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THURSDAY


Please, spare us the Mamas and Papas version. Not that it isn't good; it just doesn't compare to this.

'Dream a Little Dream of Me' - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

Failing that, this.

'Moonlight in Vermont' - Willie Nelson

Anything by Nat King Cole but I particularly like Stardust. It was used in Sleepless in Seattle but let's not hold that against it ☺

It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Django Reinhardt

Les Negresses Vertes - I Love Paris

Swinging on a Star - Little Eva

and my top choice of course


Love Letters - Frankie Miller

COLE PORTER
'Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love') - Joan Jett + Paul Westerberg (from 'Tank Girl' soundtrack)

HOAGY CARMICHAEL
'Georgia On My Mind' - Ray Charles (lyrics by Stuart Gorrel)
'Two Sleepy People' - Silje Nergaard (lyrics by Frank Loesser)

ROGERS + HART
'Where or When' - Dave Edmunds
'Have You Met Miss Jones' - Robbie Williams

JOHNNY MERCER
'Something's Gotta Give' - Ella Fitzgerald
'P.S. I Love You' - Bette Midler

'Bye Bye Blackbird' - Joe Cocker

What a surprise. I'm gonna be awfy boring and suggest lots of Ella. Mainly because, IMHO, although others have covered his work, she did it best. In the hope that at least one of her versions will get played, leaving other singers to do the rest of the honours to this incredible songsmith.

The Incredible Ella Fitzgerald
Love For Sale
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
I Love Paris
All of You

Here's a few other folk....
Frank Sinatra I've Got You Under My Skin
Diana Krall Just One of Those Things
Nat King Cole Miss Otis Regrets

There's also Gershwin. Best go before I get started!! ;o)

Put the expanded version of Willie Nelsons Stardust lp. On and go to the pub....

Willie Nelson - Someone To Watch Over Me

Also the wonderful

David Bowie - Wild Is The Wind

#11 Grrrreat Bowie choice Norrie :o)

Every Time We Say Goodbye ~ Nana Mouskouri
Puttin' On The Ritz ~ Rufus Wainwright




but would much prefer Fredrick Frankenstein's rendition of the latter.

'Cheek To Cheek' - Sensational Alex Harvey Band

Thirds for Bowies wild is the wind

Seconds for Scotch's from a couple of blogs back
Best is yet to come / Diana Krall and Tony Bennett

And throw in the mix
Summertime / Sarah Vaughan
A man I love / Kate Bush

Julie wins. Great shout!

There was a version of I Get A Kick Out Of You by a guy called Garry Shearston which was a 'hit' in the 70s.

I rather liked it, haven't heard it for years. That woould be nice.

regardez youse

henri

Classic...
Frank Sinatra --- Three Coins In A Fountain


Up to date with...
Stacy Kent --- The Best Is Yet To Come

#17. I'll second that Henri.

In celebration of Harry Warren, a seldom mentioned musical magician ...

'Boulevard of Broken Dreams' ~~ Green Day

#17 I'll third that one Henri, I still have my old single lying about somewhere, wonder if it's still playable.........

Buster Poindexter - Smak Dab In The Middle

aka David Johansen

I Got You Under My Skin - Nenah Cherry
Well Did You Evah - Iggy and Debbie
So In Love - k d Lang

All from the Red Hot and Blue lp

Check Google out.

We would have had more fun with electric guitar music.

It is a great google logo / header....

google doodle

A Cole Porter song -


I've Got You Under My Skin - Michael Bolton


I don't have any celebrity connections so I'll give myself a day off tomorrow.

:o)

Previously on the Blog....

Adam - He can sing nane! Here's the

;o)


Scotch Git - Cheeky brute! Two-faced is it? Well when Gaie organizes our bevvy session you can buy me two drinks!

;o)

#24 did you manage to play 'Happy Birthday To You' on it?




back to work...............

A wee funny story relevant to tonight's theme:
Jack Dee and Bryan Ferry where on the same episode of The Jonathan Ross show in December 2002. Jack told the story when he saw Bryan's 'As Time Goes By' tour at the Royal Albert Hall 2 years earlier. He said Bryan said just before the start of one of the songs "and now for some cold water" and then the band started playing the intro while BF took a drink from him his water bottle. Jack Dee said this puzzled him and thought what a strange thing to say as BF says very little in between songs. He then realised later that evening that Bryan had said "and now for some Cole Porter" and went on to sing 'Just One Of Thise Things.

The 'As Time Goes By' album (nominated for a grammy and released a year before Rod Stewart decided to copy this formula 5 times over) contained 3 Cole Porter songs: Just One Of Those Things, You Do Something To Me and my favourite of them all that would be my preferance for 'Get It On' is 'Miss Otis Regrets'

J.O'B.

and there's Don't Fence Me In - which Bing Sings with the Andrews Sisters although I was listening to a version by David Byrne just now which was fine, but not as charming as Bing.

regardez youse

henri

#24-26

On this the 96th anniversary of electric guitar inventor Les Paul's birth (unrecognised by the ´óÏó´«Ã½) I am led to wonder if that excellent musician Chris Spedding will be playing with The Wombles at Glastonbury.

Given that photo, you've got to be playing
* Willie Nelson - Blue Skies

Other than that:
* Fun Boy Three - Summertime Gershwin meets Ghost Town - really nice blend of the original jazz feel and new interpretation
* Bronski Beat - It Ain't Necessarily So
* Elton John - But Not For Me From the Four Weddings & a Funeral OST

I'm sure we're going to get lots of Robbie Williams suggestions, but I really like the mix of a young Robbie and an old Sinatra on
* It Was A Very Good Year

(Anyone else care that it's also Les Paul's 96th Birthday today? Google does - maybe their best animated doodle to date)

Ooh, just remembered!

Can we have
David Bowie - Nature Boy from the Moulin Rouge OST
(Nat King Cole or Peggy Lee also OK for the original 1940s vibe)

#31
Great Shout! There's a recording too. And unbelievably (apparently) a Chumbawumba version too.

At this point, it's very tempting to launch off into
Jimmie Rodgers - In The Jailhouse Now

#24/25/32
That'll teach me to drop straight to the post comment box, rather than reading the comments 1st.

Salut Glen.

What Is This Thing Called Love? - Les Paul - Two birds with one stone, as Bill Oddie would say

#37

Also

#30
Bryan Ferry 'Miss Otis Regrets'



J.O'B.

Yes

#28
Thanks Senga. That explains things.

What is the theme for tomorrow??

Yes Caravan

In the early 80's Peter Skellern released a great album called Cheek to Cheek where he covered the American songbook. I recommend it to the house.

The Way You Look Tonight - Peter Skellern

The Continental - Peter Skellern




Did you know that Peter Skellern formed a band called Oasis? It consisted of Peter, Julian Lloyd Webber and Mary Hopkin.

Please tell me all their recordings have been destroyed.

#43
Hold the bus!!
I may be confusing the album "Cheek to Cheek" with another of his records, "Astaire".
I had whichever it was on a tape back in the day and never did know what it was called.
A closer look just now at his discography reveals two very similar recordings and tracklists. I suspect I had "Astaire".

My Foolish Heart - Tom Jones

My Blue Heaven - Norah Jones

#28

Senga - for the 574th time I am not the social convener, Paolo is. However, if I recall, someone else did offer to undertake the momentous task of saying a date and venue so that we can meet up before it's the blog's 96th anniversary.

#43 & #45
OK it was Astaire I had. Cheek to Cheek came out in 93. However, I think he lifted most of it from Astaire as the Grimethorpe Colliary Pit Band are still in there.

Phew, we can all rest easy now.

#44 Glen, for your info:
Skellern formed a group called Oasis with cellist Julian Lloyd Webber, and Mary Hopkin The group released a self-titled album in 1984 on the Warner Bros. Records label which earned a silver record. The group performed live on television but a planned concert tour was cancelled due to Mary Hopkin becoming ill.

The album is yours for 50 quid

#47

I suspect you'd have to pay him more than £50 to take it
#theapprentice

What is this thing called Robbie Williams?And spare us Kate Bush's chalk on a blackboard screeching.Cole Porter would be spinning.David Bowie's theatrical overwrought take on"Wild is the Wind" is just about passable but that song belongs to Nina Simone.Kurt Elling's subtle nuanced cover of "Lush Life"will do me thanks or the delicate understatement of our own Carol Kidd singing her signiature tune "When I dream.Less is more when it comes to interpreting these classics Spare us these karaoke showoffs,Cheers Willie Bartke

Take these chains - Ray Charles

DC

Paolo does it again...

I wonder if Imelda is aware of his infatuation with a married woman?

>8-D

That's three songs you've had played this week Scotch. You been 'providing incentives' for B & B?

#41

Adam,

The theme is Celebrity Connections.

I might ask for Máire Brennan.

>8-D

#52

DC,

Paolo is being a Wide-O. Bryan has just credited me with yet another song I didn't ask for. *sigh*

Has anyone seen Paolo & Scotch in the same room?


We should be telt.............

#55

Adam did. In a room in Edinburgh. The infamous blog get together where even the Edinburgers didn't show up...

>8-D

You'd have had your tea

#57

Glen,

Forget it. Nobody is daft enough to mention Nat King Cole.

#56 Troo story.

#46 Gaie - I'll be over next month, maybe we can all go out on DC's yacht. (Thats if the East Fife captain has had his summer holiday on it already).
Scotch could straddle the front bit and do his Simon Le Bon impersonation.

#59

Adam,

Does DC have a pair of sea-legs I can borrow? Does DC know that lobsters are not kosher? Does DC understand the reference to Simon Le Bon?


We should be telt!

#60

Aboot a minute in, DC.

#56 That's not fair...I only didn't turn up because the airline changed my holiday flight...I was disappointed that the rest of them couldn't be bothered

Lobsters back on the menu this week, kosher or otherwise.

Any bloggers gonnae be near Dunbar this weekend? First overseas voyage of the year. It's bound to be thirsty work......

#62

Julie,

You are correct. My apologies for portraying you in such a bad light. Was that due to Eyjafjallajökull? Ah cannae mind...

#62

That's not fair....I was all set for going through to Edinburgh when an emergency cropped up at work and I had to pull out at the last minute.. I was, and am, looking forward to meeting Adam.

Ever been to Millport, Adam?

regardez youse

henri

Nope. French air traffic controllers.

#59

great idea, Adam, he can take us to Isle of May then round to Millport.

#65

Yes I have.
I spent the Easter weekend there in 1982 (I think. Might have been 83).

#68

Adam,

Is that when you decided Brazil might be a tad more hospitable than Argentina?

The Argies widnae have him