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Say It With Music (A Touch Of Latin)
''Say It with Music (A Touch of Latin)'' is an album by Ray Conniff, His Orchestra and Chorus. It was released in 1960 on the Columbia label (catalog no. CL-1490). The album debuted on ''Billboard'' magazine's popular albums chart on October 10, 1960, peaked at No. 4, and remained on that chart for 28 weeks. AllMusic later gave the album a rating of three-and-a-half stars. Track listing Side 1 # "Bésame Mucho" (C. Velazquez, S. Skylar) :37# " Stranger in Paradise" (G. Forrest, R. Wright) :03# " Summertime" (D. Heyward, G. Gershwin) :38# "I've Got You Under My Skin" (Cole Porter) :00# " Too Young" (S. Lippman, S. Dee) :39# "Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) :20 Side 2 # " Just One of Those Things" (Cole Porter) :22# "Deep Purple" (M. Parrish, P. DeRose) :30# "Brazil" (Ary Barroso, Bob Russell) :03# " Night and Day" (Cole Porter) :17# "Temptation" (A. Freed, N. Brown) :37# "Say It with Music Say or SAY may refer to: * Speech, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Conniff
Joseph Raymond Conniff (November 6, 1916 – October 12, 2002) was an American bandleader and arranger best known for his Ray Conniff Singers during the 1960s. Biography Conniff was born November 6, 1916, in Attleboro, Massachusetts, United States, and learned to play the trombone from his father. He studied music arranging from a course book. Early career After serving in the U.S. Army in World War II (where he worked under Walter Schumann), he joined the Artie Shaw big band and wrote many arrangements for him. After his stint with Shaw, he was hired in 1954 by Mitch Miller, head of A&R at Columbia Records, as the label's home arranger, working with several artists including Rosemary Clooney, Marty Robbins, Frankie Laine, Johnny Mathis, Guy Mitchell and Johnnie Ray. He wrote a top-10 arrangement for Don Cherry's "Band of Gold" in 1955, a single that sold more than a million copies. Among the hit singles Conniff backed with his orchestra (and eventually with a ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise
"Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise" is a song with music by Sigmund Romberg and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II from the 1928 operetta '' The New Moon''. One of the best-known numbers from the show, it is a song of bitterness and yearning for a lost love, sung in the show by Philippe (tenor), the best friend of the hero, Robert Mission (baritone). The original song was composed as a tango, and features a dance as accompaniment to the choral reprise, but many versions of the song have changed the tempo completely (there have been many jazz renditions). The one featured in the 1940 film version of the operetta is sung as a cheerful ditty by Nelson Eddy while he shines his shoes, despite the melancholy nature of the song's lyric. The song is featured twice in '' Deep in My Heart'', MGM's 1954 musical biopic of Romberg, when it is sung by Betty Wand (dubbing for Tamara Toumanova) and by Helen Traubel. Cover versions * Paul Chambers – '' Paul Chambers Quintet'' (1958) * Ray Alexan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1960 Albums
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the Jian'an Era, during the reign of the Xian Emperor of the Han. * The Xian Emperor returns to wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Say It With Music (song)
"Say It with Music" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin. It was introduced in the ''Music Box Revue'' of 1921, where it was the ''de facto'' theme song and sung as a duet. The song was popularised by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra on 30 August 1921; this recording debuted on the charts on 12 November of that year, remained there for 14 weeks and peaked at number 1. Other popular versions in 1921/22 were by John Steel and by Ben Selvin. Popular culture *"Say It with Music" became the theme song of all subsequent Music Box Revues. * *Ethel Merman sang it in the 1938 film ''Alexander's Ragtime Band''. Other versions Other artists who have recorded versions of the song include: Ray Conniff - title song for his 1960 album, Say it With Music * Jack Payne, who made it his signature tune, *Pat Boone (1957) *Dick Haymes (with Carmen Cavallaro Carmen Cavallaro (May 6, 1913 – October 12, 1989) was an American pianist. He established himself as one of the most accomplished and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temptation (Nacio Herb Brown And Arthur Freed Song)
"Temptation" is a popular song published in 1933, with music written by Nacio Herb Brown and lyrics by Arthur Freed. Bing Crosby recording The song was introduced by Bing Crosby in the 1933 film '' Going Hollywood''. Crosby recorded the song with Lennie Hayton's orchestra on October 22, 1933, and it reached the No. 3 spot in the charts of the day during a 12-week stay. He recorded it again with John Scott Trotter's Orchestra on March 3, 1945 and also for his 1954 album '' Bing: A Musical Autobiography''. Other notable recordings *Other popular versions of the song have been recorded by Ferde Grofé & His Orchestra with vocal refrain by Al Dary on November 21, 1933, Artie Shaw and his orchestra on September 7, 1940, Perry Como in 1945, and by Mario Lanza on 29 November 1951 at Radio Recorders and subsequently released by RCA in January 1952. A British cover version by Steve Conway was released in 1946. *A parody version, entitled "Tim-tay-shun", was recorded in a country music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night And Day (song)
"Night and Day" is a popular song by Cole Porter that was written for the 1932 musical '' Gay Divorce''. It is perhaps Porter's most popular contribution to the Great American Songbook and has been recorded by dozens of musicians. NPR says "within three months of the show's opening, more than 30 artists had recorded the song." Fred Astaire introduced "Night and Day" on November 29, 1932, when ''Gay Divorce'' opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The song was so associated with Porter that when Hollywood filmed his life story in 1946, with Cary Grant, the movie was entitled '' Night and Day''. Fred Astaire recordings A week before the musical '' Gay Divorce'' opened in November 1932, Astaire gathered with Leo Reisman and His Orchestra at Victor's Gramercy Recording Studio in Manhattan to make a record of two Cole Porter compositions, "Night and Day" backed with "I've Got You on My Mind". All was done under the dark shadow cast by the 1929 Stock Market Crash, which had spaw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Russell (songwriter)
Bob Russell (born Sidney Keith Rosenthal;Sheldon., Sidney (2005). The Other Side of Me'. New York: Warner Books. p. 62–63, 65, 68, 104. . "Early one morning, I received a phone call. 'Sidney?' 'Yes.' 'Hi, pal. This is Bob Russell.' Not only was I not his pal, but I had never heard of Bob Russell. ''Probably a salesman.'' 'I'm sorry,' I said, 'but I haven't time to—' 'You should've done some songs with Max Rich.' I was startled for a moment. Who could have known? But then I realized who it was. 'Sidney Rosenthal!' 'Bob Russell,' he corrected. 'I'm coming out to Hollywood to see you.' 'Great!' One week later, Bob Russell arrived and moved into the last available room in Gracie's boardinghouse." April 25, 1914 – February 18, 1970) was an American songwriter (mainly lyricist) born in Passaic, New Jersey."Bob Russell Biogra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ary Barroso
Ary Evangelista de Resende Barroso (Portuguese pronunciation: ; 7 November 1903 – 9 February 1964) was a Brazilian composer, pianist, soccer commentator, and talent-show host on radio and TV. He was one of Brazil's most successful songwriters in the first half of the 20th century. Barroso also composed many songs for Carmen Miranda during her career. Biography Born on 7 November 1903, Ary Barroso was the most influential pre- bossa nova composer in Brazil. Barroso's songs were recorded by a lengthy list of artists including Carmen Miranda and João Gilberto. His 1939 composition '' Aquarela do Brasil'', known in the English-speaking world as ''Brazil'', was featured in the 1942 Disney film ''Saludos Amigos'', and has gone on to become one of the 20 most recorded songs of all time. His song ''Na Baixa do Sapateiro'', based on a Brazilian pop tune, was included in the Disney film ''The Three Caballeros'' and popularised as ''Baía''. Barroso's soundtrack for the movie ''Brazil'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aquarela Do Brasil
"Aquarela do Brasil" (; 'Watercolor of Brazil'), written by Ary Barroso in 1939 and known in the English-speaking world simply as "Brazil", is one of the most famous Brazilian songs. Background and composition Ary Barroso wrote "Aquarela do Brasil" in early 1939, when he was prevented from leaving his home one rainy night due to a heavy storm. Its title, a reference to watercolor painting, is a clear reference to the rain. He also wrote "Três lágrimas" (Three Teardrops) on that same night, before the rain ended.About "Aquarela do Brasil" at blog Cifra Antiga Accessed on March 30, 2009. Describing the song in an interview to Marisa Lira, of the newspaper '' |
Deep Purple (song)
"Deep Purple" is a song and the biggest hit written by pianist Peter DeRose, who broadcast between 1923 and 1939 with May Singhi as "The Sweethearts of the Air" on the NBC radio network. The British rock band Deep Purple named themselves after the song. Paul Whiteman recorded and released the original version of the song in 1934 as an instrumental. Origin "Deep Purple" was published in 1933 as a piano composition. The following year, Paul Whiteman had it scored for his suave "big band" orchestra that was "making a lady out of jazz" in Whiteman's phrase. "Deep Purple" became so popular in sheet music sales that Mitchell Parish added lyrics in 1938. 1938–39 recordings * Larry Clinton and His Orchestra recorded one of the most popular versions of the song on 23 December 1938. Featuring vocalist Bea Wain, the Clinton version was a huge hit. Released in January 1939 on Victor Records, the Clinton recording was number one on the U.S. popular music charts for nine consecutive weeks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Just One Of Those Things (song)
"Just One of Those Things" is a popular song written by Cole Porter for the 1935 musical ''Jubilee''. Porter had written the score for ''Jubilee'' while on an extended sea cruise in the early part of 1935; however, in September 1935, ''Jubilees librettist Moss Hart mentioned that the play's second act required an additional song. Porter had "Just One of Those Things" completed by the following morning. (He had previously used the title for a song intended for but not featured in the 1930 musical ''The New Yorkers''. Apart from the title the two songs are distinct). Porter's original lyric lacked an adjective for the line "a trip to the moon on '' gossamer'' wings": "gossamer" would be suggested by his friend, Ed Tauch. A recording by Richard Himber reached the charts of the day in 1935 and Peggy Lee's stylized arrangement of the song was a No. 14 hit in the ''Billboard'' charts in 1952. Other recordings The song has become a standard of the American Songbook, with many other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Too Young (Sidney Lippman And Sylvia Dee Song)
"Too Young" is a popular song, with music written by Sidney Lippman and lyrics by Sylvia Dee. A recording of the song was released by Nat King Cole in 1951, which reached No. 1 in the United States and became the best-selling song of the year. The song was an early attempt by music labels to appeal to the younger demographics and its success later led to a boom in music that catered to the young. Another successful version was released by Donny Osmond in 1972. Nat King Cole recording "Too Young" was one of the early attempts by record labels to release songs with a young musical persona that might appeal to a young audience. In the United States, among the earliest versions were those recorded by Victor Young and His Orchestra, and Johnny Desmond. However, it was the version recorded by Nat King Cole that proved to be most successful. The song was recorded on February 6, 1951, and released by Capitol Records (catalog number 1449) in March. It reached the number one position o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
