Discussion»Questions»Entertainment» Let's see if you know music. Play something really good from the 40's? Nothing is better than Cole Porter and Frank Sinatra...
I don't know if you know any Sages from Eastern Religion, but there was a Master called Meyer Baba who loved that song Begin the Beguine. I don't know why, but that song and that info stay with me for some reason.
Try Cary Grant in Night and Day the film, he plays Cole Porter. Try this great three hours of the great American Songbook, loaded with songs and film clips, DVD, THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK, narrated by Michael Feinstein.
No denying the greatness of your song in your question! :)
I'm unsure of the year -- I don't always know music so well and I'm unsure if this song is from the 40's but the singer sang in that decade ~ Jo Stafford
I have always liked Jo Stafford's voice. Hard to describe adequately for me. But I adore her.
Her rendition of "Blue Moon" ~
I'll try posting the song again later -- I did something wrong
This post was edited by WelbyQuentin at October 10, 2016 11:22 AM MDT
I just checked that one, Welby. You were right, it was released in 1946. It's well before my time, I wasn't even around in the 50s let alone the 40s. Lol:)
Thanks for checking the date for me, Andy B! Actually, I knew Jo Stafford growing up as a child, listening to my parents' albums of Jo Stafford and her pianist husband performing as the comedy duo "Jonathan and Darlene Edwards" -- the epitome of a bad lounge act. I'm going to try to post a video of theirs. Listen for the slightly wrong notes from both "Jonathan " at the piano and vocalist "Darlene."
Oh -- I was not around in the 50's or 40's either! :)
"Paris in the Spring" - - a favorite part for me is Darlene coming in late for her "HaHa" at about the 1:27 - 1:30 mark! But these two make me laugh every time! And both of them in real life so very talented!
OMG someone else who appreciates JO!!! such a special quality to her voice.......as for music from that era, how can you top Gershwin? of course there are many other wonderful composers too, just can't think of any right now!!! (damn!!) but Jo? incomparable......
Hi ben1011!! Yes, I love her voice, too! Incomparable -- you said it! :) Do check out my reply to Andy B's comment if you are unfamiliar with Jo Stafford and her husband Les Paul performing as the comedy fictional team of "Jonathan and Darlene Edwards." SO funny to me! (And I think it's so funny because these two are so talented in real life that they know the intricacies of what is truly musically funny without ever going over the top, which makes it all the more funny.) Wonderful stuff for me! :)
This post was edited by WelbyQuentin at October 10, 2016 6:57 PM MDT
I remember the song "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" from 1973 (when I was 11), because Bette Midler released a cover version of it then and it got played regularly on the radio.
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