I GOTTA RIGHT TO SING THE BLUES This song by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler from the 1932 Earl CarrollVanities deals with the subject of the blues, it is not the classic form of the 12 bar blues. Although Arlen has been typecast as a blues composer, he himself has said that Blues in the Night is his only true blues song. Nonetheless, so many of his songs are drenched in a blues feeling. This is the case with I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues, a favorite song for trombonist Jack Teagarden.
Maxine Sullivan, who worked at the famous Cotton Club. delivers the song in a relaxed and gently swinging fashion.
https://youtu.be/o7Y5POndn5k
Wednesday 28 March 2018
Sunday 4 March 2018
The Morning After: The lyricist Dory Langdon Previn was married to the multi-talented musician Andre Previn. Previn was a great admirer of Harold Arlen mentioning his unique and unorthodox song constructions and especially his exquisite harmonic sensibilities.
The singer is Eileen Farrell, a noted American opera and concert singer who also had a career singing popular songs on radio in he 1940's.
https://youtu.be/lDfYTtFhSg0
The singer is Eileen Farrell, a noted American opera and concert singer who also had a career singing popular songs on radio in he 1940's.
https://youtu.be/lDfYTtFhSg0
THE MORNING AFTER Lyricist Dory Previn Langdon was married to Andre Previn who was a great admirer of Harold Arlen's compositions, especially his unique and often unorthodox constructions and exquisite harmonic sense.
This woman's lament is sung by Eileen Farrell, a noted American opera and concert singer who also had a career singing popular songs on the radio in the 1940's. There was mutual admiration between Farrel and Arlen which become evident in the very natural and unforced singing of Eileen Farrell. Previn has always provided wonderful piano accompaniment for a number of female singers as he does in this performance.
https://youtu.be/lDfYTtFhSg0
This woman's lament is sung by Eileen Farrell, a noted American opera and concert singer who also had a career singing popular songs on the radio in the 1940's. There was mutual admiration between Farrel and Arlen which become evident in the very natural and unforced singing of Eileen Farrell. Previn has always provided wonderful piano accompaniment for a number of female singers as he does in this performance.
https://youtu.be/lDfYTtFhSg0
Moanin in the Mornin' This is a classic Arlen "torch" song, one of a number Arlen composed over the years. It was written with E.Y Harburg for the show Hooray for What"
It was performed by Dinah Shore whose Southern roots made her singing very compatible with these kinds of songs. She also had a wonderful recording of Blues In The Night.
https://youtu.be/KSdMpFAdbpo
It was performed by Dinah Shore whose Southern roots made her singing very compatible with these kinds of songs. She also had a wonderful recording of Blues In The Night.
https://youtu.be/KSdMpFAdbpo
Streisand & Arlen sing " Ding Dong The Witch is Dead "
Harold Arlen and E.Y.Harburg wrote a number of comedic songs for Dorothy's companions in The Wizard of Oz. For Ray Bolger, as the The Scarecrow, he wrote about the demise of the Wicked Witch of the West.
On a debut album, Streisand sang several songs with Harold Arlen who demonstrates his original career as a singer with his own teenage jazz band.
This is a very lively, up tempo version.
https://youtu.be/rB0mMPCNAOM
Harold Arlen and E.Y.Harburg wrote a number of comedic songs for Dorothy's companions in The Wizard of Oz. For Ray Bolger, as the The Scarecrow, he wrote about the demise of the Wicked Witch of the West.
On a debut album, Streisand sang several songs with Harold Arlen who demonstrates his original career as a singer with his own teenage jazz band.
This is a very lively, up tempo version.
https://youtu.be/rB0mMPCNAOM
If I Only Had a Brain- Wizard of Oz
Harold Arlen wrote a number of great songs for Dorothy's friends in the Wizard of Oz, For the Ray Bolger Scarecrow, he wrote if I only had a brain.( Bolger was a friend of Arlen's and roomed with him in NYC.)
The multi talented Harry Connick Jr. takes a slower, less comedic approach to the song and makes me ( and possibly you. the listener) wonder if we always take the right approach to anything in our daily lives.
https://youtu.be/t0pUShNMC3U
Harold Arlen wrote a number of great songs for Dorothy's friends in the Wizard of Oz, For the Ray Bolger Scarecrow, he wrote if I only had a brain.( Bolger was a friend of Arlen's and roomed with him in NYC.)
The multi talented Harry Connick Jr. takes a slower, less comedic approach to the song and makes me ( and possibly you. the listener) wonder if we always take the right approach to anything in our daily lives.
https://youtu.be/t0pUShNMC3U
Tony Bennett -Arlen's Old Black Magic
Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer wrote this song for the film Star Spangled Rhythm .
Bennett displays his great love and affinity for jazz as he delivers a rousing version of the song on his 87th Birthday. As I gingerly approach my 80th birthday, I marvel at his stamina and vocal power. Today, in 2018, he is in his 90's and is still going strong and still paints every day.
https://youtu.be/L_rCX6YTcK4
Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer wrote this song for the film Star Spangled Rhythm .
Bennett displays his great love and affinity for jazz as he delivers a rousing version of the song on his 87th Birthday. As I gingerly approach my 80th birthday, I marvel at his stamina and vocal power. Today, in 2018, he is in his 90's and is still going strong and still paints every day.
https://youtu.be/L_rCX6YTcK4
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