After accidentally deleting ~ 55 songs, their YouTube links, artistic acknowledgments, and temporal contexts. I will begin again.
Warning, the competition will be great.
The nominations for most beautiful, evocative poem set to music or the best song:
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ART SONGS:
Con Te Partiro (CTP) (1995)
sung by Andrea Bocelli (1958- ) in a duet with Sarah Brightman (1960- ).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-3a9h7r3C0
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Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes (To Celia) (1616) by Ben Jonson (1572-1637).
sung by Paul Robeson (1898-1976), bass (~1958).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUZSLWoCRsE&p=E93805A9ED2BCC0E&playnext=1&index=49
sung by John McCormack (1884-1945), tenor (1910). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D86kp0oymrg
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Al di la (1961)
sung by Luciano Tajoli (1961 San Remo Festival winner). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U47O_ZcZG2Y
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Stardust by Hoagy Carmichael (1899-1981).
sung by Hoagy Carmichael (on piano). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IxmMT0wpaU&feature=related
and his original vocal version. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvhq3V8ZhTA&feature=related
sung by Willie Nelson (1933- ). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_orwZ6sh2Q
sung by Nat "King" Cole (1919-1965) (1957).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFyKAUBkdOs&p=0D29ABC223289673&playnext=1&index=4
Artie Shaw and his orchestra (1956) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eao_F_8Bt58&feature=related
Artie Shaw and his orchestra (1940) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWoOV616Q2A&feature=related
sung by Louis Armstrong and his orchestra http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r94-7nJt-WM&feature=related
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Trees (lyrics written in 1913 by Alfred Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918) and music in 1922 by Oscar Rasbach (1888-1975)).
sung by Paul Robeson, bass (1898-1976) (1939). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOHekLZD5i4&feature=related
sung by Donald Novis, tenor (1906-1966) (1932). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2k-gkA2kCg&feature=related
sung by Mario Lanza, tenor (1921-1959) (live radio broadcast, Ray Sinatra orchestra, 1952).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTtfX7pVBiM&feature=related
sung by the Luton Girls Choir [England]. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XSzZN_CbrM&feature=related
sung by Robert Merrill (1917-2004), baritone (Robert Barlow orchestra, 1952).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTKf0bmUzPU&feature=related
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Shenandoah
sung by Paul Robeson, bass (with piano). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gtJkeXAMt0&feature=related
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All Through the Night
sung by Paul Robeson, bass. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmKsY8ZJlDw&feature=related
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Some Enchanted Evening (from Rodgers and Hammerstein's "South Pacific", 1957 album).
sung by Ezio Pinza (1892-1957) with orchestra (1949, on Broadway with Mary Martin (1913-1990)).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H3hVAfFcZY&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkrt3NMvMHU
sung by Rossano Brazzi (1916-1994) (from the movie "South Pacific," 1958).
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Bali Ha'i (Juanita Hall (1901-1968) as Bloody Mary from the movie "South Pacific," 1958).
dubbed by Muriel Smith (1923-1985) (Bloody Mary in the London performance, 1951).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81NROmUb7o0&feature=related
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OPERATIC ARIAS:
E lucevan le stelle (Tosca, 1900 by Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)).
E lucevan le stelle is the romanza of Mario Cavaradossi in the 3rd act of Tosca, the opera composed by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It is sung by Tosca's lover, the painter Mario Cavaradossi (tenor), while waiting for his coming execution.
Text Italian:
E lucevan le stelle,
ed olezzava la terra
stridea l'uscio dell'orto
e un passo sfiorava la rena.
Entrava ella fragrante,
mi cadea fra la braccia.
O dolci baci, o languide carezze,
mentr'io fremente le belle forme disciogliea dai veli!
Svanì per sempre il sogno mio d'amore.
L'ora è fuggita, e muoio disperato!
e muoio disperato! E non ho amato mai tanto la vita!
tanto la vita!
English translation:
And the stars were shining,
and the earth smelled sweet,
the garden gate scraped,
and a step brushed the sand.
She came in, fragrant,
and fell into my arms.
Oh! sweet kisses, oh! languid caresses,
while I, trembling, released her lovely features from their veils!
My dream of love has vanished forever.
The moment is gone, and I die in despair!
And I never have loved life so much!
sung by Luciano Pavarotti (1935-2007).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mX7ugJ5NM8&feature=related
sung by Enrico Caruso (1873-1921).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TjEoAXzJ9E&feature=related
sung by Enrico Caruso (piano accompaniment).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJfyBMsL2zQ&feature=related
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Che Galina manina (Rodolfo's Aria, La Bohème, by Giacomo Puccini).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2XeDQ7S4dM&feature=related
sung by Enrico Caruso (vocal recorded February 11, 1906 in New York;
remastered with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, April 2002).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhUuFG_lH9g&feature=fvw
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Recondita Armonia (Tosca, by Giacomo Puccini)
sung by Enrico Caruso (~1904). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbT2Mdk2od0&feature=fvst
sung by Franco Corelli (1921-2003).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLg-5B6G-Ho&p=8B68A23E01B42517&playnext=1&index=25
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Una Furtiva Lagrima (A furtive tear) from L'elisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love) by Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848).
sung by Enrico Caruso (vocal recorded, 1st of February 1904, room 826, Carnegie Hall, NY;
digitally remastered with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gottfried Rabl).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t936rzOt3Zc&feature=related
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Fenesta Che Lucive
sung by Enrico Caruso (1913).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA1VBjbOs4c&feature=related
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Core 'ngrato (Ungrateful Heart) (text written by Salvatore Cardillo (1874-1947) in 1911 for Caruso).
sung by Enrico Caruso (digitally remastered version).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQt9x-GZQ8g&feature=related
More Caruso info on my website: http://www.enricocaruso.dk
(in both English and Danish). tomfroekjaer, February 28, 2008
sung by Mario Lanza (1921-1959) with orchestra.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwqQDcm9OT8&feature=related
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Nessun Dorma (from Turandot by Giacomo Puccini).
sung by Franco Corelli (1921-2003). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg-59NoES2o&feature=related
sung by Luciano Pavarotti (Los Angeles, 1994).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VATmgtmR5o4&feature=related
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Ode to Joy (from Beethoven's 9th Symphony) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827).
sung by Paul Robeson. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lcz4TS51kXI&feature=related (bad recording)
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Barcarolle (from 'Les contes d'Hoffman) by Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880).
sung by Soprano Irina Iordachescu and mezzosoprano Cristina Iordachescu
(two sisters) with pianist Gonul Apdula.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is0Lb4cj_3c
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CLASSICAL MUSIC, INSTRUMENTAL:
Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903. by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750).
Okin1981, age 29, Germany, 2007, on a harpsichord.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ4wkkyJDjg&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP2o4rBdX-s
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May Sheep Gently Graze from Cantata 208 by Johann Sebastian Bach.
(Live-Recording in Vercelli, Italy on 12 October 2006, performed by Boris Feiner, on piano.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK_p1vay-AY
and with recorders and Susanne Rydén, soprano.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzaCZH1zGvw
and orchestra. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYjqnlc7MRw&feature=related
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Rondo A La Turka (Sonata in A Major, K. 331) W. A. Mozart.
Aaron Kurtz on piano recorded at Salle Cortot in Paris, France on October 21, 2008.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGDHe14m8ew
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Air on the G string (Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major) by Johann Sebastian Bach.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MYzkBiJn5Y (blocked, UMG content, 2-11-11).
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On Earth as it is in Heaven (from the film, The Mission, 1986) by Ennio Morricone (1928- ).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nye62rh7aaQ
Live in Warsaw. Polish Radio Orchestra, Mixed Choir of the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music,
The Warsaw Inter-University Choir. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUMZvb2lWds
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and Gabriel's Oboe (the theme song of The Mission, 1986) by Ennio Morricone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixby9BzJfEo&feature=related
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Other Instrumentals:
Ladyfingers
instrumental by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass (1965).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH5eTJ80Jws
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Harlem Nocturne (by Earl Hagen, 1945)
by Johnny Otis (with Rene Block on Alto Sax). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bYPnfXXUp4
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIkekMoEQY4 blocked 5-27-11.
by the Viscounts (with reverb. the legendary Dick Summer played this on WBZ-AM, on KWK?).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfAv8yAaHps&feature=related The best!
by Earl Bostic (cymbals). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_ziYBiMiq0&feature=related
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Miserlou
Dick Dale and the Deltones. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjUiOh8efaQ
and from the film "A Swinging Affair" (1963). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIU0RMV_II8
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PHILOSOPHICAL FOLK SONGS:
Then Came the Children by Paul Siebel (1933- )
sung by Paul Siebel (1970). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tqOilAvc_c
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The Circle Game
sung by Buffy St. Marie. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brMHaC0NiQY
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Turn Around (Bright Eyes)
sung by Bonnie Tyler. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7cD90EIEYI
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Magic Penny (Love is Something When You Give It Away)
sung by Malvina Reynolds (1966). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB5Z_30xSe8
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Turn Around (by Harry Belafonte, Alan Greene and Malvina Reynolds)
sung by Malvina Reynolds (1900-1978) (1:13). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2WZqIGqnqg
sung by Nancy Griffith. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzqLSvHB6j8
sung by the Kingston Trio. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_lyx1SB86Q&feature=related
sung by Harry Belafonte (1959). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTL-fwRsEdc&feature=related
sung by Kenny Loggins. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WK0zyMTIbw&feature=related
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Silver Dagger (1960)
sung by Joan Baez (the first song on her first album).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrU8hY15VXk
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Across the Universe by John Lennon (1940-1980).
sung by John Lennon. (with amazing astronomy montages).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsuSCwTdxOo and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ocSQUKN1Kc&NR=1
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Nature Boy (1947) (by Eden Ahbez)
sung by Nat King Cole at the piano. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq0XJCJ1Srw
and with orchestra (1948). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvaZ-J2Nvk0&feature=related
sung by George Benson (1978) (jazz). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cU2yJaBZqg
sung by Natalie Cole and George Benson. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqNRReLD9CU
sung by Abbey Lincoln (1930-2010) (jazz).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw4B0FKMBwQ&feature=related
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FOLK SONGS ABOUT MALE-FEMALE RELATIONSHIPS:
The Bramble and the Rose (Irish traditional). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0REh18DXWY
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You Don't Miss Your Water, ('till Your Well Runs Dry).
sung by William Bell (1939- ). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwc3-WZ1OWs closed 3-25-11.
sung by William Bell (1961) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHvpHEX7oq0 Removed < 6-29-11.
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Someone to Watch Over Me
sung by Willie Nelson (1933- ). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxVi_LaILIY
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I Remember You by Ferlin Husky (1925- ).
sung by Julie London (1963) (1926-2000).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeKsZ59JKhw&p=B527EA7382698E2A&playnext=1&index=34
sung by Nat King Cole (1919-1965) (from the film, The Majestic, 2001).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMGqtEW4FZA&feature=related
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It's All in the Game (composed by the then-future U.S. Vice-President, Charles G. Dawes (1865-1951) in 1912,
as "Melody in A Major," lyrics by Carl Sigman, 1951).
sung by Tommy Edwards (1922-1969) (slow version, 1951).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0LGJMcfgZQ
sung by Tommy Edwards (uptempo version, 1958). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gtizr2G_7Bk
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In the Still of the Night (written by Fred Parris in his church basement, 1955).
sung by Fred Parris and the Five Satins.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBT3oDMCWpI&feature=related
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Little Darlin' (1957)
sung by Dave Summerville and The Diamonds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SaHPgTdF1g&feature=related
sung by The Diamonds (in old age).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmT1-jEmK74&feature=related
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September Song (Music by Kurt Weill, lyrics by Maxwell Anderson.)
(from the film, Knickerbocker Holiday, 1938).
sung by Walter Huston (Victor Young and orchestra).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-HjR6Plr4g&feature=related
and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkWn4--RmEk
sung by Lotte Lenya. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdc4oBnu_fw&feature=related
sung by Sarah Vaughn (Teddy Wilson Quartet, 1946).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3_8ksD2Xh4&feature=related
sung by Scatman Crothers. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hXxzwm0iXc&feature=related
sung by Ella Fitzgerald. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkzEGjfYStw&feature=related
sung by the Platters (1962). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sazU2ksZ2c&feature=related
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As Time Goes By (from Herman Hupfield's "Everybody's Welcome," 1931).
sung by Binnie Hale with the Savoy Orpheans and Carroll Gibbons on Piano (1932).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBGDg9w5AtI&feature=related
sung by Ingrid Bergman (58 seconds).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoryEOu2SOQ&feature=related
sung by Dooley Wilson. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d22CiKMPpaY&feature=related
and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ_ePHuzTXA&feature=related
movie clips from Casablanca (1942) and sung by Dooley Wilson in that film,
then Frank Sinatra (from the film, Point of No Return, 1961).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc02Y4xHWys&feature=related
sung by Billie Holiday. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYoet7-qDHI&feature=related
sung by Rosemary Clooney with Bill Berry - Trumpet; Scott Hamilton - Saxophone;
Jake Hanna - Drums; Nat Pierce - Piano; Monty Budwig - Bass.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ6lW9LlgIA&feature=related
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(Love is) Coming Around Again
sung by Carly Simon (1987) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds81S61UvPA&feature=related
"What a perfect song about real life, the way things really happen, how bad things really hurt and how we always some how see another day ... that' s the difference between real music and the new crap." kcalbraeb, 4 months ago, 2-13-11.
and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE8Rr-YMuYA&feature=related
and live at Grand Central (1994). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRLi-Yai4VM&feature=related
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Would I Lie To You (honey)? (by Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart) (1985).
sung by Annie Lennox and the Eurythmics (music video, 1985).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhpu2N4rQZM
and live at the MTV Music Awards, 1985. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Bgdb55mYNk
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My Man
sung by Concha Piquer ("Es Mi Hombre," in Spanish, New York, 1922).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFT4TE_MOtc&feature=related
sung by Fannie Brice (1921). Her signature song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26pp7nm4sOM&feature=related
sung by Mistinguett (mon homme, in French, 1920?).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_43tgFprrY&feature=related
sung by Billie Holliday (with Jimmy Rowles on piano).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQlehVpcAes&feature=related
and 1948 (Channing Pollock, Maurice Yvain, Albert Willemetz, Jaques Charles).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG9o8Cdp_wA&feature=related
and self introduced. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjOQ4-ksPNg
sung by Diana Ross. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3VReOarA0w&feature=fvwrel
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I'll See You in My Dreams (1924) written by Isham Jones with lyrics by Gus Kahn.
sung by Cliff Edwards (1930). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MqTqhPEq_I&feature=related
sung by Cliff Edwards (Ukulele Ike) (1895-1971). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MqTqhPEq_I
sung by Alice Faye. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz0BwDrenh8&feature=related Removed 7-2-11.
sung by The Platters (1963). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKSztQz-52Y&feature=related
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St. Louis Blues (W. C. Handy)
sung by Marion Harris (1896-1944) (1920).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4Qccz2qsHY&feature=related
sung by Bessie Smith (1892-1937) (1929).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Who6fTHJ34&feature=related
sung by Velma Middleton with Louis Armstrong and His All-Stars (1954).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2TUlUwa3_o&feature=related
sung by Billie Holiday (remastered). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKC3euu6rkM
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Bei mir bist du schön (Jacob Jacobs and Sholom Secunda, in Yiddish, 1932).
Original Yiddish version, Budapest klezmer band.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUVEq6NC7mM&feature=related
sung by Belle Baker with the Gene Kardos Orchestra (1937).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1XRPDR9dVU&feature=fvwrel
sung by Zarah Leander (1938).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imvDoeY7vEg&feature=related
sung by Martha Tilton with the Benny Goodman sextet, live, January 16, 1938.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2V3MrgOiMY&feature=related
sung by the Andrews Sisters (1937).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe2UXccid40&feature=related
sung by Ella Fitzgerald with the Savoy Eight.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfNzQeRZ8Jc&feature=related
sung by Keely Smith and Louis Prima (1959).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLmK6rlP_cE&feature=related
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Fascinating Rhythm (1925)
sung by Cliff Edwards (Ukulele Ike).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNekUJOlLfA&feature=related
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When You're Smiling
sung by Louis Prima (1910-1978). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXYRkp2HZto&feature=related
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Falling in Love Again (from the film "The Blue Angel," 1930).
sung by Marlene Dietrich (her signature song) (1930).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaZDiKRT1is&feature=related
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Make Believe (music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, "Show Boat", 1927).
sung by Allan Jones, as Gaylord Ravenal; and Irene Dunne as Magnolia Hawks (1936).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyVvaUQUtpk&feature=related
sung by Howard Keel and Kathryn Grayson (1951).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vHhPuW5-rQ&feature=related
sung by Josephine Baker (1906-1975) (and orchestra, 1966).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTZar_nbxu8&feature=related
sung by Bing Crosby with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra (1890-1967) (1928).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l-BgEbiV-k&feature=related
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Smile (Lyrics by John Turner & Geoffery Parsons, 1954; Music by Charles Chaplin, from the film, Modern Times, 1936)
instrumental (film clip of final scene, Charlie Chaplain and Paulette Goddard, Modern Times, 1936).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps6ck1ejoAw&feature=related
sung by Judy Garland. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAQfwpEDdOw&feature=related
and live at the London Palladium, 1964. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quaeuMxpi4Y&feature=related
sung by Nat King Cole (with a montage of Charlie Chaplain photos and film clips).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rkNBH5fbMk&feature=related
sung by Diana Ross. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHGmgWJkCZ4&feature=related
sung by Jermaine Jackson (at the Michael Jackson Memorial, 2009).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNu9t2yzyi4&feature=related
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When You Wish Upon a Star (1940)
sung by Cliff Edwards (1895-1971) (Ukulele Ike) (as Jiminy Cricket from the Disney film "Pinocchio," 1940).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ1NYFFDT8I&feature=related
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I'll Be Seeing You (lyrics by Irving Kahal & melody by Sammy Fain, 1938)
sung by Dame Vera Lynn (1917-20__). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oxlFh4wbAI&feature=related
sung by Jo Stafford. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLDweyRjZBA&feature=related
sung by Billie Holliday. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXLB32n6lq8&feature=related
sung by Bernadette Peters (at the Royal Festival Hall, London).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u46-lrkJG5I&feature=related
sung by Johnny Mathis. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Pg3U2Zv1Pk&feature=related
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You'll Never Know (music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Mack Gordon, from the movie "Hello Frisco," 1943 )
sung by Dame Vera Lynn. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZtWNlCTc6o&feature=related
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We'll Meet Again (1942) (Ross Parker/Hughie Charles)
sung by Dame Vera Lynn. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsy57_aOUJ0&feature=related
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Love Letters (Straight From Your Heart) (by Heyman and Victor Young, 1945)
sung by Ketty Lester (1962). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8n4xA1yNbE
and live on stage (~2000?). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvqYeYcWnGg&NR=1
sung by Toni Tennille. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NRnG5ieGRE&feature=related
sung by Brenda Lee. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCgLfDjb29Y&feature=related
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Tenderly (1946) (music by Walter Lloyd Gross (1909-1967) and lyrics by Jack Lawrence)
sung by Rosemary Clooney (1952).
(This song was featured on her 1956-1957 TV variety show and became her signature song).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbQjDxA7g-M
sung by Nat King Cole and the Oscar Peterson Trio (1957).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nmxIar953w
sung by Billie Holiday and her orchestra (1952).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSfb908m_d4&feature=related
sung by Ella Fitzgerald (La Bussola Club, Italy, 1960).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ_hDUxTY3M
Track number 11 of "Miles Davis Live At Birdland 1951-53", 'Tenderly'.
Miles Davis (Trumpet), Sahib Shibab (Baritone Saxophone) & Wade Legge (Piano).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISnrLn4LnZs&feature=related
sung by Walter Valentino Liberace (1919-1987) on piano. A 1955 broadcast of 'The Liberace Show'.
Accompanied by his brother George on violin. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI5VwOXtC2I
sung by Sarah Vaughn (1974). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njOGTp-QyXw
Chet Baker Quartet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6mfWun73vI&feature=related
.
Hey There (Adler and Ross) (from the Broadway play, "The Pajama Game", 1954) (blocked by SME, 5-21-11)
sung by Rosemary Clooney. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU_Gj51Uk6k&feature=related
sung by Doris Day (from the movie, "The Pajama Game", 1957).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FpLgiuv9mU&feature=related
sung by Brook Benton (1966). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B070kuxSms0
sung by Johnny Ray and chorus. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=517PjdAj3Zw&feature=related
sung by John Raitt (from the movie, "The Pajama Game", 1957).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJJcDSZjxrk&feature=related
.
If I Loved You (by Rodgers & Hammerstein from "Carousel", 1956)
sung by Shirley Jones and Gordon MacRae. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuHAh-2xGxw&NR=1
sung by Barbara Streisand. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkA2EZf3l2s&feature=related
sung by Elvis Presley (with piano). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHANp0gJLuk&feature=related
sung by Mario Lanza (1952). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHRj_nKwcJ0&feature=related
.
On the Street Where You Live (Alan Jay Lerner and Fredrick Loewe, "My Fair Lady", 1964)
sung by Jeremy Brett. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V-CbG-5Nv8
.
My Prayer (music by James Boulanger, 1926 and lyrics by James Kennedy, 1939)
sung by Tony Williams and the Platters (1956).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syMjvdK2wDo&feature=related
sung by the Ink Spots (1939). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7KJCns5v3g&feature=related
sung by Ray Eberle with the Glenn Miller orchestra (1939).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nv8jXW6Ams
.
Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
sung by (Pete Seeger and Ronnie Gilbert duet) The Weavers (1951).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJxmb-v72jc&feature=related
sung by Jimmie Rogers (78 rpm, 1957).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eArBB-O-2eA&feature=related
and (photo montage of both Jimmie Rogers').
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKWFmWQ7ajo&feature=related
.
At Last
sung by Jesse Belvin. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKsTH5Obhyo&feature=related
sung by Etta James (live). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADDigK8LwyE&feature=fvwrel
sung by Etta James. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1uunRdQ61M&feature=related
.
(Someone really loves you) Guess Who
sung by Jesse Belvin (1959). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyDx9fyvtKc&feature=related
.
Goodnight My Love
sung by Jesse Belvin (1956). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isfu_kP7inc
sung by Ben E. King. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeVZ2lp-q1o&feature=related
.
A House is Not a Home (Burt Bacharach / Hal David, 1964)
sung by Burt Bacharach (1967). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toVKfhLHNoU&feature=related
sung by Dionne Warwick (1940- ) (Live at Syracuse Jazz Festival 2003).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfTE7Djlw1U&feature=related
and sung by Dame Shirley Bassey (1937- ). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azPuqNiNNh0
sung by Lulu (1970). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ldKj_jGCJw&feature=related
and sung by Luther Vandross (1951-2005).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QedCyUNOJnk [blocked 2-14-11]
and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2-PW2l4b2A&feature=related
.
Don't Make Me Over (1967)
sung by Dionne Warwick. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFvLcCDvdEA
and with chorus (1962) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMI9aONb5nE
.
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart (1971)
sung by The Bee-Gees: Robin, Maurice, and Barry Gibb.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COqUjfrB8dI&feature=related
sung by Al Green. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzitOsxKJNY&feature=related
.
Words (1971)
sung by The Bee-Gees: Robin, Maurice, and Barry Gibb. Live Melbourne 1989 One For All Tour.
http://www.newsvine.com/_m1/edit/article?contentId=4380803
and from the Best of Bee Gees album.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JECTUQVrvzE&feature=related
.
We've Only Just Begun (1970)
sung by Karen Carpenter. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvBCl3CBMXA
.
Close to You
sung by Karen Carpenter. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUDshT19j8Q&feature=related
sung by Johnny Mathis. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB-RPAUAo74&feature=related
.
Superstar (Baby, Baby, Baby) (Leon Russell)
sung by Karen Carpenter (1991 remix). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-nlLQEfxx8
and Live from the BBC - September 21, 1971.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9Nm_0pC4FM&feature=related
.
Magic Carpet Ride
sung by John Kay and Steppenwolf (1974).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJrjsfwcEXc
.
Born to Be Wild (from the soundtrack of the film, Easy Rider, 1969)
sung by John Kay and Steppenwolf.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UWRypqz5-o&feature=related
.
Miss You
sung by the Rolling Stones. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOf0FsA0Fio
.
Shattered (from the album "Some Girls," 1978)
sung by the Rolling Stones. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BjQYQ5p2Ko
.
Girl With the Far Away Eyes (from the album "Some Girls," 1978)
sung by the Rolling Stones (country style, USA)(live in studio).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVEdYYMlOJ4&feature=related
.
Snowbird
Sung by Anne Murray (1970). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2VYP0FCAUE
.
Islands in the Stream
sung by Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBkLeI9PZcc
.
Misty Blue (1976)
sung by Dorothy Moore (1946 - ). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBzG_37rmCQ
.
This Is It (1979)
sung by Kenny Loggins. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7-e6Yhu5SU
.
Boogie Wonderland (1979)
sung by Earth, Wind, and Fire. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jLGa4X5H2c
.
The Days of Wine and Roses (1963) by Henry Mancini (1924-1994) and lyrics by Johnny Mercer (1909-1976).
with chorus and orchestra. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc510bkDJe4
.
Let's Stay Together (1972)
sung by Al Green (1946- ).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COiIC3A0ROM&feature=PlayList&p=91E7E132937B1660&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=16
.
Whatever Lola Wants
sung by Sarah Vaughn (1924-1990). In high contrast. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g5YNPzr8NM
or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g5YNPzr8NM&feature=related
and the Gotan Project (tango version). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9tH-UOG3iA&feature=related
.
River Deep, Mountain High
sung by Tina Turner (1939- ). Little Richard on stage, Stevie Wonder on keyboards, Phil Spector in the audience.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Syr39ou2Oco&feature=related
sung by Tina Turner with the Ikettes (1971). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1shWvG0e2Ks&NR=1
and with the Phil Spector "wall of sound". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULw1RHHPv5g&NR=1
.
Silly (of Me)
sung by Deneice Williams (1951- ). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcPiip-xkyw
.
Love Come Down
sung by Evelyn "Champagne" King (1960- ) (1982). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dnh7YmXSviY
.
Shame
sung by Evelyn "Champagne" King (1978).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhTbBMfQvPE&feature=related
and (1977) on 12" vinyl. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDlSHu83Ehc&feature=related
.
Ain't Nobody (1983)
sung by Chaka Kahn and Rufus. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U_hRJHc3eA
.
You're Still a Young Man
sung by Rich Stevens and Tower of Power. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AX2lvItpXCo
.
Pennies from Heaven (jazz)
sung by Louis Prima (1910-1978). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pELxwTp7gk
.
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
sung by the Shirelles. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHvoNmBLhVI
sung by Bobby Vee (1961). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bMmFqNuCH8&feature=related
.
I Do Love You
sung by Barbara Mason. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4k-AZtF2NU
.
Always and Forever
sung by Heat Wave. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0fBACHaBck
.
Love Letters in the Sand (1931) (music by J. Fred Coots, lyrics by Nick Kenny and Charles Kenny)
sung by Pat Boone (1957). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ENzT9k1LRs
sung by Gene Austin (1931). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUQVwvPTnzc&feature=related
sung by Patsy Cline. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdVMWqw_eT8
sun by Miss Lee Morse (1897-1954) and her Blue Grass Boys (1931).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEVgAEICFks
.
My Blue Heaven (1925) (Music by Walter Donaldson, Lyrics by George Whiting)
sung by Gene Austin. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w-_xbBmXJ4&feature=related
Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra (1927). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFurKUxafRk&feature=related
vocal refrain by Vaughn De Leath, Al Friedman and his "Young's Cafe" Orchestra. (1927).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daytmClRdT8&feature=related
a vocal chorus with the Victor Salon directed by Nat Shilkret (~1928).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmP5K9BNsi8&feature=related
sung by Vaughn De Leath (1928). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VrMv-V7fg4&feature=related
sung by Bing Crosby and orchestra. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek7RtkLdhg8&feature=related
Svend Asmussen sextet. Copenhagen (1935).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsOXSglBrYo&feature=related
sung by Fats Domino (1956). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdSU-LxwfgE
sung by Nat King Cole (Nat King Cole Show, 1957).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5io6wNkGLO4&feature=related
.
Ain't She Sweet (1927)
sung by Gene Austin. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xpSeaxRpCc&feature=related
.
Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue (Has Anybody Seen My Gal?) (by Ray Henderson, Sam Lewis and Joe Young)
sung by Gene Austin (1926). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftwTJW8ViAI&feature=related
sung by Denny "Dinty" Curtis with Art Landry's band (1925).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqYJjA4aYXM&feature=related
.
I've Told Every Little Star (Jerome Kern, music and Oscar Hammerstein II, lyrics)
sung by Mary Ellis (1933). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mdcvrZYE4Q&feature=related
sung by Linda Scott (1961). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QYtyyKgqp0&feature=related
sung by Kong Ling. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5i1liGKuuE&feature=related
.
Glory of Love (1936) (by William Joseph “Billy” Hill (1899–1940))
sung by Ronnie Deauville (1925-) (1959). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2kZMcAy9LA
sung by the Velvetones. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYT_7eZYoQM&feature=related
sung by the Skylarks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB2CNuG49Zk&feature=related
sung by Clyde McPhatter (with the Ray Ellis orchestra, 1960).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWAHdFlhnso&feature=more_related
.
You Really Got a Hold on Me
Sung by Smokie Robinson and the Miracles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEUOiiVxsGc&feature=related
.
Someone to Watch Over Me by George and Ira Gershwin.
sung by Ella Fitzgerald (1959) with orchestra. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JANcQf3fjuA
Ella was only 22 when George Gershwin died, but his brother Ira Gershwin, the lyricist, lived long enough to not only hear Ella record this song, but also to assist with the production of the album from which it came. Recorded in 1959 with arrangements and orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle, Ella won a Grammy for her "Ella Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook", one of the great musical compilations in recorded history. After this album had been completed, Ira Gershwin remarked, "I had never known how good our songs were until I heard Ella sing them".
.
You Belong to Me
sung by Jo Stafford (1952). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrJSG6WW0cE
sung by the Duprees. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIEBErVs0fY
sung by Patsy Cline (1962). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA7rxBWBxsY
.
Fools Rush In (lyrics by Johnny Mercer and music by Rube Bloom)
sung by Frank Sinatra (1947). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MaiQnfyrnQ&feature=related
sung by Jo Stafford. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhR1rMQ_XiQ
sung by Ricky Nelson (1963). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqiOBp4ITlM&feature=related
sung by Brenda Lee (1962). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-UvcAmcPL4&feature=related
sung by Brook Benton. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1krxVSX5H0&feature=related
sung by Ray Eberle (with the Glenn Miller orchestra).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9spCo6A7dfs&feature=related
sung by Mario Lanza, tenor. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaZ_PiFg_-I&feature=related
sung by Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. ?
.
Silence Is Golden (Bob Gaudio and Bob Crewe, 1964)
sung by the Four Seasons. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe4qk7Mijlo&feature=related
sung by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons (live on stage).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_UJ1rzaw7A&feature=related
sung by the Tremeloes (1967). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at28ZKJqknc&feature=related
.
That's Amore
sung by Dean Martin (1953). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS6-b7CONDI
.
Story Untold (1955)
sung by Leroy Griffin and the Nutmegs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqubJB9E_Hk
and an outtake. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRfPhjv1tmc
.
Since I Don't Have You
sung by Jimmy Beaumont and the Skyliners.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngZh6ZSRoYg&feature=related
.
Since I Fell For You (Buddy Johnson, 1945)
sung by Lenny Welch (1963). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBDfju1F76M&feature=related
.
Only You
sung by the Platters (1955). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r2pEdc1_lI
.
Stranger in Paradise from the Broadway play Kismet.
sung by Tony Bennett (1955). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hhwMDx1hHI
sung by the Four Aces. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HveyC6_6fM
sung by Johnny Mathis. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZN42w0S4HI&feature=related
sung by Sarah Brightman. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yI1bYFVWIw&feature=related
.
Love is a Many Splendored Thing
sung by the Four Aces. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnDtxiNwDS8&feature=related
sung by Connie Francis. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrLtoA3Q-Ag&feature=related
sung by Shirley Bassey. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkDhsAkvTuI&feature=related
sung by Brook Benton. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naadxC1UkL0&feature=related
sung by Engelbert Humperdinck (in concert in London, 2000).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6G3L3jOSpU&feature=related
sung by Andy Williams (from the movie, Love is a Many Splendored Thing, 1955).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0XClu_oqkE&feature=related
.
Three Coins in a Fountain
sung by the Four Aces. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZe-dADk33E&feature=related
.
When I Fall in Love
sung by Nat King Cole (1955). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfAb0gNPy6s
sung by Karen Carpenter. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWgdCoISwpA
sung by Celine Dion and Clive Griffin (from Sleepless in Seattle).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfAb0gNPy6s
.
Why Do Fools Fall in Love
sung by Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers (on The Frankie Laine Show) (1956).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6VwX0jOArk&feature=related
.
You Send Me
sung by Sam Cooke (1957) (live on the Dick Clark Show).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqzv1ZS6uZs
.
Are You Lonesome Tonight (by Roy Turk and Lou Handman, 1926)
sung by Vaughn De Leath (1894 - 1943) (1927) with Bob Haring and the Colonial Club Orchestra.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC5TGHuvX68&feature=related
sung by Henry Burr (1882-1941) (1927).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmBg8hHYoSI&feature=related
sung by the Carter Family (1936 radio transcription).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqKCxWm97TA&feature=related
sung by Blue Barron and his orchestra (1950).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLOBsg0EHeM&feature=related
sung by Elvis Presley (1960). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrojFR7jM9E&feature=related
.
These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) (1936)
sung by Helen Ward with the Benny Goodman orchestra.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoEAXuI89qY
Artie Shaw and his orchestra (1953).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qUkft4tFks&feature=related
sung by Etta James. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruouKbVXNjA
sung by Ella Fitzgerald (1957). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mshV7ug8cdE&feature=related
sung by Billie Holiday (1936). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO0Bn_H4C3M&feature=related
sung by Nat King Cole. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdo48-ctAoI&feature=related
sung by Frank Sinatra. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfdEECXwCBA&feature=related
.
Where or When (Lorenz Hart and Richard Rodgers)
Artie Shaw and his orchestra. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S1Hc_h2iTQ&feature=fvw
sung by Frank Sinatra with the Nelson Riddle orchestra (1958).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtDOQMyUAU0&feature=related
sung by the Letterman. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsH-K55oWEE&feature=related
and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxYcp824slw&feature=related
sung by Lena Horne with Lou Bring orchestra (1941).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnRSM3dLSTk&feature=related
sung by Peggy Lee with the Benny Goodman Trio (1941).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbnA78ravpY&feature=fvw
sung by the Belmonts (A cappela).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPaT8AkvN1s&feature=related
.
Chances Are
sung by Johnny Mathis (1957). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEH3uqbpsm8
.
It's Not for Me to Say
sung by Johnny Mathis (live). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFCRlFwr60E&feature=watch_response
and on the Ed Sullivan Show, 1957. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xILhc35GWo&feature=related
and live in concert, 1991. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbLdHrRv2Wg&NR=1
.
Misty
sung by Johnny Mathis (1959). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd3pDM2f6Y8&feature=related
.
Young Love
sung by Sonny James (only 1:24). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3i_t094xqo
and live (1958). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9vXQX4vP9Q&feature=related
sung by Tab Hunter. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRr5nwXUYhU
sung by Bobby Vee (1960). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBSiHz9GJbw&feature=related
.
To Know Him Is To Love Him
sung by The Teddy Bears (1958) (Phil Spector on guitar).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCnUsInBQws
.
Put Your Head on My Shoulder
sung by Paul Anka (1958). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9CFM4qcUHE&feature=fvst
.
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
sung by The Platters (1958). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57tK6aQS_H0
.
Twilight Time
sung by Tony Williams and The Platters (recorded in France, 1958).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpdaga8cCxU&feature=related
and (1958). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWHuZa1DxrM&feature=related
.
Ebb Tide
sung by Lenny Welch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_VBRw2AL-A&feature=related
sung by Tony Williams and the Platters.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57Gby56kwm8&feature=related
sung by the Ink Spots (1953). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z7WbNG9Ddk&feature=related
.
Beyond the Sea
sung by Bobby Darin with orchestra (1959). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZoCrD88RP4
.
(With/In) Every Beat of My Heart (1952) (Johnny Otis)
sung by the Royals (1952). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPLsqs9mkfM
sung by Henry Booth and the Midnighters. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaVWm9Uch-I
sung by Otis? (~1960s). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_j-pEpIFrU&feature=related
sung by Gladys Knight (1961). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a1QFguK8F8&feature=related
sung by Little Willie John (1962). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3a627OHyrj0&feature=related
.
Be My Baby (1963)
sung by Ronnie Bennett/Spector and the Ronnettes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzhbGaCwBzs&feature=related
.
Lonely Teardrops
sung by Jackie Wilson. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nEfuE8Pw4U&feature=related
.
(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher
sung by Jackie Wilson. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvB3xKsiyvA&feature=related
and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMWqzHvSMvw&feature=related
Ghostbusters 2 Soundtrack- Higher and Higher by Howard Huntsberry, 1989.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AidmtatKjyc&NR=1
.
Only Love Can Break a Heart (Only Love Can Mend It Again)
sung by Gene Pitney. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYya-hIus-U&feature=related
.
Half Heaven Half Heartache
sung by Gene Pitney. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JXE9uyG0AY&feature=related
.
(Sometimes, All I Need Is) The Air That I Breathe
sung by Allan Clarke and The Hollies, 1974. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb7S8-Iewi0&feature=related
sung by Simply Red, 1989. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll7VHzFJ4cc&feature=related
.
If You Don't Know Me By Now
sung by Teddy Pendergrass of Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxOZ6gifTjA
sung by Simply Red. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv-bFQFDwRA&feature=related
.
I Can't Stop Loving You (1962)
sung by Ray Charles with the Count Basie orchestra.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYGZFuECYMw&NR=1
sung by Ray Charles (live, TV 50). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFeB7zTGesk
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Fly Me to the Moon
sung by Frank Sinatra. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C5twY6f-rU
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Come Fly With Me
sung by Frank Sinatra. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j1KGHOvSkM&feature=related
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I've Got You Under My Skin (Cole Porter)
sung by Frank Sinatra (with the Nelson Riddle orchestra) (1956).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4utbTfbCaRE
sung by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons (~1966).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH9CzRSYqxg&feature=related
sung by Ella Fitzgerald. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS6L2NP62Wk
sung by Dinah Washington (trumpet exchange between Maynard Ferguson and Clark Terry and Clifford Brown). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC7n6SREFew&feature=related
sung by Mario Lanza (1951).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxsvIfT9gTk&feature=related
sung by Dame Shirley Bassey (jazz, live, 1957).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FrqbmEbdrU&feature=related
sung by Josephine Baker (in French and English, 1928).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od1BVtemOUA&NR=1
sung by Dinah Shore. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtW5SZbycdQ&feature=more_related
sung by Judy Garland ("Philco Radio Time'', 1947).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3ypb5j3wyg&NR=1
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On the Sunny Side of the Street (1930 by Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields).
sung by Dinah Washington (with the Hal Mooney orchestra, 1956).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th7GYbj3lrU&feature=related
sung by Judy Garland (1942). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLGB1-I5NUA
sung by Billie Holiday. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlfKyKUx39k&feature=fvsr blocked, 5-7-11 UMG
sung by Louis Armstrong. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECYuEEzRWdE&feature=related
sung by Ella Fitzgerald (1962). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJW3fVpgAfw&feature=related
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Amor, Amor, Amor
sung by Julio Iglesias (samba beat). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5E0yntRwHQ
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I Will Always Love You (from the film "The Bodyguard," 1992).
sung by Whitney Houston (1992). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBDkdGURRVw
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Memory (from the musical "Cats" )
sung by Barbara Streisand (1981). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78Ruh0ewBVo&feature=related
sung by Elaine Paige (as Grizabella from the stage musical "Cats").
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-L6rEm0rnY
sung by Elaine Paige (at Andrew Lloyd Webber's 50th Birthday Celebration concert at the Royal Albert Hall).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLm25h7a_1w&feature=more_related
sung by Celine Dion. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKeALU2JfUA&feature=related
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Break Up To Make Up (1973)
sung by Russell Thompkins, Jr. (falsetto) and the Stylistics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmJbMmREGHs
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If I Fell (from the film, "A Hard Day's Night," 1964).
sung by the Beatles. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJyoRQ_KShc
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A Taste of Honey (by Bobby Scott and Ric Marlow in 1960).
sung by the Beatles (1962). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A-5hyKaITQ
sung by Barbara Streisand (1963).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZgdRHQBR90&feature=related
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And Your Bird Can Sing (Revolver album, 9th cut)
sung by the Beatles (1965?). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC6D2N4nylg
and take 2 (with color film of their 1966 tour).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FPRHjNDQlk&feature=related
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For No One (Revolver album, 10th cut)
Sung by Paul McCartney and the Beetles. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6iAykoKLog
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I've Just Seen A Face
sung by the Beatles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbKGsEK_T9g&feature=related
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And I Love Her (1964)
sung by the Beatles. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96YQdiMV-Jc&feature=related
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In My Life
sung by the Beatles. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI0Q8ytD44Y&feature=related
"With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life I've loved them all. --- A HYMN TO LIFE!!"
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The best versions of several songs are by quartets that harmonize superbly. Here, I am thinking of many recordings by The Beatles from England, "A Taste of Honey" (1962) and "If I Fell" (1964), The Orlons' hit songs, "South Street" from 1963 and "Don't Hang Up" from 1962, Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons' recording of Cole Porter's "I've Got You Under My Skin," The Andrew Sisters' 1937 recording of "Bei mir bist du schön,"and "Love is a Many Splendored Thing" sung by the Four Aces.
Another distinction I will mention is that the younger singer often is more believable and gives a better performance than a concert singer like Barbara Streisand. Although Barbara Streisand has a splendid voice a younger singer like Shirley Jones as a 19-year-old singing "If I loved You" in the 1956 musical, "Carousel," gives a move credible performance. Thus the singer must choose the song well to express themselves best.
Thirdly, songs evoking personal pain are best sung by a soulful singer who has felt those emotions. Billie Holiday is my best example of a soulful singer who can sing the blues, "My Man," "Lady Sings the Blues," "Yesterdays,"and "St. Louis Blues". Other singers would pass over the lyrics as mere words without emotion.
Lastly, a great song with a great singer, choral accompaniment, and a great orchestra make for the greatest performances, of course.
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Finals:
1A. Romance.
I've Got You Under My Skin:
Josephine Baker (in French, then in English, 1928).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od1BVtemOUA&NR=1
Dame Shirley Bassey (jazz, live, 1957).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FrqbmEbdrU&feature=related
Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons (~1966).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH9CzRSYqxg&feature=related
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1B. Romance.
Love is a Many Splendored Thing (1956)
The Four Aces. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnDtxiNwDS8&feature=related
Dame Shirley Bassey. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkDhsAkvTuI&feature=related
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1C. Romance.
It's All in the Game
Tommy Edwards (1958). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gtizr2G_7Bk
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2. Rock and Roll performance.
River Deep, Mountain High
Tina Turner. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Syr39ou2Oco&feature=related
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3A. Art song --- male.
Trees (1913, 1922)
Paul Robeson, bass (1939). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOHekLZD5i4&feature=related
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3B. Art Song --- female.
Memory (from the musical "Cats" )
Barbara Streisand (1981). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78Ruh0ewBVo&feature=related
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4. Opera.
E lucevan le stelle (Tosca, 1900)
Luciano Pavarotti (1935-2007). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mX7ugJ5NM8&feature=related
Enrico Caruso (1873-1921). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TjEoAXzJ9E&feature=related
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5A. Ballad.
In My Life
The Beatles. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI0Q8ytD44Y&feature=related
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5B. Ballad.
September Song (1938)
Walter Huston. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-HjR6Plr4g&feature=related
Sarah Vaughn. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3_8ksD2Xh4&feature=related
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5C. Ballad.
Silver Dagger (1960)
Joan Baez. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrU8hY15VXk
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5D. Ballad.
The Air That I Breathe
The Hollies. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb7S8-Iewi0&feature=related
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Second category
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AMERICAN VALUES SONG CONTEST:
(And I Say to Myself) What a Wonderful World sung by Louis Armstrong (1901-1971).
(with color film clips of the Vietnam War).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRe81F2bhJg&feature=related
and on stage. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M-6VCnf5oE&NR=1
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Blue Skies (Nothing But Blue Skies, Do I See).
sung by Willie Nelson (1933- ).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lc7nr982b78&feature=related [blocked 2-21-11]
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(Somewhere) Over the Rainbow
performed by Bobby McFerrin (1950- ). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1mvfzoHm9g
sung by Brother Iz (1959-1997). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1bFr2SWP1I
sung by Judy Garland (1922-1969). (from the film, "The Wizard of Oz," 1939).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhzbzwPNgXA
and on Command Performance USA (1943). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8hABGhMiPk
and (1955). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXJ2Q0F8H80
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Land of a Thousand Dances (~1964)
sung by Martha Reeves (1941- ) and the Vandellas. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdvITn5cAVc
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This Land is Your Land (1940)
sung by Woodie Guthrie (1912-1967). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxiMrvDbq3s
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America, the Beautiful (lyrics Katharine Lee Bates, 1895 and music by Samuel A. Ward, 1882. Published together in 1910)
sung by Barbara Streisand (1982). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMYCj3IJ_VQ
sung by Whitney Houston (1:35). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsMk0peAw0Y&feature=related
sung by Mariah Carey (2:23) (both 1990 and 2005).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyRHa-_kpxY&feature=related
sung by Aretha Franklin (3:28). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWjrXY3oZY0&feature=related
sung by Ray Charles (3:53). (Live At The McCallum Theater, 1991).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghz4_kikLkE&feature=related
Chorus and video montage (2:00). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEPMVYVTCXM
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America (music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Steven Sondheim, from "West Side Story", 1961).
sung by Bernardo (George Chakiris) and Anita (Rita Moreno) and ensemble.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy6wo2wpT2k
The Stars and Stripes Forever (Brass Band instrumental) by John Phillip Sousa (1854-1932).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znEePD1nJxo
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The Brotherhood Song sung by Buffy Sainte-Marie (1941- ).
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Lift Every Voice and Sing (1899) poem by James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938).
Music by John Rosamund Johnson (1873-1954). (aka The Negro National Anthem).
(Hammond B3 organ by Sam Tolbert, 2007). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbPikWIgKHY&feature=related
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Ella's Song (Those Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest).
Lyrics and music by Bernice Johnson Reagon (1942). Written for Ella Josephine Baker (1903-1986).
sung by Sweet Honey in the Rock (a cappella vocal ensemble). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXy_TW-THCs
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Let There Be Peace on Earth (and Let it Begin with Me) (1999) by Gill Vince. (from a children's songbook).
sung by Gladys Knight, Washington, D.C. at the National Memorial Day Concert (2008).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF8oBdvvTVQ
a capella by PS 22 5th grade children's choir. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4ubAh9TLko
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No More Genocide in My Name sung by Holly Near (1949- ).
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From a Distance
sung by Judy Collins (1939- ). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNna2D3OiJw
sung by Bette Midler (1945- ). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXOgn8-aEaA
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What Keeps Mankind Alive (Three Penny Opera) by Kurt Weill (1900-1950).
sung by Tom Waits. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTaE9DqS_cc
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(It's) My Prerogative (1988)
sung by Bobbie Brown (1969- ). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgAlZFX1Rvw
and live on stage. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cDLZqe735k
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(Twist away the) Gates of Steel (~1980)
sung by Mark Mothersbaugh (1950- ) and Devo.
(at the Jack FM concert, Verizon Amphitheatre, 9/27/2008).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZaiMe-uJl0&feature=related
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lla's Song--Lyrics and music by Bernice Johnson Reagon