyon
music and lyric by Billy Hill
Artist: Frank Sinatra, Tommy Dorsey
Album: Dorsey/Sinatra All Time Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
The Charm Of You
music by Jule Styne (above)
lyric by Sammy Cahn (top)
Artist: Frank Sinatra
Album: Frank Sinatra Sings The Songs Of Sammy Cahn & Jule Styne
The Tender Trap
music by Jimmy Van Heusen (right)
Artist: Frank Sinatra, Count Basie
Album: Sinatra-Basie
Artist: Mel Torme
Album: Mel Torme At The Crescendo
Artist: Ralph Sharon
Album: Swings The Sammy Cahn Songbook
Artist: Bing Crosby
The Stars Will Remember (So Will I)
music and lyric by Don Pelosi and Leo Towers
Artist: Frank Sinatra
Album: The Columbia Years 1943-1952 Complete Recordings, Vol. 6
There But For You Go I
music by Frederick Loewe (left)
lyric by Alan J. Lerner (right)
Artist: Frank Sinatra
Album: The Columbia Years 1943-1952 Complete Recordings, Vol. 6
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
San Fernando Valley
music and lyric by Gordon Jenkins
Artist: Johnny Mercer
Album: Mosaic Select No. 28