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Olé Ala Lee
''Olé ala Lee'' is a 1961 album by Peggy Lee that was arranged by Joe Harnell. Track listing #" Come Dance with Me" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 2:28 #" By Myself" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 3:20 #"You're So Right for Me" ( Jay Livingston, Ray Evans) - 1:47 #"Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me)" ( Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines) - 1:54 #"Fantástico" ( Jack Keller, Noel Sherman) - 2:05 #" Together (Wherever We Go)" ( Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim) - 1:46 #" Love and Marriage" (Cahn, Van Heusen) - 2:07 #"Non Dimenticar" (Shelley Dobbins, Michele Galdieri, Gino Redi) - 2:26 #"From Now On" ( Cole Porter) - 1:55 #" You Stepped Out of a Dream" (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn) - 2:30 #"Olé" ( Peggy Lee) - 2:26 #"I Can't Resist You" (Ned Meyer, Will Donaldson) - 2:10 Personnel * Peggy Lee - vocals * Joe Harnell Joseph Harnell (August 2, 1924 – July 14, 2005) was an American composer, musician, and music arranger. Early life His father was a vaudeville performer w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peggy Lee
Norma Deloris Egstrom (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002), known professionally as Peggy Lee, was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer, and actress, over a career spanning seven decades. From her beginning as a vocalist on local radio to singing with Benny Goodman's big band, Lee created a sophisticated persona, writing music for films, acting, and recording conceptual record albums combining poetry and music. Called the "Queen of American pop music," Lee recorded over 1,100 masters and composed over 270 songs. Early life Lee was born Norma Deloris Egstrom in Jamestown, North Dakota, United States, on May 26, 1920, the seventh of the eight children of Selma Emele (née Anderson) Egstrom and Marvin Olaf Egstrom, a station agent for the Midland Continental Railroad. Her family were Lutherans. Her father was Swedish-American and her mother was Norwegian-American. After her mother died when Lee was four, her father married Minnie Schaumberg Wiese. Lee an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Evans
Raymond Bernard Evans (February 4, 1915 – February 15, 2007) was an American songwriter. He was a partner in a composing and song-writing duo with Jay Livingston, known for the songs they composed for films. Evans wrote the lyrics and Livingston wrote the music.Ray Evans papers, 1921-2012 Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania. Biography Evans was born to a ish family in , to Philip and Frances Lipsitz Evans. He was valedictorian of ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cole Porter
Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter. Many of his songs became standards noted for their witty, urbane lyrics, and many of his scores found success on Broadway and in film. Born to a wealthy family in Indiana, Porter defied his grandfather's wishes for him to practice law and took up music as a profession. Classically trained, he was drawn to musical theatre. After a slow start, he began to achieve success in the 1920s, and by the 1930s he was one of the major songwriters for the Broadway musical stage. Unlike many successful Broadway composers, Porter wrote the lyrics as well as the music for his songs. After a serious horseback riding accident in 1937, Porter was left disabled and in constant pain, but he continued to work. His shows of the early 1940s did not contain the lasting hits of his best work of the 1920s and 1930s, but in 1948 he made a triumphant comeback with his most successful musical, ''Kiss Me, Kate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gino Redi
Gino Redi (26 November 1908 – 27 September 1962) was an Italian composer. He was sometimes credited as P.G. Redi. Biography Born Luigi Pulci in Rome, after graduating in composition at the Conservatory of Parma, Redi moved to Milan where he was active as a conductor for several small orchestras. In 1934 he started composing, debuting with the song "È finito il bel tempo che fu". Starting from the second half of the 1930s Redi was one of the most successful songwriters of his time. Among his best known songs are "Perché non sognar", "Aggio perduto 'o suonno" and "Non Dimenticar". He participated to four editions of the Sanremo Music Festival The Sanremo Music Festival, officially the Italian Song Festival () and commonly known as just (), is the most popular Italian song contest and awards ceremony, held annually in the city of Sanremo, Liguria. It is the longest-running annual ... between 1951 and 1961. References External links * * 1908 births 1962 d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michele Galdieri
Michele Galdieri (1902–1965) was an Italian screenwriter, songwriter and lyricist. Along with Giovanni D'Anzi, he composed the popular song '' Mattinata fiorentina'' (Morning Florence) for the 1941 revue '' Sometimes It's Nice to Go on Foot''.Mera & Burnand p.31 Selected filmography * '' Three Lucky Fools'' (1932) * '' Five to Nil'' (1932) * '' Father For a Night'' (1939) * '' Baron Carlo Mazza'' (1948) * ''Tears of Love ''Tears of Love'' (Italian: ''Lacrime d'amore'') is a 1954 Italian Musical film, musical melodrama film directed by Pino Mercanti and starring Achille Togliani, Katina Ranieri and Otello Toso.Chiti & Poppi p.201 Cast * Achille Togliani as Mario B ...'' (1954) References Bibliography * Miguel Mera & David Burnand. ''European Film Music''. Ashgate Publishing, 2006. External links * 1902 births 1965 deaths 20th-century Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters Writers from Naples 20th-century Italian male writers {{Italy-writer- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Non Dimenticar
"Non Dimenticar" ("Do Not Forget"), originally titled "T'ho voluto bene" ("I loved you so much"), is a popular song with music by P. G. Redi (Gino Redi, a.k.a. Luigi Pulci), the original Italian lyrics by Michele Galdieri, with English lyrics by Shelley Dobbins. The song was written for the 1951 film ''Anna'' (directed by Alberto Lattuada). While actress Silvana Mangano is frequently credited as the singer, in fact, Flo Sandon's dubbed the two songs sung in ''Anna'' (the singer retained the apostrophe in her name which was the result of a misprint on her first album cover). The English adaptation was written by Shelly Dobbins in 1954 with the title "Non Dimenticar". Title Derivation The actual verb in Italian is ''"dimenticare"'', but Italian often contracts words, especially in lyrics and poetry. Common verbs like ''fare'' (to do) and ''avere'' (to have) are often spoken and written as ''far'' and ''aver''. In a typical example, the renowned playwright and author Pirandello wrote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love And Marriage
"Love and Marriage" is a 1955 song with lyrics by Sammy Cahn and music by Jimmy Van Heusen. It is published by Barton Music Corporation ( ASCAP). Frank Sinatra versions "Love and Marriage" was introduced by Frank Sinatra in the 1955 television production of Thornton Wilder's ''Our Town'', which aired on ''Producers' Showcase''. Sinatra went on to record two versions of the song. The first was recorded for Capitol Records on August 15, 1955, and became a major chart hit. (A competing version by Dinah Shore also achieved popularity.) This first recording appeared on the 1956 album ''This Is Sinatra!'' The second version was recorded for the Reprise Records album ''A Man and His Music'' on October 11, 1965. The Capitol version was later used as the theme song for the 1987–1997 Fox TV sitcom '' Married... with Children''. Although both versions were arranged by Nelson Riddle, there are many slight but noticeable differences. For instance: *In the Capitol version, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Joshua Sondheim (; March 22, 1930November 26, 2021) was an American composer and lyricist. One of the most important figures in twentieth-century musical theater, Sondheim is credited for having "reinvented the American musical" with shows that tackle "unexpected themes that range far beyond the enre'straditional subjects" with "music and lyrics of unprecedented complexity and sophistication." His shows address "darker, more harrowing elements of the human experience," with songs often tinged with "ambivalence" about various aspects of life. He was known for his frequent collaborations with Hal Prince and James Lapine on the Broadway stage. Sondheim's interest in musical theater began at a young age, and he was mentored by Oscar Hammerstein II. He began his career by writing the lyrics for ''West Side Story'' (1957) and ''Gypsy'' (1959). He transitioned to writing both music and lyrics for the theater, with his best-known works including '' A Funny Thing Happened on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jule Styne
Jule Styne (; born Julius Kerwin Stein; December 31, 1905 – September 20, 1994) was an English-American songwriter and composer best known for a series of Broadway musicals, including several famous frequently-revived shows that also became successful films: ''Gypsy,'' '' Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,'' and '' Funny Girl.'' Early life Styne was born to a Jewish family in London, England. His parents, Anna Kertman and Isadore Stein, were emigrants from Ukraine, the Russian Empire, and ran a small grocery. Even before his family left Britain, he did impressions on the stage of well-known singers, including Harry Lauder, who saw him perform and advised him to take up the piano. At the age of eight, he moved with his family to Chicago, where he began taking piano lessons. He proved to be a prodigy and performed with the Chicago, St. Louis, and Detroit Symphonies before he was ten years old. Career Before Styne attended Chicago Musical College, he had already attracted the attention o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Together (Wherever We Go)
"Together (Wherever We Go)" is a song, now considered a standard, with music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, written for the musical play ''Gypsy'' in 1959. It was introduced by Ethel Merman, Jack Klugman, and Sandra Church. Recorded versions *Tammy Blanchard *The Four Lads *Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli (live) * Liza Minnelli on her 1964 studio album ''Liza! Liza!'' *The Hi-Los *Adam Makowicz and George Mraz *Ethel Merman & Jack Klugman *Jack Klugman & Tony Randall on the album ''The Odd Couple Sings'' *Angela Lansbury & Barrie Ingham in the original London cast recording * Bette Midler in the TV film ''Gypsy'' (1993) *Bernadette Peters *Patti LuPone * Steve and Eydie *Rosalind Russell in the film ''Gypsy'' (1962) - the number was included in the version shown to preview audiences but cut before the film went into wide release * The song was sung by Danny Thomas and Marlo Thomas (accompanied off-camera by Milton Berle) on a 1971 episode of ''That Girl'' (Season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noel Sherman
Noel Sherman (30 June 1930 Brooklyn – 4 June 1972 New York) was an American lyricist and nightclub producer. Among the standards that Sherman composed, often with his brother Joe Sherman, are "Ramblin' Rose", " Graduation Day", " Eso Beso" ("That Kiss!") (no), "To the Ends of the Earth", and "Juke Box Baby". Career Sherman, born to Julius Sherman, a dentist, and Mary Rothman () graduated from New York University where he was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa honor society. His brother, Joe, was his chief collaborator. Bibliography Selected copyrights Original copyrights * ''Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Music,'' Library of Congress, Copyright Office Vol. 10; Part 5A, No. 1, January–June1956 (1957). " Graduation Day". © Sheldon Music Inc.23 April 1956; EP99021. p. 244. Vol. 10; Part 5A, No. 1, January–June1956 (1957). "Juke-Box Baby". © Winneton Music Corp.5 March 1956; EP98281. p. 244. Vol. 10; Part 5A, No. 2, July–December 1956 (1957). "To the E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Keller (songwriter)
Jack Walter Keller (born James Walter Keller; 11 November 1936 – 1 April 2005) was an American composer, songwriter and record producer. He co-wrote, with Howard Greenfield and others, several pop music, pop hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including "Just Between You and Me", "Everybody's Somebody's Fool", "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own", "Venus in Blue Jeans" and "Run to Him". He also wrote the theme songs for TV series including ''Bewitched'' and ''Gidget (TV series), Gidget'', and later worked in Los Angeles – where he wrote for, and record producer, produced, The Monkees – and in Nashville. Biography Keller was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of dance band musician Mal Keller and his wife Reva. Stuart Colman, Jack Ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
