Friday, May 15, 2015

FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2014

QUOTE:
"Music, of all the liberal arts, has the greatest influence
 over the passions, and it is that to which the legislator
 ought to give the greatest encouragement."

 AUTHOR: Napoleon Bonaparte

 MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
"The power of music over human emotion
  is so very strong that it can be used by
  politicians as an influential tool."


COMPOSER
GERSHWIN
SOME FAMOUS
GERSHWIN SONGS
A FOGGY DAY
DATE COMPOSED: 1937
FROM THE SHOW: A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS
LATER IN THE FILM: AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
http://accordeonduriche.canalblog.com/archives/2013/11/22/28487094.html
A FOGGY DAY
Oscar Levant, Piano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fox9AfCFLjw
A FOGGY DAY
Ella Fitzgerald, Vocal
Andre Previn, Piano
http://accordeonduriche.canalblog.com/
archives/2012/10/21/25375441.html
A FOGGY DAY
Wynton Marsalis, Trumpet
Andre Previn, Piano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P2xoeGoWMs
http://wyntonmarsalis.org/pdf/WM_Standards_preview.pdf

OH! LADY BE GOOD
 
DATE COMPOSED: 1924
FROM THE SHOW: LADY BE GOOD
LATER IN THE FILM: RHAPSODY IN BLUE
OH, LADY BE GOOD
Carl Fenton Orchestra, Instrumental
OH, LADY BE GOOD
Lester Young, Tenor Saxophone
Count Basie, Piano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeqwPX4T4E0

OH, LADY BE GOOD
Dénes Dosztan, Piano

NICE WORK
IF YOU CAN GET IT

DATE COMPOSED: 1937
FROM THE SHOW: DAMSEL IN DISTRESS
LATER IN THE FILM: AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
Billy Holiday, Vocal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=38&v=6ztsCl_i-RI

NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET
Frank Sinatra and Peggy Lee, Vocals

(OUR) LOVE IS HERE TO STAY
DATE COMPOSED: 1937
FROM THE FILM: GOLDWYN FOLLIES
IN THE FILM: AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
(OUR) LOVE IS HERE TO STAY
Gene Kelly, Vocal
From the FIlm: An American in Paris
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Is_Here_to_Stay
(OUR) LOVE IS HERE TO STAY
Nelson Riddle Orchestra
(OUR) LOVE IS HERE TO STAY


DATE COMPOSED: 1924
FROM THE SHOW: LADY BE GOOD
FASCINATIN' RHYTHM
Fred and Adele Astaire, Vocals
George Gershwin, Piano
DATE COMPOSED: 1924
FROM THE SHOW: LADY BE GOOD
LATER IN THE SHOW: STRIKE UP THE BAND

Ella Fitgerald, Vocal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsI5UCTFom4
THE MAN I LOVE
Jane Froman, Vocal
From: Strike Up the Band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YGriCJargQ

I'VE GOT A CRUSH ON YOU
DATE COMPOSED: 1928
FROM THE SHOW: TREASURE GIRL
LATER FROM THE SHOW: STRIKE UP THE BAND
I'VE GOT A CRUSH ON YOU
Ella Fitzgerald, Vocal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=18&v=ww7V4MC3_k0
.
I'VE GOT A CRUSH ON YOU

BUT NOT FOR ME
DATE COMPOSED: 1930
FROM THE SHOW: GIRL CRAZY
BUT NOT FOR ME
Judy Garland, Vocal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X03uSwM07_A
BUT NOT FOR ME
Linda Ronstadt, Vocal
Nelson Riddle Orchestra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=63&v=zZEW6d3Ka4M

EMBRACEABLE YOU
DATE COMPOSED: 1928
FROM THE SHOW: GIRL CRAZY
LATER FROM THE FILM: AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
 
Ginger Rogers originally performed this song in 1930.
Billie Holiday's 1944 recording of the song
was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
EMBRACEABLE YOU
Gershwin Original Orchestration
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6vhZH65L9I

EMBRACEABLE YOU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCQr54SuKBY
EMBRACEABLE YOU
From the Film: An American in Paris
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=10&v=vOJZ-CI6kTY

LET'S CALL THE
WHOLE THING OFF
DATE COMPOSED: 1937
FROM THE SHOW: SHALL WE DANCE
.
LET'S CALL THE
WHOLE THING OFF
(You Say 'Tomato', I say 'Tomato'...)
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Performers

THEY CAN'T TAKE THAT
AWAY FROM ME
DATE COMPOSED: 1937
FROM THE SHOWS: SHALL WE DANCE
THE BARKLEY'S OF BROADWAY
http://accordeonduriche.canalblog.com/
archives/2015/04/02/31820353.html
THEY CAN'T TAKE THAT
AWAY FROM ME
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Performers

'S WONDERFUL
DATE COMPOSED: 1927
FROM THE SHOW: FUNNY FACE
LATER IN THE FILM: AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
'S WONDERFUL
Scene from the FIlm: An American in Paris
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=12&v=9gZQHXl99e0

'S WONDERFUL
George Gershwin, Piano
This is one of the few copies
that were sold with the original
title of the musical "Smarty" on the
front cover. The name of the musical
was later changed to "Funny Face."

SWANEE
DATE COMPOSED: 1919
IN THE FILM: RHAPSODY IN BLUE
The song was partly written as a parody of
Stephen Foster's Swanee River
with lyrics by Irving Caesar.
SWANEE
George Gershwin, Piano

SWANEE
Al Jolson, Vocalist (1920)
SWANEE
Al Jolson, Vocalist
(From the Film: Rhapsody in Blue, 1945)

SOMEONE TO
WATCH OVER ME
DATE COMPOSED: 1926
FROM THE SHOW: OH, KAY
LATER IN THE FILM: RHAPSODY IN BLUE
Zubin Mehta, Conductor
New York Philharmonic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdEdMpv_ePE
DATE COMPOSED: 1930
FROM THE SHOW: GIRL CRAZY
LATER IN: AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
ALSO IN: RHAPSODY IN BLUE


Gene Kelly, Vocalist
From the Film: An Anerican in Paris
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvglHa_P9BA
I GOT RHYTHM
George Gershwin, Piano

MISCHA, JASCHA,
TOSCHA, SASCHA
DATE COMPOSED: 1921
The title is a reference to the first names of four Russian violinists:
Funnyboners, Performers

THEY ALL LAUGHED
DATE COMPOSED: 1937
FROM THE SHOW: SHALL WE DANCE
THEY ALL LAUGHED
Fred Astaire, Vocal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSfdq3fpOSk

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