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To Whom It May Concern (Nat King Cole Album)
''To Whom It May Concern'' is a 1959 album by Nat King Cole, arranged by Nelson Riddle. Track listing #"To Whom It May Concern" ( Nat "King" Cole, Charlotte Hawkins) – 2:58 #"Love-Wise" (Kenward Elmslie, Marvin Fisher) – 3:56 #"Too Much" ( Bill Baker, Dok Stanford) – 3:20 #"In the Heart of Jane Doe" ( James Cavanaugh, Larry Stock) – 3:02 #"A Thousand Thoughts of You" ( Sammy Gallop, Ulpio Minucci) – 2:58 #"You're Bringing Out the Dreamer in Me" ( Johnny Burke) – 3:09 #"My Heart's Treasure" ( Ray Rasch, Dotty Wayne) – 2:56 #"If You Said No" (Sammy Cahn, Paul Weston) – 2:56 #"Can't Help It" (Fisher, Jack Segal) – 3:39 #"Lovesville" (Ralph Freed, Harry Beasley Smith) – 2:39 #"Unfair" (Belmonte, Cliff Lee) – 1:54 #"This Morning It Was Summer" (Bob Haymes) – 3:58 Bonus Tracks included on CD reissue #"Give Me Your Love" (Mayme Watts) – 2:10 #"Coo Coo Roo Coo Coo Paloma" – 3:04 #" Non Dimenticar" ( Michele Galdieri, Shelly Dobbins, P. G. Redi) – 2:50 #"Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nat King Cole
Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor. Cole's music career began after he dropped out of school at the age of 15, and continued for the remainder of his life. He found great popular success and recorded over 100 songs that became hits on the pop charts. His trio was the model for small jazz ensembles that followed. Cole also acted in films and on television and performed on Broadway. He was the first African-American man to host an American television series. He was the father of singer Natalie Cole (1950–2015). Biography Early life Nathaniel Adams Coles was born in Montgomery, Alabama, on March 17, 1919. He had three brothers: Eddie (1910–1970), Ike (1927–2001), and Freddy (1931–2020), and a half-sister, Joyce Coles. Each of the Coles brothers pursued careers in music. When Nat King Cole was four years old, the family moved to Chicago, Illinois, where his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Burke (lyricist)
John Francis Burke (October 3, 1908 – February 25, 1964) was an American lyricist, successful and prolific between the 1920s and 1950s. His work is considered part of the Great American Songbook. His song "Swinging on a Star", from the Bing Crosby film ''Going My Way'', won an Academy Award for Best Song in 1944. Early life Burke was born in Antioch, California, United States, the son of Mary Agnes (Mungovan), a schoolteacher, and William Earl Burke, a structural engineer. When he was still young, his family moved to Chicago, Illinois, where Burke's father founded a construction business. As a youth, Burke studied piano and drama. He attended Crane College and then the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he played piano in the orchestra. After graduating from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1927, Burke joined the Chicago office of the Irving Berlin Publishing Company in 1926 as a pianist and song salesman. He also played piano in dance bands and vaudeville. Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Bock
Jerrold Lewis Bock (November 23, 1928November 3, 2010) was an American musical theater composer. He received the Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama with Sheldon Harnick for their 1959 musical ''Fiorello!'' and the Tony Award for Best Composer and Lyricist for the 1964 musical ''Fiddler on the Roof'' with Sheldon Harnick. Biography Born in New Haven, Connecticut, and raised in Flushing, Queens, New York, Bock studied the piano as a child. While a student at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, he wrote the musical ''Big As Life'', which toured the state and enjoyed a run in Chicago. After graduation, he spent three summers at the Tamiment Playhouse in the Poconos and wrote for early television revues with lyricist Larry Holofcener. One of their songs, the three-part "The Story of Alice," was performed by the Chad Mitchell Trio on their ''Blowin' in the Wind'' album of 1962. Career Bock made his Broadway debut in 1955 when he and Lawrence Holofcener co ... [...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 Wolf
Jack Keil Wolf (March 14, 1935 – May 12, 2011) was an American researcher in information theory and coding theory. Biography Wolf was born in 1935 in Newark, New Jersey, and graduated from Weequahic High School in 1952. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1956 and his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1960 for his thesis "On the Detection and Estimation Problem for Multiple Nonstationary Random Processes". He held faculty appointments at New York University 1963–1965, the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn 1965–1973 and the University of Massachusetts Amherst 1973–1984, and worked at RCA Laboratories and Bell Laboratories. In 1984, he joined the University of California, San Diego, where he applied communication and information theory to magnetic storage. He also held a part-time appointment at Qualcomm since its formation in 1985. He was president of the IEEE Information Theory Society in 1974. He died on May 12, 2011. Awards an ... [...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] |
Bob Haymes
Robert William Haymes (March 29, 1923 – January 27, 1989), also known by the stage names Robert Stanton and Bob Stanton, was an American singer, songwriter, actor and radio and television host. He is best remembered for co-writing the song " That's All", part of the Great American Songbook. He was the younger brother of singer and actor Dick Haymes.Solid! biography of Bob Haymes Early life Haymes was born in . His mother was Marguerite Wilson, an American of Irish descent. Benjamin Haymes, from Buenos Aires, Argentina was of ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cliff Lee
Clifton Phifer Lee (born August 30, 1978) is an American former professional baseball starting pitcher who played for 13 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). Between 2002 and 2014 he played for four teams, most notably the Philadelphia Phillies, before an elbow injury forced him into retirement. During his career, Lee was a member of five All-Star teams, won the Cy Young Award, and had consecutive World Series appearances in 2009 and 2010 with the Phillies and Texas Rangers. Born and raised in Benton, Arkansas, Lee's fastball attracted the attention of MLB scouts during his senior year at Benton High School in 1997, but he rejected draft offers twice in order to play college baseball for Meridian Community College and later the Arkansas Razorbacks. Lee finally came to terms with the Expos after his selection in the fourth round of the 2000 MLB Draft, and he spent two years in their farm system before a trade to Cleveland in 2002. Lee made his MLB debut with his new team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beasley Smith
John Beasley Smith (September 27, 1901 – May 14, 1968)William F. Lee, ''American Big Bands'' (Hal Leonard Corporation, 2005) p50 was an American composer and big band musician. "That Lucky Old Sun" (1949) one of his better known works, was covered by many well-known artists. He often worked with Haven Gillespie and toured the nation with his group, "Beasley Smith and His Orchestra". Biography Beasley Smith was born in McEwen, Tennessee. His parents were teachers. The family moved to Nashville when he was in elementary school. While in high school at Hume-Fogg in downtown Nashville, he formed an instrumental duo with fellow piano prodigy Francis Craig. They were later roommates at Vanderbilt University. Smith left college after two years to become a musician. He formed his first band around 1922, and by 1925 the ''Beasley Smith Orchestra'' was entertaining regularly at the Andrew Jackson Hotel in downtown Nashville. From 1927-1933, the group toured nationally. On October ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Freed
Ralph Freed (1 May 1907, Vancouver - February 13, 1973) was a Canadian born American lyricist and television producer. Early Life Born May 1, 1907 to Max Freed and Rosie (Rosza) Grossman who met in Charleston, SC. Ralph married Grace H. Berchman aka Grace Saxon (Saxon Sisters) and had two children. Graduated Hollywood High School Freed was the brother of Victor (b 1896), Hugo (b 1897), Sidney (b 1900), Walter (b 1903), Ruth (b 1906), and Clarence (b 1911), and Arthur Freed (b 1894). Career Writer and Lyricist, under contract with MGM, Universal, and Paramount during the "Golden Age." Freed's collaborators included Sammy Fain and Harry Barris. With Burton Lane, Freed wrote "How About You?" for the Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney musical ''Babes on Broadway ''Babes on Broadway'' is a 1941 American musical film starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland and directed by Busby Berkeley, with Vincente Minnelli directing Garland's big solo numbers. The film, which features Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Segal
Jack Segal (October 19, 1918 – February 10, 2005) was a pianist and composer of popular American songs, known for writing the lyrics to '' Scarlet Ribbons''. His composition '' May I Come In?'' was the title track for a Blossom Dearie album. Other songs he authored or co-authored are ''When Sunny Gets Blue'', ''That's the Kind of Girl I Dream Of'', ''I Keep Going Back to Joe's'' (with Marvin Fisher), ''A Boy from Texas, a Girl from Tennessee'' (with John Benson Brooks & Joseph Allan McCarthy), ''After Me'' (with Blossom Dearie) and ''When Joanna Loved Me'' (with Robert Wells). It has been estimated that his songs have helped sell 65 million records. Lyrics for the ballad that was perhaps Segal's greatest hit, Scarlet Ribbons (with music composed by Evelyn Danzig Levine), were written in just 15 minutes in 1949, but the song languished until Segal presented it to Harry Belafonte five years later. Belafonte's recording was responsible for making the song a hit. At least 30 ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
