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Originally Posted by Neely
Great selections fellas.Quote:
Originally Posted by Emil Miller
I've had dreams about Helen. What a dame!
I particularly enjoy her recordings with Artie Shaw.
Here's one of my favorites:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8JoCSoOcPM
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Ha, ha, good dreams then (better than mine), yes she is a royal dame.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
Great clip as well, I think I am in love with Helen Forrest as well!
OK, this one goes back to1939 but the arrangement is obviously much later.
http://youtu.be/-5maV2ziZcA
I like that one as well.
Me and Mrs Neely (mostly me) are going out of our minds here because I have a piece of music that is in my head that I can't explain. It is an old very famous piece of music (I see old fashioned dances) but I cannot place it.
I have hummed: da, da, da, da, da dada DA; da, da, da, da, da dada DA, da, da; da, da, Da, DA, DA, DA...,but to no avail - please help!
I realise that this is a slim hope, but I am desperate. However, I am very disappointed in Mrs Neely for not getting it from my perfect humming. Such a loose woman!! :smilewinkgrin:
I can't sleep until I place it...
Virtually impossible to discover, because without a time signature or the key signature, it might as well be Morse code. It needs to be heard by someone either whistling or humming it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neely
There are various websites devoted to answering the question but I guess you might have to jump through hoops to get the answer.
http://mashable.com/2009/08/30/find-that-song-name/
Thank you for your help. I'm going out of my mind. I've been humming at people all day and they think I am mad!
I will find it eventually, thanks for the link I'll look into that. It was a piece of music that I associate with old fashioned waltzs/tea dances sort of thing.
A bit before my time but not much.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neely
It's not this one by any chance?
http://youtu.be/UUc7SfUD3Ag
No, close but too classy.
It's something closer to this in tone:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0iGL...eature=related
Bingo!!!!
:party:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n92ATE3IgIs
:crazy:
This man was married 11 times but he is best remembered for this composition which dominated the popular music scene when it appeared.
http://youtu.be/rovAmKuJeX0
I was struggling with your “da da da’s."Quote:
Originally Posted by Neely
Glen Miller, is a major deity of the Big Band era!
Another very popular, timeless piece by Miller is “In the Mood”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJE-o...eature=related
Others include – “Chattanooga Choo Choo” and “I’ve Got a Gal in Kalamazoo”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFv_PoZ2iP0
I was not familiar with Charlie Barnet. His style, or at least this recording, has a strong jazz feel to it. Nice.Quote:
Originally Posted by Emil Miller
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You wasn't the only one, Mrs N thought I was mad! Oh, yes I recognise that one of course.Quote:
I was struggling with your “da da da’s."
Glen Miller, is a major deity of the Big Band era!
Another very popular, timeless piece by Miller is “In the Mood”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJE-o...eature=related
11 times, was the man insane?Quote:
This man was married 11 times but he is best remembered for this composition which dominated the popular music scene when it appeared.
Well he came from a very wealthy background, so he could afford the alimony.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neely
Here's Sinatra in an updated oldie from the 1930s.
http://youtu.be/SXYvs2vIeaI
Oh, I recognised that photo from watching this last night, Moonlight Serenade Sinatra version:Quote:
Originally Posted by Emil Miller
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DLAM...B7ED65477580FE
That's amazing, I was completely unaware that someone had put lyrics to it as it was originally written for Glen Miller's orchestra. The Sinatra picture is an iconic one from his hey day in the fifties and is often used on YouTube and elsewhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neely
Here's another famous Glen Miller piece:
http://youtu.be/oUgh6ivoQYc
Oh yes, coincidentally I played that earlier as well.
Edit: Yes I quite like the Sinatra version and I'm not usually fussed about Sinatra.
Neither am I, but there is a difference between popular music and 'pop music', the latter being totally mass-produced by faceless money men without reference to either singing in tune or instrumental ability and sold simply on publicity and the manipulation of mass psychology.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neely
Yes absolutely. It is clear that he can sing and that his voice has class and character above all the usual nonsense.
I discovered a very young Sinatra on the cover of sheet music for the song "And Then you Kissed Me" promoting the movie "Step Lively". I'll get a photo of it to share at some point.
I'm having trouble finding a recording of Sinatra singing it.
In the meantime, here's another from one of my favorites:
Note the use of strings.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMOi5vtxCbA
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Good stuff, but I am totally addicted to Helen Forrest and Harry James and have played this more than 100 times in the last week at least (if not more like 200 times):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA2hk...el_video_title
I even dreamed about it last night. (I also played it to a group of students as a "reward" for good behaviour.:yesnod:)
OK, I'll go and see a specialist...but it is damn good indeed.
Go listen over and over again and be like me...or not.:smilewinkgrin:
I listened and I dreamed just like before.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neely
Helen was there once again serenading me in the light of the full "Strawberry" moon.
Then suddenly a slap (from the missus) and Helen vanished...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRqWWRCT5Cs
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Here's a 16-year-old Jean Simmons in the 1945 film 'The Way to the Stars', one of the finest of all WW11 films and which was made in 1945.
http://youtu.be/NdipXd3pdOs
Not to be mistaken for this Gene Simmons:
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6052/...aa3cb5dcfe.jpg
Another undeniable "genius":rolleyes5:;)
I just checked him out on Wikie:Quote:
Originally Posted by stlukesguild
Gene Simmons (born Chaim Weitz; August 25, 1949) is a rock bassist, singer, songwriter, musician, actor, and businessman.
Now why am I singularly unimpressed?
P.S. If selling crap to the masses is a legitimate business activity, then he does qualify for the final epithet.
Had to put this one up.
http://youtu.be/26EVJzc0m8g
Emil,
You'll appreciate this sheet music from 1944:
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...m/IMGP1868.jpg
and a recording:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G0-wpeRsrA
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It's quite amazing how his voice and delivery changed following his initial decline as a proto pop singer to his return to public favour as an entertainer/ serious actor. After his famous recording with Billy May's orchestra of South of the Border/I've Got the World on a String for Capitol records and his role in From Here to Eternity, he never looked back.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
I'm now spinning some vinyl and Martha Tilton in my dreams:
Benny Goodman and his Orchestra with Martha Tilton performing Bob White
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ychfw5hOqdk
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The combination of Neely's recent posting of Miller and the Reminiscing past members thread, brought this old thread to mind.
Two more selections from the sheet music bin:
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...m/IMGP2693.jpg
First we have Waring's Pennsylvanian's performing Sleep 1923
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi6DEq0Gxrc
followed by Good Night Wherever You Are 1944
I couldn't find a Joan Brooks version, but Doris Day ain't bad...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G2jea35ssA
Here's Joan singing Have You Got Any Castles?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lfryi...eature=related
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Well you sure have a lot of old sheet music, but to declare Doris Day to be not bad is like saying the Crown Jewels are cut glass, although I must admit that I didn't recognise her voice on that recording. This is more like her on a 1944 recording of a famous standard. Strictly for grown ups naturally.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
http://youtu.be/PUw125JMVFI
Good stuff.
Back with Harry James and Co.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA2hk_CIZeo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTQVWtSvwUE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&fe...&v=JYvONFHI2xw
I've just ordered the CD.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ive-Heard-Th...s_all_1#disc_1
Good for you, at nearly 50 songs, you'll be entertained for some time.
I'll explore more on James' music. Helen Forrest is a dream and recorded with Artie Shaw as well.
I scanned through the list of recordings on the disk and noticed Sleepy Time Gal
She was a popular subject for airplane nose art during the War. Here's one example on the nose of a C-47 - a pic I found among my father's many wartime photos.
(click on image)
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...eGalonC-47.jpg
That might be Doris^
and a recording of the same I found...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5asKVtJJ39w
Emil I figured my "ain't bad" would pull you out of the woodwork as I recall from the past, you're quite fond of Doris. What a voice and that blonde hair!
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That's a surprising recording of H.James as it sounds much earlier than 1942 with more of a jazz influence than his later swing playing. Checking back on the origins of this thread I was also surprised to see that it was none other than Musicology who set it up; so his legacy lives on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
Who couldn't like Doris Day the all-American girl next door ?
I know this is outside the time limit but it's too magical to pass up. She's 88 now but when she eventually goes, the flags in America should be flown at half-mast.
http://youtu.be/ApNRGiqxjK0
I like this. It's very catchy. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Emil Miller
I thought it was an old English tune but in checking it out I see that it's actually Irish.Quote:
Originally Posted by LostPrincess13
This was way before my time but when I saw a documentary on Jessie Matthews on TV some years ago I was hooked and started collecting her films. I've seen this one a half dozen times and it always delivers.
http://youtu.be/EueEOMjBkUA
Thanks for posting that I had no idea of it. Yes I am looking forward to the CD, I'll transfer the whole thing to my Ipod and then sit in the garden and listen to the whole thing with a glass of something nice.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
http://youtu.be/zNcPnEc99UE
It's very instructive to read the comments on videos. There are so many of this type on those showing real music by genuine musicians that it shows that the dumbed down referred to may not be as numerous as they think they are.
No one is ever too young to enjoy this music, because this IS the real stuff, so now you know what music sounds like, enjoy kids!!
joevet66 16 hours ago
Most of the crap today is totally forgettable by talent-less *** shakers with nothing but hype and the dumbed down behind them. No substance, nothing lasting.
Cole Porter and Artie Shaw. Couldn't get any better.
Thanks
-Bill
baghend 5 months ago in playlist 30's
Yes I like it, very mellow jazz sound. It even managed to quell some of my local library closure rage. I'm going to look into this Artie Shaw.
My Harry James came today and I have been playing the first CD.:smile5:
Artie Shaw has been on the top of my list among the Big Band era musicians.
I believe you'll enjoy him.
A couple of favorites:
Artie's version of Begin the Beguine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps05TaQuYvc
and
Comes Love
Helen comes in about 1:40
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8JoCSoOcPM
Ahh, so nice. Helen will now be in my dreams
Good night.
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Artie Shaw was to the clarinet what Harry James was to the trumpet and when on a trip to Mexico he heard this tune he immediately saw it's potential and arranged it for his band. It was a massive success.
http://youtu.be/sMOHMYl5BCs