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This Can't Be Love (song)
"This Can't Be Love" is a show tune and a popular song from the 1938 Rodgers and Hart musical ''The Boys from Syracuse'' when it was sung by Eddie Albert and Marcy Westcott. The lyrics poke fun at the common depiction of love in popular songs as a host of malignant symptoms, saying, "This can't be love because I feel so well." The song was a hit for the orchestras of Horace Heidt (vocal by Larry Cotton) and Benny Goodman (vocal by Martha Tilton) in late 1938 and early 1939. Covers *Chet Atkins and Lenny Breau - for their album ''Standard Brands'' (1981) *Tony Bennett - for his album ''The Rodgers and Hart Songbook'' (1973). *Connee Boswell for her album ''Connee'' (1956). *Rosemary Clooney - included in her album '' Swing Around Rosie'' (1958) *Red Garland - '' It's a Blue World'' (1958) *Nat "King" Cole - included in his album '' Nat King Cole Sings for Two in Love'' (1955) *Natalie Cole - in her album '' Unforgettable... with Love'' (1991) *Bing Crosby recorded the song in 1954 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorenz Hart
Lorenz Milton Hart (May 2, 1895 – November 22, 1943) was an American lyricist and half of the Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart. Some of his more famous lyrics include " Blue Moon", " The Lady Is a Tramp", "Manhattan", "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered", and "My Funny Valentine". Life and career Hart was born in Harlem, New York City, the elder of two sons, to Jewish immigrant parents, Max M. and Frieda (Isenberg) Hart, of German background. Through his mother, he was a great-grandnephew of the German poet Heinrich Heine. His father, a business promoter, sent Hart and his brother to private schools. (His brother, Teddy Hart, also went into theatre and became a musical comedy star. Teddy Hart's wife, Dorothy Hart, wrote a biography of Lorenz Hart.) Hart received his early education from Columbia Grammar School and entered Columbia College in 1913, before switching to Columbia University School of Journalism, where he attended for two years. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swing Around Rosie
''Swing Around Rosie'' is a 1959 studio album by Rosemary Clooney, accompanied by the Buddy Cole trio. Track listing # "'Deed I Do" (Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose) – 1:49 # "You Took Advantage of Me" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 2:24 # "Blue Moon" (Hart, Rodgers) – 2:27 # " Sing, You Sinners" (Sam Coslow, W. Franke Harling) – 2:16 # "A Touch of the Blues" (Don George, Eddie Wilcox) – 2:43 # "Goody Goody" (Matty Malneck, Johnny Mercer) – 2:07 # "Too Close for Comfort" (Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener, George David Weiss) – 2:39 # "Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me" (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) – 2:49 # "Moonlight Mississippi (A Whistle Stop Town)" (Willard Robison) – 2:36 # "I Wish I Were in Love Again" (Hart, Rodgers) – 2:23 # "Sunday in Savannah" (Hugh Mackay) – 2:31 # " This Can't Be Love" (Hart, Rodgers) – 2:06 Personnel Performance * Rosemary Clooney – vocal The human voice consists of sound made by a human being using the vocal tract, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verve Records
Verve Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group (UMG). Founded in 1956 by Norman Granz, the label is home to the world's largest jazz catalogue, which includes recordings by artists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Stan Getz, Bill Evans, Billie Holiday, and Oscar Peterson, among others. It absorbed the catalogues of Granz's earlier label, Clef Records, founded in 1946; Norgran Records, founded in 1953; and material which was previously licensed to Mercury Records. Verve also served as the original home of rock acts such as The Velvet Underground, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. The restructured Verve Records is now part of the Verve Label Group (VLG), a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. This company is also home to historic imprints including Verve Forecast, Impulse! and Decca Records. History Norman Granz created Verve to produce new recordings by Ella Fitzgerald, whom he managed; the first album the label released was ''Ella Fitzge ... [...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] |
Billy Rose's Jumbo (soundtrack)
'Billy Rose's Jumbo' is the soundtrack album to the 1962 film of the same name: featuring Doris Day, Stephen Boyd, Jimmy Durante, and Martha Raye. Columbia Masterworks Records released the recording on November 12, 1962 under catalog numbers OL-5860 (monaural LP) and OS-2260 (stereophonic). "Over and Over Again" was released as a single on CBS with "This Can't Be Love" as the B-side. Track listing #"Over and Over Again" (Rodgers, Hart)—Doris Day #"The Circus is on Parade" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)—Doris Day, Jimmy Durante & Martha Raye #"Why Can't I?" (Rodgers, Hart)—Doris Day & Martha Raye #" This Can't Be Love" (Rodgers, Hart)—Doris Day #" The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" (Rodgers, Hart)—Stephen Boyd (dubbed by James Joyce) #" My Romance" (Rodgers, Hart)—Doris Day #"The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" - Reprise—Jimmy Durante #" Little Girl Blue" (Rodgers, Hart)—Doris Day #"Sawdust, Spangles and Dreams" (Roger Ede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doris Day
Doris Day (born Doris Mary Kappelhoff; April 3, 1922 – May 13, 2019) was an American actress, singer, and activist. She began her career as a big band singer in 1939, achieving commercial success in 1945 with two No. 1 recordings, " Sentimental Journey" and "My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time" with Les Brown & His Band of Renown. She left Brown to embark on a solo career and recorded more than 650 songs from 1947 to 1967. Day was one of the biggest film stars of the 1950s–1960s. Day's film career began during the Golden Age of Hollywood with the film ''Romance on the High Seas'' (1948). She starred in films of many genres, including musicals, comedies, dramas, and thrillers. She played the title role in ''Calamity Jane'' (1953) and starred in Alfred Hitchcock's '' The Man Who Knew Too Much'' (1956) with James Stewart. Her best-known films are those in which she co-starred with Rock Hudson, chief among them 1959's ''Pillow Talk'', for which she was nominated fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mosaic Records
Mosaic Records is an American jazz record company and label established in 1982 by Michael Cuscuna and Charlie Lourie. It produces limited-edition box sets. The sets recordings are leased from the major record companies, usually for a three- or five-year period, with the edition limited to a specific number of copies typically 5,000. Sometimes the complete catalog of a label would appear: the complete masters of Milt Gabler's Commodore Records were contained in three sets consisting of some 66 LPs. In 2003, the company initiated the Select series of smaller sets, not necessarily "complete" in the usual sense. In 2006, the company began a third line, Mosaic Singles, a series dedicated to reissuing individual albums on CD that have not previously been available in US editions, or at all. In 2009, Mosaic returned to the vinyl format with the HQ Vinyl Series and began issuing three and four LP sets of 2,500-5,000 copies. Mosaic's sets are primarily sold and distributed directly to cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bing Crosby Show (1954–1956)
The Bing Crosby Show was broadcast daily Mondays to Fridays and was of 15 minutes duration with Bing Crosby talking about all manner of different subjects and usually including three songs around the dialogue. Overview During the summer of 1954 with radio audiences everywhere declining dramatically, Crosby decided not to continue with a major weekly radio show involving the expense of guest stars and a 22 piece orchestra. However, he was persuaded to continue in radio, albeit in a different and cheaper format. On November 22, 1954 ‘The Bing Crosby Show’ emerged on CBS at 9:15 p.m. preceding Amos 'n' Andy. For the 15-minute show, Bill Morrow provided a script of sorts, Ken Carpenter was the announcer and Murdo MacKenzie edited it all together using songs that the singer had pre-recorded at sessions with Buddy Cole and his trio (Buddy on piano and electric organ, Perry Botkin ater replaced by Vince Terrion guitar, banjo etc., Don Whittaker on bass, Nick Fatool on drums) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bing Crosby
Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer, musician and actor. The first multimedia star, he was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century worldwide. He was a leader in record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses from 1926 to 1977. He made over 70 feature films and recorded more than 1,600 songs. His early career coincided with recording innovations that allowed him to develop an intimate singing style that influenced many male singers who followed, such as Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, Dean Martin, Dick Haymes, Elvis Presley, and John Lennon. ''Yank'' magazine said that he was "the person who had done the most for the morale of overseas servicemen" during World War II. In 1948, American polls declared him the "most admired man alive", ahead of Jackie Robinson and Pope Pius XII. In 1948, ''Music Digest'' estimated that his recordings filled more than half of the 80,000 weekly hou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unforgettable
Unforgettable may refer to: Film * ''Unforgettable'' (1996 film), a thriller starring Ray Liotta * ''Unforgettable'' (2014 film), a Bollywood film * ''Unforgettable'' (2016 film), a South Korean film * ''Unforgettable'' (2017 film), an American thriller film * ''Unforgettable'' (2019 film), a Filipino film TV * '' The Unforgettable'', a 2000–2002 and 2010–2012 British television documentary programme * ''Unforgettable'' (American TV series), a 2011–2016 crime drama series * ''Unforgettable'' (Philippine TV series), a 2013 romantic-fantasy series * "Unforgettable" (''Star Trek: Voyager''), a 1998 episode of ''Star Trek: Voyager'' Music Albums * ''Unforgettable'' (Dinah Washington album), 1961 * ''Unforgettable'' (Fullerton College Jazz Band album), 1985 * ''Unforgettable'' (Imran Khan album), 2009 * ''Unforgettable'' (Joe Pass album), 1998 * ''Unforgettable'' (Leroy Hutson album), 1979 * ''Unforgettable'' (Merle Haggard album), 2004 * ''Unforgettable'' (Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalie Cole
Natalie Maria Cole (February 6, 1950 – December 31, 2015) was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She was the daughter of American singer and jazz pianist Nat King Cole. She rose to success in the mid-1970s as an R&B singer with the hits "This Will Be", " Inseparable" (1975), and " Our Love" (1977). She returned as a pop singer on the 1987 album ''Everlasting'' and her cover of Bruce Springsteen's " Pink Cadillac". In the 1990s, she sang traditional pop by her father, resulting in her biggest success, '' Unforgettable... with Love'', which sold over seven million copies and won her seven Grammy Awards. She sold over 30 million records worldwide. Early life Natalie Cole was born at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles, California, to American singer and jazz pianist Nat King Cole and former Duke Ellington Orchestra singer Maria Hawkins Ellington, and raised in the affluent Hancock Park district of Los Angeles. Regarding her childhood, Cole referred to her family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nat King Cole Sings For Two In Love
''Nat King Cole Sings for Two in Love'' is a 1953 album by Nat King Cole, arranged by Nelson Riddle. It was expanded and re-released for the larger 12-inch format in 1955, adding four songs. The title may be referred to as ''Sings for Two in Love''. Track listing # "Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:49 # "A Handful of Stars" ( Jack Lawrence, Ted Shapiro) – 3:26 # " This Can't Be Love" ( Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 2:30 # "A Little Street Where Old Friends Meet" (Gus Kahn, Harry Woods) – 3:18 # " Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer) – 2:40 # "Let's Fall in Love" ( Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 2:48 # " There Goes My Heart" (Benny Davis, Abner Silver) – 2:53 # "Dinner for One, Please James" ( Michael Carr) – 2:57 # " Almost Like Being in Love" ( Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 1:53 # "Tenderly" (Walter Lloyd Gross, Lawrence) – 2:57 # "You Stepped Out of a Dream" (Nacio Herb Brown, Kahn) – 2:35 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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