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The Glory Of Love (song)
"The Glory of Love" is a song that was written by Billy Hill and recorded in 1936 by Benny Goodman. Goodman's version was a number one pop hit. The song has been recorded by many artists. It was the signature theme of the 1967 film ''Guess Who's Coming to Dinner,'' performed by nightclub singer Jacqueline Fontaine on camera, as well as over the opening and closing credits. Bette Midler included the song in the film ''Beaches'' (1988) and it appears on the soundtrack. Charts Weekly charts The Five Keys version In 1951, R&B vocal group, The Five Keys, had their biggest R&B hit with their version of the song, hitting number one on the R&B chart for four non-consecutive weeks. Otis Redding version In 1967, Otis Redding recorded a cover version for his 1968 album, '' The Dock of the Bay''. Redding's cover became a top 20 hit and reached number 19 on the ''Billboard'' R&B Songs chart and number 60 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Charts Weekly charts Other versions * Big Bil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benny Goodman
Benjamin David Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American clarinetist and bandleader known as the "King of Swing". From 1936 until the mid-1940s, Goodman led one of the most popular swing big bands in the United States. His concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City on January 16, 1938, is described by critic Bruce Eder as "the single most important jazz or popular music concert in history: jazz's 'coming out' party to the world of 'respectable' music." Goodman's bands started the careers of many jazz musicians. During an era of racial segregation, he led one of the first integrated jazz groups, his quartet and quintet. He performed nearly to the end of his life while exploring an interest in classical music. Early years Goodman was the ninth of twelve children born to poor Jewish emigrants from the Russian Empire. His father, David Goodman (1873–1926), came to the United States in 1892 from Warsaw in partitioned Poland and became a tailor. His mother, Dor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard Hot 100
The ''Billboard'' Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales (physical and digital), radio play, and online streaming in the United States. The weekly tracking period for sales was initially Monday to Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991, but was changed to Friday to Thursday in July 2015. This tracking period also applies to compiling online streaming data. Radio airplay, which, unlike sales figures and streaming, is readily available on a real-time basis, is also tracked on a Friday to Thursday cycle effective with the chart dated July 17, 2021 (previously Monday to Sunday and before July 2015, Wednesday to Tuesday). A new chart is compiled and officially released to the public by ''Billboard'' on Tuesdays but post-dated to the following Saturday. The first number-one song of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 was "Poor Little Fool" by Ricky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Martyn
Iain David McGeachy (11 September 1948 – 29 January 2009), known professionally as John Martyn, was a Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist. Over a 40-year career, he released 23 studio albums, and received frequent critical acclaim. ''The Times'' described him as "an electrifying guitarist and singer whose music blurred the boundaries between folk, jazz, rock and blues".Obituary: "John Martyn: guitarist and singer" ''The Times'', 30 January 2009, pg. 75. Martyn began his career at age 17 as a key member of the British scene, drawing inspiration from American |
Dean Martin Sings Songs From "The Silencers"
__NOTOC__ ''Dean Martin Sings Songs from "The Silencers"'' is a 1966 studio album by Dean Martin of songs that featured in his film ''The Silencers'', the first of the four films featuring the Matt Helm character that Martin would appear in. The album was arranged by Ernie Freeman and Gene Page. Many of the Tin Pan Alley songs featured on this album appeared in the film, as songs imagined by Martin's character. The album also features a recording of incidental music not in the film and an instrumental of Elmer Bernstein's title song. This was the second of five albums that Martin released in 1966. As well as starring in ''The Silencers'' that year he also starred in two other films; another Matt Helm film, ''Murderer's Row'', and '' Texas Across the River'', and appeared in his own television show. ''Dean Martin Sings Songs from "The Silencers"'' peaked at 108 on the ''Billboard'' 200. ''Dean Martin Sings Songs from "The Silencers"'' was the last soundtrack album that Martin re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Martin
Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti; June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995) was an American singer, actor and comedian. One of the most popular and enduring American entertainers of the mid-20th century, Martin was nicknamed "The King of Cool". Martin gained his career breakthrough together with comedian Jerry Lewis, billed as Martin and Lewis, in 1946. They performed in nightclubs and later had numerous appearances on radio, television and in films. Following an acrimonious ending of the partnership in 1956, Martin pursued a solo career as a performer and actor. Martin established himself as a singer, recording numerous contemporary songs as well as standards from the Great American Songbook. He became one of the most popular acts in Las Vegas and was known for his friendship with fellow artists Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr., who together with several others formed the Rat Pack. Starting in 1965, Martin was the host of the television variety program '' The Dean Martin Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jump For Joy (Peggy Lee Album)
''Jump for Joy'' is an album by jazz singer Peggy Lee that was released in 1958 and arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Track listing #"Jump for Joy" (Duke Ellington, Sid Kuller, Paul Francis Webster) - 2:07 #" Back in Your Own Backyard" ( Dave Dreyer, Al Jolson, Billy Rose) - 2:26 #" When My Sugar Walks Down the Street" (Gene Austin, Jimmy McHugh, Irving Mills) - 1:58 #" I Hear Music" (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) - 2:07 #" Just in Time" (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) - 2:50 #"Old Devil Moon" (Yip Harburg, Burton Lane) - 2:58 #"What a Little Moonlight Can Do" (Harry M. Woods) - 2:41 #"Four or Five Times" ( Byron Gay, Marco H. Hellman) - 2:33 #"Music! Music! Music!" ( Bernie Baum, Stephen Weiss) - 2:30 #"Cheek to Cheek" (Irving Berlin) - 2:37 #"Glory of Love" ( Billy Hill) - 2:37 #" Ain't We Got Fun?" ( Richard A. Whiting, Gus Kahn, Raymond B. Egan) - 2:12 Personnel *Peggy Lee Norma Deloris Egstrom (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002), known professionally as P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peggy Lee
Norma Deloris Egstrom (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002), known professionally as Peggy Lee, was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer, and actress, over a career spanning seven decades. From her beginning as a vocalist on local radio to singing with Benny Goodman's big band, Lee created a sophisticated persona, writing music for films, acting, and recording conceptual record albums combining poetry and music. Called the "Queen of American pop music," Lee recorded over 1,100 masters and composed over 270 songs. Early life Lee was born Norma Deloris Egstrom in Jamestown, North Dakota, United States, on May 26, 1920, the seventh of the eight children of Selma Emele (née Anderson) Egstrom and Marvin Olaf Egstrom, a station agent for the Midland Continental Railroad. Her family were Lutherans. Her father was Swedish-American and her mother was Norwegian-American. After her mother died when Lee was four, her father married Minnie Schaumberg Wiese. Lee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hello Young Lovers (Jimmy Durante Album)
''Jackie Barnett Presents'' ''Hello Young Lovers'' is a 1965 album by Jimmy Durante, with arrangements by Roy Bargy. ''Hello Young Lovers was the last recording that Durante and Bargy would make together; Bargy had served as Durante's musical director since 1943. The cover photography for the album was taken at the home of Wilbur Clark, the owner of the Desert Inn nightclub in Las Vegas. Durante's rendition of "Smile" is featured in the film, and trailer for, '' Joker'' (2019). Track listing Personnel *Jimmy Durante – vocals *The John Rarig Singers *Roy Bargy – arranger In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition. Differences from the original composition may include reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or formal development. Arranging differs from orchestra ..., conductor * Jimmy Hilliard – producer References Bibliography * External links * {{Authority control 1965 albums Albums arranged by Roy Bargy A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Durante
James Francis Durante ( , ; February 10, 1893 – January 29, 1980) was an American comedian, actor, singer, vaudevillian, and pianist. His distinctive gravelly speech, Lower East Side accent, comic language-butchery, jazz-influenced songs, and prominent nose helped make him one of America's most familiar and popular personalities of the 1920s through the 1970s. He often referred to his nose as ''the schnozzola'' ( Italianization of the American Yiddish slang word ''schnoz'', meaning "big nose"), and the word became his nickname. Early life Childhood Durante was born on the Lower East Side of New York City. He was the youngest of four children born to Rosa (Lentino) and Bartolomeo Durante, both immigrants from Salerno, Campania, Italy. Bartolomeo was a barber. Young Jimmy served as an altar boy at St. Malachy Roman Catholic Church, known as the Actor's Chapel. Early career Durante dropped out of school in seventh grade to become a full-time ragtime pianist. He first pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vic Damone
Vic Damone (born Vito Rocco Farinola; June 12, 1928 – February 11, 2018) was an American traditional pop and big band singer and actor. He was best known for his performances of songs such as the number one hit "You're Breaking My Heart", and other hits like " On the Street Where You Live" (from ''My Fair Lady'') and " I Have But One Heart". Life and work Early life Damone was born Vito Rocco Farinola in Brooklyn, New York, to Rocco and Mamie (Damone) Farinola, Italian emigrants from Bari, Italy. His father was an electrician and his mother taught piano. His cousin was the actress and singer Doretta Morrow. Inspired by his favorite singer, Frank Sinatra, Damone began taking voice lessons. He sang in the choir at St. Finbar's Church in Bath Beach, Brooklyn, for Sunday Mass under organist Anthony Amorello. When his father was injured at work, Damone had to drop out of Lafayette High School. He worked as an usher and elevator operator at the Paramount Theater in Manhattan. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Cotton
William Edward Cotton (6 May 1899 – 25 March 1969) as Billy Cotton was an English band leader and entertainer, one of the few whose orchestras survived the British dance band era. Cotton is now mainly remembered as a 1950s and 1960s radio and television personality, but his musical career had begun in the 1920s. In his younger years, Billy Cotton was also an amateur footballer for Brentford (and later, for the then Athenian league club Wimbledon), an accomplished racing driver and the owner of a Gipsy Moth, which he piloted himself. His autobiography, ''I Did It My Way'', was published in 1970, a year after his death. Life and career Born in Smith Square, Westminster, London, England, to Joseph and Susan Cotton, Cotton was a choirboy and started his musical career as a drummer. He enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers by falsifying his age and saw service in the First World War in Malta and Egypt before landing at Gallipoli in the middle of an artillery barrage. He was recommende ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Buddy (album)
''My Buddy'' is a 1983 album by Rosemary Clooney, accompanied by Woody Herman and his orchestra. Track listing # "I Believe in Love" (Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Kenny Loggins) – 4:56 # "The Summer Knows" (A. Bergman, M. Bergman, Michel Legrand) – 4:47 # " The Glory of Love" ( Billy Hill) – 3:34 # " You're Gonna Hear from Me" (André Previn, Dory Previn) – 3:40 # "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" (James Taylor) – 5:09 # "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges) – 3:37 # " My Buddy" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 4:26 # "You've Made Me So Very Happy" (Berry Gordy, Patrice Holloway, Brenda Holloway, Frank Wilson) – 4:39 Personnel * Rosemary Clooney – vocals * Woody Herman Woodrow Charles Herman (May 16, 1913 – October 29, 1987) was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, singer, and big band leader. Leading groups called "The Herd", Herman came to prominence in the late 1930s and was active until his dea ... and h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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