It's All Over But The Swingin'
''It's All Over but the Swingin'' is a 1957 album by Sammy Davis Jr., arranged by Jack Pleis and Morty Stevens. Track listing # "Guess I'll Hang My Tears out to Dry" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 4:43 # " But Not for Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:24 # "Where's That Rainbow?" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:27 # " I Cover the Waterfront" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) – 3:19 # " Don't Blame Me" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 2:52 # "Better Luck Next Time" (Irving Berlin) – 2:43 # " Can't Help Lovin' Dat Gal" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 4:53 # " It Never Entered My Mind" (Hart, Rodgers) – 4:05 # " Someone to Watch over Me" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 3:23 # "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" ( Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 2:47 # " Spring Is Here" (Hart, Rodgers) – 4:03 # "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, I. Gershwin) – 3:29 Personnel Performance * Sammy Davis Jr. – vocal *Dan Lube, M. Sosson – violin *Al Dinkin, Paul R ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sammy Davis Jr
Samuel George Davis Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American singer, actor, comedian, dancer, and musician. At age two, Davis began his career in Vaudeville with his father Sammy Davis Sr. and the Will Mastin Trio, which toured nationally, and his film career began in 1933. After military service, Davis returned to the trio and became a sensation following key nightclub performances at Ciro's (in West Hollywood) in 1951, including one after the 23rd Academy Awards, Academy Awards ceremony. With the trio, he became a recording artist. In 1954, at the age of 29, he lost his left eye in a car accident. Several years later, he converted to Judaism, finding commonalities between the oppression experienced both by black Americans and Jewish communities.Sammy Davis Jr. Biography Biography.com. Retrieve ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Edward Heyman
Edward Heyman (March 14, 1907October 16, 1981) was an American lyricist and producer, best known for his lyrics to " Body and Soul", " When I Fall in Love", and " For Sentimental Reasons". He also contributed to a number of songs for films. Biography Heyman studied at the University of Michigan, where he had an early start on his career writing college musicals. After graduating from college, Heyman moved back to New York City, where he started working with a number of experienced musicians including Victor Young (" When I Fall in Love"), Dana Suesse (" You Oughta Be in Pictures") and Johnny Green (" Body and Soul", " Out of Nowhere", " I Cover the Waterfront" and "Easy Come, Easy Go"). From 1935 to 1952, Heyman contributed songs to film scores including '' Sweet Surrender'', '' That Girl from Paris'', '' Curly Top'', '' The Kissing Bandit'', '' Delightfully Dangerous'' and '' Northwest Outpost''. Arguably Heyman's biggest hit is his lyric to " Body and Soul", written in 19 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Spring Is Here
"Spring is Here" is a 1938 popular song composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Lorenz Hart for the musical '' I Married an Angel'' (1938), where it was introduced by Dennis King and Vivienne Segal. Rodgers and Hart had previously written a song entitled "Spring is Here in Person," which served as the title song for a 1929 Broadway production (filmed in 1930 - see '' Spring is Here (film)''). Theatrical producer Josh Logan, a longtime associate of Rodgers & Hart, would opine that "the most touching f Hart's lyricsare those about unrequited love ith the 1938 song'Spring is Here' eingone of the greatest examples". Hart had had a romantic interest in ''I Married an Angel'' leading lady Vivienne Segal who turned down more than one marriage proposal from him. Logan believed that Hart's lyrics for "Spring is Here" evoked the composer's disappointment over Segal's failure to reciprocate his interest. Notable recordings * Chet Baker – ''Deep in a Dream'' (2002, posthumou ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Frederick Loewe
Frederick Loewe ( ; born Friedrich "Fritz" Löwe, ; June 10, 1901 – February 14, 1988Palm Springs Cemetery District, "Interments of Interest" ''Pscemetery.com'') was an American composer. He collaborated with lyricist Alan Jay Lerner on a series of Broadway musicals, including '' Brigadoon'', '' Paint Your Wago ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alan Jay Lerner
Alan Jay Lerner (August 31, 1918 – June 14, 1986) was an American lyricist and librettist. In collaboration with Frederick Loewe, and later Burton Lane, he created some of the world's most popular and enduring works of musical theatre both for the stage and on film. Lerner won three Tony Awards and three Academy Awards, among other honors. Early life and education Lerner was born in New York City to a Jewish family. He was the son of Edith ( Adelson) and Joseph Jay Lerner, whose brother, Samuel Alexander Lerner, was founder and owner of the Lerner Stores, a chain of dress shops. One of Lerner's cousins was the radio comedian and television game show panelist Henry Morgan (comedian), Henry Morgan. Lerner was educated at Bedales School in England, Choate Rosemary Hall, The Choate School (now Choate Rosemary Hall) in Wallingford, Connecticut, (where he wrote "The Choate Marching Song") and Harvard University, Harvard. He attended both Camp Androscoggin and Camp Greylock. At b ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face
"I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" is a song from the 1956 in music, 1956 musical theatre, musical ''My Fair Lady'', with music by Frederick Loewe and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. It was originally performed by Rex Harrison as Professor Henry Higgins who also performed it in the My Fair Lady (film), 1964 film version. Background The song expresses Professor Pygmalion (play), Henry Higgins's sentimental and wistful sadness for his pupil Pygmalion (play), Eliza Doolittle who has chosen to walk out of his life, a sudden realization of how much he will miss her, and, in passing, his sadness for her life in a chosen marriage. Recorded versions *Ronnie Aldrich *Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, later covered it on their 1964 album ''South of the Border (Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass album), South of the Border'' (A&M Records LP-108 (mono), A&M Records SP-108 (stereo)). *Chet Baker *Count Basie *Tony Bennett *Andrew Bird *Chris Botti *Ruby Braff *Cecil Brooks III *Les Brown (bandlead ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Someone To Watch Over Me (song)
"Someone to Watch Over Me" is a 1926 song composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, assisted by Howard Dietz who penned the title. It was written for the musical '' Oh, Kay!'' (1926), with the part originally sung on Broadway by English actress Gertrude Lawrence while holding a rag doll in a sentimental solo scene. The musical ran for more than 200 performances in New York and then saw equivalent acclaim in London in 1927, all with the song as its centerpiece. Lawrence released the song as a medium-tempo single which rose to number 2 on the charts in 1927. Origin Initially, "Someone to Watch Over Me" was written by George Gershwin for the musical ''Oh, Kay!'' as a "fast and jazzy" up-tempo rhythm tune – marked ''scherzando'' (playful) in the sheet music – but in the 1930s and 1940s it was recorded by singers in a slower ballad form, which became the standard. The definitive slow torch song version was first released by Lee Wiley in 1939, followed by Margaret W ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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It Never Entered My Mind
"It Never Entered My Mind" is a show tune from the 1940 Rodgers and Hart musical '' Higher and Higher'', where it was introduced by Shirley Ross. Notable recordings *Frank Sinatra Francis Albert Sinatra (; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Honorific nicknames in popular music, Nicknamed the "Chairman of the Board" and "Ol' Blue Eyes", he is regarded as one of the Time 100: The Most I ... – '' Frankly Sentimental'' (1949) Originally recorded November 5, 1947, '' In the Wee Small Hours'' (1955), ''She Shot Me Down'' (1981) *The Andrews Sisters, Patty Andrews (with Gordon Jenkins and orchestra) (1951) *Julie London – ''Julie Is Her Name'' (1955) *Miles Davis – ''Miles Davis, Volume 3'' (Blue Note 1954) & ''Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet'' (Prestige 1956) *Ella Fitzgerald – ''Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook'' (1956) *Bud Powell – ''Bud Powell's Moods'' (1956) *Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster – ''Coleman H ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jerome Kern
Jerome David Kern (January 27, 1885 – November 11, 1945) was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music. One of the most important American theatre composers of the early 20th century, he wrote more than 700 songs, used in over 100 stage works, including such classics as "Ol' Man River", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man", "A Fine Romance (song), A Fine Romance", "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", "The Song Is You", "All the Things You Are", "The Way You Look Tonight" and "Long Ago (and Far Away)". He collaborated with many of the leading librettists and lyricists of his era, including George Grossmith Jr., Guy Bolton, P. G. Wodehouse, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, Dorothy Fields, Johnny Mercer, Ira Gershwin and Yip Harburg. A native New Yorker, Kern created dozens of Broadway theatre, Broadway musicals and musical films, Hollywood films in a career that lasted for more than four decades. His musical innovations, such as 4/4 dance rhythms and the employment of syncopati ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Oscar Hammerstein II
Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II (; July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was an American lyricist, librettist, theatrical producer, and director in musical theater for nearly 40 years. He won eight Tony Awards and two Academy Awards for Best Original Song. Many of his songs are standard repertoire for vocalists and jazz musicians. He co-wrote 850 songs. He is best known for his collaborations with composer Richard Rodgers, as the duo Rodgers and Hammerstein, whose musicals include '' Oklahoma!'', '' Carousel'', '' South Pacific'', '' The King and I'', '' Flower Drum Song'', and '' The Sound of Music''. Described by his protégé Stephen Sondheim as an "experimental playwright", Hammerstein helped bring the American musical to new maturity by popularizing musicals that focused on stories and character rather than the lighthearted entertainment that the musical had been known for beforehand. He also collaborated with Jerome Kern (with whom he wrote the 1927 music ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
"Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" with music by Jerome Kern, and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, is one of the most famous songs from their classic 1927 musical play ''Show Boat'', adapted from Edna Ferber's 1926 novel. Its musical composition entered the public domain on January 1, 2023. Context The song, written in a blues tempo, is sung in the show by several characters, but is most closely associated with the character Julie, the biracial leading lady of the showboat ''Cotton Blossom''. It is Julie who is first heard singing the song – to Magnolia, the daughter of Cap'n Andy Hawks and his wife Parthenia (Parthy), owners of the showboat. In the musical's plot, the number is supposed to be a song familiar to African-Americans for years, and this provides one of the most dramatic moments in the show. When Queenie, the black cook, comments that it is strange that light-skinned Julie knows the song because only black people sing it, Julie becomes visibly uncomfortable. Later, we lea ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin (born Israel Isidore Beilin; May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989) was a Russian-born American composer and songwriter. His music forms a large part of the Great American Songbook. Berlin received numerous honors including an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, and a Tony Award. He also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Gerald R. Ford in 1977. Broadcast journalist Walter Cronkite stated he "helped write the story of this country, capturing the best of who we are and the dreams that shape our lives".Carnegie Hall, May 27, 1988 Irving Berlin's 100th birthday celebration Born in , Berlin arrived in the United States at the age of five. His family l ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |