SONG: My Funny Valentine ARTIST: Chet Baker YEAR: 1954 Listen to it here: THE SONG: My Funny Valentine is a jazz standard originally written for the musical Babes in Arms by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart and debuted by child star Mitzi Green on April 14, 1937. In the show the character Billie is singingContinue reading “Song 56 – My Funny Valentine”
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Song 55 – The Wind
SONG: The Wind ARTIST: Nolan Strong & The Diablos YEAR: 1954 Listen to it here: THE SONG: “The Wind” was originally recorded on a 45rpm record with “Baby Be Mine” by Nolan Strong & The Diablos. The lyrics are about a man who feels the summer wind blowing as he thinks about a lover whoContinue reading “Song 55 – The Wind”
Song 54 – Love for Sale
SONG: Love For Sale ARTIST: Billie Holiday YEAR: 1954 Listen to it here: THE SONG: Love for Sale caused a bit of a hullabaloo when it was introduced to the world by Kathryn Crawford in 1930. Cole Porter had written the song for the musical The New Yorkers and was written from the point ofContinue reading “Song 54 – Love for Sale”
Song 53 – Riot in Cell Block 9
SONG: Riot in Cell Block 9 ARTIST: The Robins YEAR: 1954 Listen to it here: THE SONG: “Riot in Cell Block #9” was written in 1954 by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and was recorded by The Robins that same year. It’s important partially because it was the first R&B hit to use a stop-timeContinue reading “Song 53 – Riot in Cell Block 9”
Song 52 – Crying In the Chapel
SONG: Crying in the Chapel ARTIST: The Orioles YEAR: 1953 Listen to it here: THE SONG: Crying in the Chapel was written as a country song by Artie Glenn in 1953 for his son Darrell. Darrell recorded it in that same year but at first did not gain a lot of traction in his recording.Continue reading “Song 52 – Crying In the Chapel”
Song 51 – Please Love Me
SONG: Please Love Me ARTIST: B.B. King YEAR: 1953 Listen to it here: THE SONG: Not much has been written about this specific song, King’s influences in writing it, or how it came about to be recorded. It has what has become a standard instrumentation for a blues band, plus a trumpet, and the guitarContinue reading “Song 51 – Please Love Me”
Song 50 – Just Walkin’ In the Rain
SONG: Just Walkin’ in the Rain ARTIST: The Prisonaires YEAR: 1953 Listen to it here: THE SONG: Just Walkin’ in the Rain was written by Johnny Bragg and Robert Riley in 1952, after walking across the courtyard of the prison where both men were jailed. Riley told Bragg that that would be a great lineContinue reading “Song 50 – Just Walkin’ In the Rain”
Song 49 – Singin’ In the Rain
SONG: Singin’ in the Rain ARTIST: Gene Kelly YEAR: 1952 Listen to it here: THE SONG: This song, surprisingly enough, has a long history before it appeared in the Gene Kelly movie of the same name. I had assumed that the song was written for the movie, but it was actually written by Nacio HerbContinue reading “Song 49 – Singin’ In the Rain”
Song 48 – Le Gorille
SONG: Le Gorille ARTIST: Georges Brassens YEAR: 1952 Listen to it here: THE SONG: Le gorille was written by iconoclast Georges Brassens in 1952. He started writing it while in a German work camp during the War but by the time the war ended the only part Brassens kept was “beware the gorilla!” (a shotContinue reading “Song 48 – Le Gorille”
Song 47- Foi Deus
SONG: Foi Deus ARTIST: Amalia Rodrigues YEAR: 1952 Listen to it here: THE SONG: Well, I could find practically no information on this piece in English. Pretty much everything I found was in Portuguese, but I assume that like me, many of our readers are not very well in the loop with the genre ofContinue reading “Song 47- Foi Deus”
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