" Come Rain or Come Shine"-Sinatra and a superb string arrangement. Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer combined on the 1946 musical St. Louis Woman. In addition to Rain or Come Shine, the musical contained a number of other songs which will be showcased in future posts on this blog..
Sinatra provides an intense and heartfelt promise of never-ending fidelity. It's made more emphatic by the use of repeated notes to build tension and supported by Mercer's lyrics that conclude that " I'm with you always , I'm with you rain or come shine !"
The superb string arrangements were provided by Don Costa on an album called Sinatra and Strings. Unlike the more robust and declarative arranging styles of Nelson Riddle and Billy May, Costa adopts a more classical style of string arranging similar to that was prominent in Axel Stordahl's earlier arrangements for Sinatra, especially in the last work he did for Sinatra in the album entitled Point Of No Return.
This is as romantic a song, performance and arrangement as any in American popular song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEhnbzReC3g
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