|
Oh, You Crazy Moon
''Oh, You Crazy Moon'' or ''Oh! You Crazy Moon'' is a traditional pop song by Jimmy Van Heusen, with lyrics by Johnny Burke. It was recorded by Tommy Dorsey in 1939, with at least six other recorded versions following Dorsey's in 1939. It was recorded by Mel Tormé in 1960 and Frank Sinatra in 1965. Recordings * Mel Tormé - '' Swingin' on the Moon'' (1960) * Stan Kenton - ''The Romantic Approach'' (1961) * Sarah Vaughan - '' Snowbound'' (1963) * Tony Bennett - '' When Lights Are Low'' (1964) * Wes Montgomery - ''California Dreaming'' (1966), ''Willow Weep for Me'' (1969) * Frank Sinatra - ''Moonlight Sinatra'' (1966) * Peggy Lee - '' Extra Special!'' (1967) * Mel Tormé and George Shearing Sir George Albert Shearing, (13 August 1919 14 February 2011) was a British jazz pianist who for many years led a popular jazz group that recorded for Discovery Records, MGM Records and Capitol Records. Shearing was the composer of over 300 t ... - '' An Elegant Evening'' (1985) * Trio Dé ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Traditional Pop
Traditional pop (also known as classic pop and pre-rock and roll pop) is Western culture, Western pop music that generally pre-dates the advent of rock and roll in the mid-1950s. The most popular and enduring songs from this era of music are known as pop standards or American standards. The works of these songwriters and composers are usually considered part of the canon known as the "Great American Songbook". More generally, the term "Standard (music), standard" can be applied to any popular song that has become very widely known within mainstream culture. AllMusic defines traditional pop as "post-big band and pre-rock & roll pop music". Origins Classic pop includes the song output of the Broadway theatre, Broadway, Tin Pan Alley, and Hollywood show tune writers from approximately World War I to the 1950s, such as Irving Berlin, Frederick Loewe, Victor Herbert, Harry Warren, Harold Arlen, Jerome Kern, George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin, Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, Oscar Hammer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wes Montgomery
John Leslie "Wes" Montgomery (March 6, 1923 – June 15, 1968) was an American jazz guitarist. Montgomery was known for an unusual technique of plucking the strings with the side of his thumb and his extensive use of octaves, which gave him a distinctive sound. Montgomery often worked with his brothers Buddy (Charles F.) and Monk (William H.) and with organist Melvin Rhyne. His recordings up to 1965 were oriented towards hard bop, soul jazz, and post bop, but around 1965 he began recording more pop-oriented instrumental albums that found mainstream success. His later guitar style influenced jazz fusion and smooth jazz. Biography Montgomery was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. According to NPR, the nickname "Wes" was a child's abbreviation of his middle name, Leslie. The family was large, and the parents split up early in the lives of the children. Montgomery and his brothers moved to Columbus, Ohio, with their father and attended Champion High School. His older brother Monk dropped ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songs With Lyrics By Johnny Burke (lyricist)
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 composers fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songs With Music By Jimmy Van Heusen
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 composers fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Elegant Evening
''An Elegant Evening'' is a 1985 studio album by the American jazz singer Mel Tormé, accompanied by George Shearing. Track listing #"I'll Be Seeing You (song), I'll Be Seeing You" (Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal) – 3:29 #Medley: "Love and the Moon"/"Oh, You Crazy Moon"/"No Moon at All" (Mel Tormé)/(Johnny Burke (lyricist), Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen)/(Redd Evans, David Mann (songwriter), David Mann) – 4:17 #"After the Waltz Is Over" (Tormé, Robert Wells (songwriter), Bob Wells) – 5:07 #"This Time the Dream's on Me" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 3:23 #"Last Night When We Were Young" (Arlen, Yip Harburg) – 5:17 #"You Changed My Life" (George Shearing, George David Weiss) – 2:31 #"I Had the Craziest Dream"/"Darn That Dream" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren)/(Van Heusen, Eddie DeLange) – 4:20 #"Brigg Fair" (Traditional) – 4:19 #"My Foolish Heart (song), My Foolish Heart" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 6:10 #"You're Driving Me Crazy" (Walter Donaldson) – 4:41 Per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Shearing
Sir George Albert Shearing, (13 August 1919 14 February 2011) was a British jazz pianist who for many years led a popular jazz group that recorded for Discovery Records, MGM Records and Capitol Records. Shearing was the composer of over 300 titles, including the jazz standards "Lullaby of Birdland" and " Conception", and had multiple albums on the '' Billboard'' charts during the 1950s, 1960s, 1980s and 1990s. He died of heart failure in New York City, at the age of 91. Biography Early life Born in Battersea, London, Shearing was the youngest of nine children. He was born blind to working-class parents: his father delivered coal and his mother cleaned trains in the evening. He started to learn piano at the age of three and began formal training at Linden Lodge School for the Blind, where he spent four years. Though he was offered several scholarships, Shearing opted to perform at a local pub, the Mason's Arms in Lambeth, for "25 bob a week" playing piano and accordion. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extra Special!
''Extra Special!'' is a compilation album by Peggy Lee recorded between 1960 and 1966, with arrangers including (Quincy Jones, Ralph Carmichael, Bill Holman, and Johnny Mandel). Three songs that Lee co-wrote are featured. Track listing #" Hey, Look Me Over" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) - 1:55 #"When He Makes Music" (Jack Segal, Marvin Fisher) - 2:50 #"Walking Happy" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn) - 2:34 #" Oh! You Crazy Moon" (Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) - 2:47 #"So What's New?" (Peggy Lee, John Pisano) - 2:16 #"Call Me Darling" (Dorothy Dick, Mort Fryberg, Rolf Marbet, Bert Reisfeld) - 2:37 #"A Bucket of Tears" (Winfield Scott, Dorothy Goodman) - 2:17 #"The Shining Sea" (Lee, Johnny Mandel) - 2:47 #"A Doodlin' Song (Doop Doo-De Oop)" (Coleman, Leigh) - 2:06 #"Amazing" (Norman Gimbel, Emil Stern) - 2:35 #"I'm Gonna Go Fishin'" (Lee, Duke Ellington Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymo ... [...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] |
Moonlight Sinatra
''Moonlight Sinatra'' is a studio album by Frank Sinatra, released in March 1966. All of the tracks on the album are centered on the Moon, and were arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle and his orchestra. The title of the album is a reference to Ludwig van Beethoven's ''Moonlight Sonata''. Track listing #" Moonlight Becomes You" ( Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:46 #" Moon Song" (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) – 3:03 #"Moonlight Serenade" ( Glenn Miller, Mitchell Parish) – 3:26 #" Reaching for the Moon" (Irving Berlin) – 3:05 #" I Wished on the Moon" (Dorothy Parker, Ralph Rainger) – 2:53 #"Oh, You Crazy Moon" (Burke, Van Heusen) – 3:12 #"The Moon Got in My Eyes" (Burke, Johnston) – 2:52 #"Moonlight Mood" (Harold Adamson, Peter DeRose) – 3:08 #"Moon Love" (Mack David, André Kostelanetz) (adapted from Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony) – 4:14 #"The Moon Was Yellow (And the Night Was Young)" ( Fred E. Ahlert, Edgar Leslie) – 3:04 Personnel * Frank Sinat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willow Weep For Me (album)
''Willow Weep for Me'' is a posthumous jazz album recorded by guitarist Wes Montgomery in 1965 and released in 1968. It reached number 12 on the ''Billboard'' Jazz album chart in 1969. At the Grammy Awards of 1970 ''Willow Weep for Me'' won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group. History After Montgomery's death, Verve used recordings from the sessions that produced ''Smokin' at the Half Note'' and hired arranger Claus Ogerman to write string and brass arrangements for "Willow Weep for Me", "Portrait of Jennie," "Oh! You Crazy Moon," and "Misty." Subsequent reissues erased the new backing arrangements. Reception Writing for Allmusic, music critic Richard Grinell called the original release "... prime, mature Wes Montgomery stretching out in full, with unbelievable confidence in his ear and technique at all times, experimenting now and then with mild electronic effects devices. The sound is oddly dim and shallow on the LP, which is surprising s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California Dreaming (Wes Montgomery Album)
''California Dreaming'' is an album by the jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery, released in 1967. It reached No. 1 on the ''Billboard charts, Billboard'' magazine jazz album chart and No. 4 on the Rhythm and blues, R&B chart. It was reissued on CD in 2007 with an alternate take of "Sunny". Reception In his review for AllMusic, jazz critic Scott Yanow wrote: "The material is strictly pop fluff of the era and the great guitarist has little opportunity to do much other than state the melody in his trademark octaves. This record was perfect for AM radio of the period." ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings'' wrote that, despite starting with a recent pop hit, the album allowed some glimpses of Montgomery’s jazz playing. Track listing #"California Dreamin', California Dreaming" (John Phillips (musician), John Phillips, Michelle Phillips) – 3:08 #"Sun Down" (Wes Montgomery) – 6:03 #"Oh, You Crazy Moon" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke (lyricist), Johnny Burke) – 3:44 #"More, Mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When Lights Are Low (Tony Bennett Album)
''When Lights Are Low'' is a 1964 studio album by Tony Bennett. Track listing # " Nobody Else but Me" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 2:56 # "When Lights Are Low" (Benny Carter, Spencer Williams) – 4:57 # " On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington) – 4:02 # " Ain't Misbehavin" (Fats Waller, Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf) – 2:42 # "It's a Sin to Tell a Lie" (Billy Mayhew) – 2:18 # "I've Got Just About Everything" ( Bob Dorough) – 6:08 # "Judy" (Sammy Lerner, Hoagy Carmichael) – 3:00 # " Oh! You Crazy Moon" ( Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:23 # "Speak Low" (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash) – 2:08 # " It Had to Be You" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) – 3:15 # " It Could Happen to You" ( Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 1:18 # "The Rules of the Road" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) – 2:13 Bonus tracks on CD reissue: #"How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:43 #" All of You" (Cole Porter) – 2:17 #"We'll Be Together Again ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
.jpg "Click for more on -> Traditional Pop")
.jpg "Click for more on -> Wes Montgomery")