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Mae (Riz Ortolani Song)
"Mae" is a 1965 song written by Riz Ortolani for the MGM motion picture ''The Yellow Rolls-Royce''; the song is the theme for the section of the film in which ownership of the titular Rolls-Royce passes to a gangster and becomes the backdrop to a dangerous romance between the gangster's girlfriend Mae Jenkins (Shirley MacLaine) and a young Italian named Stefano (Alain Delon). The song with English lyrics, "She's Just a Quiet Girl", was recorded and released as a single by Ella Fitzgerald. Julie London included the song on her album ''Feeling Good'' (1965). The tune was covered as an instrumental by Herb Alpert on ''Going Places'', and released as a single both by Alpert and by Pete Fountain Pierre Dewey LaFontaine Jr. (July 3, 1930 – August 6, 2016), known professionally as Pete Fountain, was an American jazz clarinetist. Early life and education LaFontaine was born to Pierre, Sr. and Madeline, in a small Creole cottage-style fr ..., also in 1965. References {{authority ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riz Ortolani
Riziero Ortolani (; 25 March 192623 January 2014) was an Italian composer, conductor, and orchestrator, predominantly of film scores. He scored over 200 films and television programs between 1955 and 2014, with a career spanning over fifty years. Internationally, he is best known for his genre scores, notably his music for mondo, giallo, horror, and Spaghetti Western films. His most famous composition is "More," which he wrote for the infamous film ''Mondo Cane''. It won the 1964 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Theme and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 36th Academy Awards. The song was later covered by Frank Sinatra, Kai Winding, Andy Williams, Roy Orbison, and others. Ortolani received many other accolades, including four David di Donatello Awards, three Nastro d'Argento Awards, and a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. In 2013, he received a Lifetime Achievement from the World Soundtrack Academy. Early life Ortolani was born o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
''The Yellow Rolls-Royce'' is a 1964 British dramatic composite film written by Terence Rattigan, produced by Anatole de Grunwald, and directed by Anthony Asquith, the trio responsible for '' The V.I.P.s'' (1963). Apparently adapting an idea from ''In Those Days'', a 1947 German drama by Helmut Käutner that had its US premiere in March 1951, ''The Yellow Rolls-Royce'' uses a yellow 1931 Rolls-Royce Phantom II to frame the story of three very different owners: an English aristocrat, a Miami gangster and a wealthy American widow. It is set in the years up to and including the start of World War II. Prompted by the production team's success with '' The V.I.P.s'', the film boasts a similar all-star cast, including Rex Harrison, Ingrid Bergman, Shirley MacLaine, Omar Sharif, George C. Scott, Alain Delon and Jeanne Moreau. The soundtrack song "Forget Domani" by Riz Ortolani won Best Original Song at the 23rd Golden Globe Awards. Another tune, "Mae", for the Scott-MacLaine-Delon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLaine (born Shirley MacLean Beaty, April 24, 1934) is an American actress, author, and former dancer. Known for her portrayals of quirky, strong-willed and eccentric women, MacLaine has received numerous accolades over her seven-decade career, including an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, two Volpi Cups and two Silver Bears. MacLaine is one of the last remaining stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Born in Richmond, Virginia, MacLaine made her acting debut as a teenager with minor roles in the Broadway musicals ''Oklahoma!'' and ''The Pajama Game''. Following minor appearances as an understudy in various other productions, MacLaine made her film debut with Alfred Hitchcock's black comedy ''The Trouble with Harry'' (1955), winning the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress. She rose to prominence with starring roles in ''Around the World in 80 Days'' (1956), ''Some Came Running'' (1958), '' A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alain Delon
Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon (; born 8 November 1935) is a French actor and filmmaker. He was one of Europe's most prominent actors and screen sex symbols in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. In 1985, he won the César Award for Best Actor for his performance in ''Notre histoire'' (1984). In 1991, he received France's Legion of Honour. At the 45th Berlin International Film Festival, he won the Honorary Golden Bear. At the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, he received the Honorary Palme d'Or. Delon achieved critical acclaim for roles in films ''Purple Noon'' (1960), ''Rocco and His Brothers'' (1960), ''L'Eclisse'' (1962), ''The Leopard'' (1963), ''Le Samouraï'' (1967), '' La Piscine'' (1969), ''Le Cercle Rouge'' (1970), ''Un flic'' (1972), and ''Monsieur Klein'' (1976). Over the course of his career Delon worked with many directors, including Luchino Visconti, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Melville, Michelangelo Antonioni, and Louis Malle. As a singer, Delon recorded the popular duet "P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella". She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing. After a tumultuous adolescence, Fitzgerald found stability in musical success with the Chick Webb Orchestra, performing across the country but most often associated with the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem. Her rendition of the nursery rhyme "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" helped boost both her and Webb to national fame. After taking over the band when Webb died, Fitzgerald left it behind in 1942 to start her solo career. Her manager was Moe Gale, co-founder of the Savoy, until she turned the rest of her career over to Norman Granz, who founded Verve Records to produce new records by Fitzgerald. With Verve she recorded some of her more widely noted works, particularly he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie London
Julie London (née Peck; September 26, 1926 – October 18, 2000) was an American singer and actress whose career spanned more than 40 years. A torch singer noted for her sultry, languid contralto vocals, London recorded over thirty albums of pop and jazz standards between 1955 and 1969. Her recording of " Cry Me a River", a track she introduced on her debut album, was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001. In addition to her musical notice, London was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in 1974 for her portrayal of nurse Dixie McCall in the television series ''Emergency!''. Born in Santa Rosa, California, to vaudevillian parents, London was discovered while working as an elevator operator in downtown Los Angeles, and she began her career as an actress. London's 35-year acting career began in film in 1944, and included roles as the female lead in numerous westerns, co-starring with Rock Hudson in '' The Fat Man'' (1951), with Robert Taylor and John Cassavetes in '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feeling Good (Julie London Album)
''Feeling Good'' is an LP album by Julie London, released by Liberty Records under catalog number LRP-3416 as a monophonic recording and catalog number LST-7416 in stereo in 1965. Track listing # "My Kind of Town" - (Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn) - 2:56 # " Girl Talk" - (Neal Hefti, Bobby Troup) - 2:32 # " King of the Road" - (Roger Miller) - 2:25 # "I Bruise Easily" - (Fred Manley) - 3:37 # "Feelin' Good" - (Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse) - 3:03 # " Watermelon Man" - (Herbie Hancock) - 2:35 # " She's Just a Quiet Girl" - ( Riziero Ortolani, Paul Vance) - 2:40 # " Summertime" - (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 3:10 # " Hello Dolly" - (Jerry Herman) - 3:00 # "Won't Someone Please Belong To Me" - (Bobby Troup) - 3:42 Orchestra arranged and conducted by Gerald Wilson Personnel According to Leonard Feather's liner notes; * Jack Wilson - piano and organ * Teddy Edwards - saxophone * John Gray - guitar * Jimmy Bond - bass * Earl Palmer - drums * Bones Howe Dayt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Going Places (Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass Album)
''Going Places'' (stylized as ''!!Going Places!!'') is the fifth album by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. It was originally released by A&M Records in 1965 and has appeared in many formats. Background The group's title reverted to its original name for this album; its second, third and fourth albums had been released as Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass. While the first four Tijuana Brass albums were recorded by Alpert backed by studio musicians, demands for live appearances dictated that Alpert assemble an actual touring band. The songs on ''Going Places'' are a mixture of sessions featuring Alpert's touring band and those with other session musicians, according to the liner notes in the Shout!Factory CD release. The single version of "Tijuana Taxi" features more of the bicycle-horn sound effects than does the album version. "Tijuana Taxi" and "Spanish Flea" were included as part of the "Carmen" medley on the ''Herb Alpert's Ninth'' album. The B-side of the "Taxi" single, "Zorba th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Fountain
Pierre Dewey LaFontaine Jr. (July 3, 1930 – August 6, 2016), known professionally as Pete Fountain, was an American jazz clarinetist. Early life and education LaFontaine was born to Pierre, Sr. and Madeline, in a small Creole cottage-style frame house on White Street (between Dumaine Street and St. Ann Street) in New Orleans.Fountain, Pete, with Bill Neely, ''A Closer Walk, the Pete Fountain Story'' (Henry Regnery Company, 1972), p. 2-3 Pete was the great-grandson of a French immigrant, François Fontaine, who was born in Toulon, circa 1796, and came to the U.S. in the early 19th century, and died on the Mississippi Gulf Coast circa 1885. Pete's father, a truck driver and part-time musician, changed the family name to Fountain. He started playing clarinet as a child at the McDonogh 28 school located on Esplanade Avenue. As a child, young Pete was very sickly, frequently battling respiratory infections due to weakened lungs. He was given expensive medication but it proved to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1965 Songs
Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson, sworn in for a full term as President of the United States. ** Indonesian President Sukarno announces the withdrawal of the Indonesian government from the United Nations. * January 30 – The Death and state funeral of Winston Churchill, state funeral of Sir Winston Churchill takes place in London with the largest assembly of dignitaries in the world until the 2005 funeral of Pope John Paul II. * February 4 – Trofim Lysenko is removed from his post as director of the Institute of Genetics at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academy of Sciences in the Soviet Union. Lysenkoism, Lysenkoist theories are now treated as pseudoscience. * February 12 ** The African and Malagasy Republic, Malagasy Common Organization ('; OCA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songs With Music By Riz Ortolani
A song is a musical composition intended to be performed by the human voice. This is often done at distinct and fixed pitches (melodies) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs contain various forms, such as those including the repetition and variation of sections. Written words created specifically for music, or for which music is specifically created, are called lyrics. If a pre-existing poem is set to composed music in classical music it is an art song. Songs that are sung on repeated pitches without distinct contours and patterns that rise and fall are called chants. Songs composed in a simple style that are learned informally "by ear" are often referred to as folk songs. Songs that are composed for professional singers who sell their recordings or live shows to the mass market are called popular songs. These songs, which have broad appeal, are often composed by professional songwriters, composers, and lyricists. Art songs are composed by trained classical compos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ella Fitzgerald Songs
Ella may refer to: * Ella (name), most often a feminine given name, but also used as a surname Places United States * Ella, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Ella, Oregon, an unincorporated community * Ella, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * Ella, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Lake Ella, Tallahassee, Florida Greenland * Ella Island, an uninhabited island of the Greenland Sea, Greenland Sri Lanka * Ella, Sri Lanka, a town in Uva, Sri Lanka Arts and entertainment Music * ''Ella'' (Ella Fitzgerald album), 1969 * ''Ella'' (Juan Gabriel album), 1980 * Ella (Malaysian singer) (born 1966) * "Ella" (Jack de Nijs song), by André Moss, Jack De Nijs, 1973 * "Ella", song by Raphael (singer) L. Favio, 1969 * "Ella" (José Alfredo Jiménez song) * "Ella", song by The Way (band) J. Hill, R. Hill, 1972 * "Ella", song by Bebe from ''Pafuera Telarañas'', 2004 * , by Argentine group Tan Biónica, 2010 Other *'' Ella'' (2016), documentary film about Australian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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