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It's A Most Unusual Day
"It's a Most Unusual Day" is a popular song composed by Jimmy McHugh, with lyrics by Harold Adamson. It is considered part of the Great American Songbook. It was introduced in the film ''A Date With Judy'', when it was sung by Jane Powell in the opening scene with the school orchestra, and is later sung in the film by Elizabeth Taylor (dubbed by Jean McLaren) and in the finale in an ensemble. Beverly Kenney recorded "It's a Most Unusual Day" in 1957 for her album, ''Beverly Kenney Sings for Playboys''. The song was used as the jingle for a Lincoln commercial in late 2021. June Christy recorded "It's a Most Unusual Day" with the Stan Kenton Orchestra on 10 October 1959 for her 1960 album '' Road Show''. It later became associated with Andy Williams who recorded it for his album ''Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests ''Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests'' is the eleventh album, studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams and was released in April 1963 by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy McHugh
James Francis McHugh (July 10, 1894 – May 23, 1969) was an American composer. One of the most prolific songwriters from the 1920s to the 1950s, he is credited with over 500 songs. His songs were recorded by many artists, including Chet Baker, June Christy, Bing Crosby, Deanna Durbin, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Adelaide Hall, Billie Holiday, Beverly Kenney, Bill Kenny, Peggy Lee, Carmen Miranda, Nina Simone, Frank Sinatra, and Dinah Washington. Career McHugh began his career in his hometown of Boston, Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut [Massachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət],'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ..., United States, where he published about a dozen songs with local publishers. His first success was with the World War I song "Keep the Love-Light Burning in the Window Till the Boys Come Marching Home", and this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Road Show (album)
''Road Show'' is a live album by bandleader and pianist Stan Kenton and His Orchestra with vocalists June Christy and The Four Freshmen featuring a concert recorded at the Purdue University in 1959 and released on the Capitol label as a double album.Vosbein, PStan Kenton Discographyaccessed April 21, 2016 accessed April 21, 2016 Reception The review by Kenneth M. Cassidy noted "this is a fine live recording from 1959. June Christy is a bit below par due to a cold on the day of the recording".Track listing All compositions by Stan Kenton except where noted. # "Artistry in Rhythm" ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1948 Songs
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Diana Panton
Diana Panton is a Canadian jazz vocalist. She won a Juno Award for Children's Album of the Year in 2017 for ''I Believe in Little Things'' and a 2015 Juno award for Vocal Jazz Album for ''RED''. She has also received five JUNO nominations for her albums ''Cheerful Little Earful'' (2020), ''Solstice/Equinox'' (2019), ''Christmas Kiss'' (2013), ''To Brazil with Love'' (2012) and ''If the Moon Turns Green...''(2009). ''I Believe in Little Things'' debuted at #8 on the Billboard Jazz Chart while simultaneously debuting at #11 on the Billboard Children's Music Chart. Her first album, ''...Yesterday Perhaps'', and her third album, ''Pink'', were awarded Silver Disc Awards by Japan's ''Jazz Critique Magazine''. Panton started her music career as a member of the Hamilton All-Star Jazz Band. After hearing her perform with this band, veteran multi-instrumentalist Don Thompson (Order of Canada) invited her to attend the Banff Centre, where he was a faculty member. This led to Thompson's co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wesla Whitfield
Wesla Whitfield (born Weslia Marie Edwards, September 15, 1947 – February 9, 2018) was an American singer who recorded more than a score of albums and performed at Carnegie Hall and the White House, among other sites. She used a wheelchair for the last four decades of her life, after surviving a gunshot injury. She specialized in the American standards genre of music. Early years Born in Santa Maria, California, Whitfield was the daughter of Vernon Edwards and Eleanor Smith Edwards. She studied at Pasadena City College and received a music degree from San Francisco State University. Her fondness for the American standards genre of songs began as a child, when she found her mother's old sheet music and began playing the songs on a piano and singing them. "Especially, the lyrics were wonderful," she said, "sentiments that I felt were something I could relate to." Whitfield's initial public performances came when she was a singing waitress at a Shakey's Pizza restaurant. She also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Connor
Mary Jean Loutsenhizer, known professionally as Chris Connor (November 8, 1927 – August 29, 2009) was an American jazz singer. Biography Chris Connor was born Mary Loutsenhizer in Kansas City, Missouri, to Clyde Loutsenhizer and Mabel Shirley. She became proficient on the clarinet, having studied for eight years during middle school and high school. She sang with the college band at the University of Missouri, playing at functions in Columbia, Missouri. In 1949 Connor recorded two songs with Claude Thornhill's band: "There's a Small Hotel" and "I Don't Know Why". With Jerry Wald's big band she recorded "You're the Cream in My Coffee", "Cherokee", " Pennies from Heaven", "Raisins and Almonds", and "Terremoto". Connor and Thornhill reunited in 1952 for a radio broadcast from the Statler Hotel in New York City for which she sang "Wish You Were Here", Come Rain or Come Shine", "Sorta Kinda", and "Who Are We to Say". She made her final recordings for HighNote: ''Haunted Heart'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosemary Clooney
Rosemary Clooney (May 23, 1928 – June 29, 2002) was an American singer and actress. She came to prominence in the early 1950s with the song "Come On-a My House", which was followed by other pop numbers such as " Botch-a-Me", " Mambo Italiano", "Tenderly", "Half as Much", "Hey There", "This Ole House", and " Sway". She also had success as a jazz vocalist. Clooney's career languished in the 1960s, partly because of problems related to depression and drug addiction, but revived in 1977, when her '' White Christmas'' co-star Bing Crosby asked her to appear with him at a show marking his 50th anniversary in show business. She continued recording until her death in 2002. Early life Rosemary Clooney was born in Maysville, Kentucky, the daughter of Marie Frances (née Guilfoyle) and Andrew Joseph Clooney. She was one of five children. Her father was of Irish and German descent, and her mother was of English and Irish ancestry. She was raised Catholic. When Clooney was 15, her mother a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Days Of Wine And Roses And Other TV Requests
''Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests'' is the eleventh studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams and was released in April 1963 by Columbia Records following his first season as host of his variety series, ''The Andy Williams Show''. The LP has a studio recording of the closing theme from the show, " May Each Day", and continues the format of his previous Columbia releases by including songs from the 1920s (" When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles with You)"), 1930s (" Exactly Like You", " Falling in Love with Love"), 1940s (" It's a Most Unusual Day", "You Are My Sunshine"), and 1950s ("I Really Don't Want to Know"). The album made its first appearance on '' Billboard'' magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated April 20 of that year and remained on the album chart for 107 weeks, spending 16 consecutive weeks at number one. The album received Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America on September 19, 1963, becoming his fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Williams
Howard Andrew Williams (December 3, 1927 – September 25, 2012) was an American singer. He recorded 43 albums in his career, of which 15 have been gold certified and three platinum certified. He was also nominated for six Grammy Awards. He hosted ''The Andy Williams Show'', a television variety show, from 1962 to 1971, along with numerous TV specials. ''The Andy Williams Show'' won three Emmy Awards. He sold more than 45 million records worldwide, including more than 10 million certified units in the United States. Williams was active in the music industry for over 70 years until his death from bladder cancer in 2012, at the age of 84. Early life and education Williams was born in Wall Lake, Iowa, to Florence (''née'' Finley) and Jay Emerson Williams, who worked in insurance and the post office. While living in Cheviot, Ohio, Williams attended Western Hills High School in Cincinnati, Ohio. He finished high school at University High School, in West Los Angeles, because of hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stan Kenton Orchestra
Stanley Newcomb Kenton (December 15, 1911 – August 25, 1979) was an American popular music and jazz artist. As a pianist, composer, arranger and band leader, he led an innovative and influential jazz orchestra for almost four decades. Though Kenton had several pop hits from the early 1940s into the 1960s, his music was always forward-looking. Kenton was also a pioneer in the field of jazz education, creating the Stan Kenton Jazz Camp in 1959 at Indiana University.Sparke, Michael. ''Stan Kenton: This is an Orchestra.'' UNT Press (2010). . Early life Stan Kenton was born on December 15, 1911, in Wichita, Kansas; he had two sisters (Beulah and Erma Mae) born three and eight years after him. His parents, Floyd and Stella Kenton, moved the family to Colorado, and in 1924, to the Greater Los Angeles Area, settling in suburban Bell, California. Kenton attended Bell High School; his high-school yearbook picture has the prophetic notation "Old Man Jazz". Kenton started learning piano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Adamson
Harold Campbell Adamson (December 10, 1906 – August 17, 1980) was an American lyricist during the 1930s and 1940s. Early life Adamson, the son of building contractor Harold Adamson and Marion "Minnie" Campbell Adamson, was born and raised in Greenville, New Jersey, United States. Adamson suffered from polio as a child which limited the use of his right hand. Initially, Adamson was interested in acting, but he began writing songs and poetry as a teenager. He went on to studying acting at the University of Kansas and Harvard. Career Ultimately he entered into a songwriting contract with MGM in 1933. During his stint with MGM, he was nominated for five Academy Awards. Among his best-known compositions was the theme for the hit sitcom, ''I Love Lucy''. He retired from songwriting in the early 1960s, and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972. In 1941, he collaborated with Pierce Norman, and baseball's Joe DiMaggio to write "In the Beauty of Tahoe", published b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
June Christy
June Christy (born Shirley Luster; November 20, 1925June 21, 1990) was an American singer, known for her work in the cool jazz genre and for her silky smooth vocals. Her success as a singer began with The Stan Kenton Orchestra. She pursued a solo career from 1954 and is best known for her debut album ''Something Cool''. After her death, she was hailed as "one of the finest and most neglected singers of her time." Biography Early life Shirley Luster was born in Springfield, Illinois, United States. She moved with her parents Steve and Marie (née Crain) Luster to Decatur, Illinois, when she was three years old. She began to sing with the Decatur-based Bill Oetzel Orchestra at thirteen. While attending Decatur High School she appeared with Oetzel and his society band, the Ben Bradley Band, and Bill Madden's Band. After high school she moved to Chicago, changed her name to Sharon Leslie, and sang with a group led by Boyd Raeburn. Later she joined Benny Strong's band. In 1944, St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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