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Moonlight In Vermont (song)
"Moonlight in Vermont" is a popular song about the U.S. state of Vermont, written by John Blackburn (lyrics) and Karl Suessdorf (music) and published in 1944. It was introduced by Margaret Whiting in a 1944 recording. Background The lyrics are unusual in that they do not rhyme. John Blackburn, the lyricist, has been quoted as saying, "After completing the first 12 bars of the lyric, I realized there was no rhyme and then said to Karl, 'Let’s follow the pattern of no rhyme throughout the song.' It seemed right." The lyrics are also unconventional in that each verse (not counting the bridge) is a haiku. The song is considered an unofficial state song of Vermont and is frequently played as the first dance song at Vermont wedding receptions. Recorded versions "Moonlight in Vermont" has been covered by numerous other artists over the years, including: * Johnny Smith recorded a version of the song in 1952 with Stan Getz, later the title track on a 1956 album * The Gerry Mullig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Popular Music
Popular music is music with wide appeal that is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. These forms and styles can be enjoyed and performed by people with little or no musical training.Popular Music. (2015). ''Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia'' As a kind of popular art, it stands in contrast to art music. Art music was historically disseminated through the performances of written music, although since the beginning of the recording industry, it is also disseminated through sound recording, recordings. Traditional music forms such as early blues songs or hymns were passed along orally, or to smaller, local audiences. The original application of the term is to music of the 1880s Tin Pan Alley period in the United States. Although popular music sometimes is known as "pop music", the two terms are not interchangeable. Popular music is a generic term for a wide variety of genres of music that appeal to the tastes of a large segment of the populati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ella And Louis
''Ella and Louis'' is a studio album by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, accompanied by the Oscar Peterson Quartet, released in October 1956. Having previously collaborated in the late 1940s for the Decca label, this was the first of three albums that Fitzgerald and Armstrong were to record together for Verve Records, later followed by 1957's '' Ella and Louis Again'' and 1959's ''Porgy and Bess''. The album Norman Granz, the founder of the Verve label, selected eleven ballads for Fitzgerald and Armstrong, mainly played in a slow or moderate tempo. Recording began 16 August 1956, at the new Capitol Studios in Hollywood. Though Granz produced the album, Armstrong was given final say over songs and keys. The success of ''Ella and Louis'' was replicated by '' Ella and Louis Again'' and ''Porgy and Bess''. All three were released as '' The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve''. Verve also released the album as one of the first ones in SACD. Reception AllMusic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Cooke (album)
''Sam Cooke'' is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke, released on Keen Records in early 1958. The backing band is the Bumps Blackwell Orchestra. Track listing ;Side 1 # " You Send Me" (Sam Cooke, originally credited to L.C. Cook) – 2:41 # " The Lonesome Road" (Gene Austin, Nathaniel Shilkret) – 2:31 # " Tammy" (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans) – 3:30 # " Ol' Man River" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 2:39 # " Moonlight in Vermont" ( John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf) – 2:40 # " Canadian Sunset" ( Eddie Heywood, Norman Gimbel) – 2:57 ;Side 2 #" Summertime" (DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin) – 2:25 # " Around the World" ( Harold Adamson, Victor Young) – 1:58 # " Ain't Misbehavin'" (Andy Razaf, Fats Waller, Harry Brooks) – 2:05 # " The Bells of St. Mary" (A. Emmett Adams, Douglas Furber) – 2:17 # " So Long" (Remus Harris, Russ Morgan, Irving Melsher) – 2:38 # " Danny Boy" ( Frederic Weatherly) – 2:16 # " That Lucky Old Sun" ( Beasl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Cooke
Samuel Cooke (; January 22, 1931 – December 11, 1964) was an American singer and songwriter. Considered one of the most influential soul music, soul artists of all time, Cooke is commonly referred to as the "King of Soul" for his distinctive vocals, pioneering contributions to the genre, and significance in popular music. During his eight-year career, Cooke released 29 singles that charted in the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, as well as 20 singles in the Top 10 of ''Billboard Magazine, Billboard'' Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks, Black Singles chart. In 1964, he was shot and killed by the manager of a motel in Los Angeles. After an inquest and investigation, the courts ruled Cooke's death to be a justifiable homicide. His family has since questioned the circumstances of his death. In 2015, Cooke was ranked number 28 in ''Billboard'' magazine's list of the "35 Greatest R&B Artists of All Time". Early life Sam Cooke was born Samuel Cook ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duets II (Frank Sinatra Album)
''Duets II'' is the fifty-ninth and final studio album by American singer Frank Sinatra. It was released in 1994, and was the sequel to the previous year's '' Duets''. Phil Ramone and Hank Cattaneo produced the album and guest artists from various genres contributed their duet parts to Sinatra's already recorded vocals. Though not as commercially successful as ''Duets'', it still rose to #9 on the Billboard albums chart and sold over 1 million copies in the U.S. It also peaked at #29 in the UK. The album received mixed reviews from critics, although some viewed it as an improvement over its predecessor. However, the album won Sinatra the 1995 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance, his last competitive Grammy Award. These would be the last studio recordings made by Sinatra, who had begun his recording career fifty-four years earlier. Both were packaged together in a "90th Birthday Limited Collector's Edition" released in 2005; North American pressings add an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Ronstadt
Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July 15, 1946) is an American singer who has performed and recorded in diverse genres including rock, country, light opera, the Great American Songbook, and Latin music. Ronstadt has earned 11 Grammy Awards, three American Music Awards, two Academy of Country Music awards, an Emmy Award, and an ALMA Award. Many of her albums have been Music recording sales certification, certified gold, platinum or multiplatinum in the United States and internationally. She has also earned nominations for a Tony Award and a Golden Globe award. She was awarded the Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award by the Latin Recording Academy in 2011 and also awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award by the Recording Academy in 2016. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2014. On July 28, 2014, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts and Humanities. In 2019, she received a star jointly with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris on the Hollywood Walk of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live At The Meadowlands
''Live at the Meadowlands'' is a 2009 live album by the American singer Frank Sinatra, of a 1986 concert at the Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Housed in a striking package and presented with a 24-page collectors' book of rare photos and extensive notes by long-time Sinatra associate Hank Cattaneo, this previously unreleased recording features 21 digitally remastered songs on one compact disc. Track listing # Overture: " My Way"/" I Get a Kick out of You"/" Young at Heart"/"Nancy (With the Laughing Face)"/"There Are Such Things"/" High Hopes"/" I've Got You Under My Skin"/" My Kind of Town"/" All the Way"/" Strangers in the Night" (Paul Anka, Claude François, Jacques Revaux, Gilles Thibault)/(Cole Porter)/( Johnny Richards, Carolyn Leigh)/(Jimmy Van Heusen, Phil Silvers)/( Stanley Adams, Abel Baer, George W. Meyer)/(Sammy Cahn, Van Heusen)/(Porter)/(Cahn, Van Heusen)/(Cahn, Van Heusen)/( Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder) – 3:40 # " Without ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vegas
Las Vegas, colloquially referred to as Vegas, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the county seat of Clark County. The Las Vegas Valley metropolitan area is the largest within the greater Mojave Desert, and second-largest in the Southwestern United States. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city had 641,903 residents in 2020, with a metropolitan population of 2,227,053, making it the 24th-most populous city in the United States. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city, known primarily for its gambling, shopping, fine dining, entertainment, and nightlife. Most of these venues are located in downtown Las Vegas or on the Las Vegas Strip, which is outside city limits in the unincorporated towns of Paradise and Winchester. The Las Vegas Valley serves as the leading financial, commercial, and cultural center in Nevada. Las Vegas was settled in 1905 and officially incorporated in 1911. At the close of the 20th century, it wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live In Australia, 1959
Live may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Live!'' (2007 film), 2007 American film * ''Live'' (2014 film), a 2014 Japanese film * ''Live'' (2023 film), a Malayalam-language film *'' Live: Phát Trực Tiếp'', a Vietnamese-language film * ''Live'' (Apocalyptica DVD) Music *Live (band), American alternative rock band * List of albums titled ''Live'' Extended plays * ''Live EP'' (Anal Cunt album) * ''Live EP'' (Breaking Benjamin EP) * ''Live'' (Roxus EP) * ''Live'' (The Smithereens EP) *''CeCe Peniston (EP Live)'' *'' Ozzy Osbourne Live E.P.'', 1980 *''Live EP (Live at Fashion Rocks)'', by David Bowie * ''Live EP'' (The Jam EP) Songs * "Live" (Russian song) * "Live" (Superfly song) * "Live" (The Merry-Go-Round song) *"Live", by B'z from ''Highway X'', 2022 Radio *BBC Radio 5 Live *CILV-FM, branded LiVE 88.5, a radio station in Ottawa, Canada Television * ''Live'' (South Korean TV series), a 2018 South Korean television series *''Live'' (Danish TV series) *Live! ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live In Paris
''Live in Paris'' may refer to: Albums * ''Live in Paris'' (Art Ensemble of Chicago album) * ''Live in Paris'' (John Coltrane album) * ''Live in Paris'' (Jemeel Moondoc album) *'' Live in Paris 1973'', an album by Can *'' Live in Paris 1975'', an album by Deep Purple * ''Live in Paris+'' (Jill Scott album) * ''Live in Paris'' (Diana Krall album) (2002) *'' Live in Paris 05'', an album by Laura Pausini * ''Live in Paris'' (Psychic TV album) * ''Live in Paris'' (Seal album) * ''Live in Paris'' (Tom Rhodes album) * ''Live in Paris'' (Dee Dee Bridgewater album) * ''Live in Paris'' (EP) * ''Live in Paris'' (1975) (Lost ORTF Recordings) (Pharoah Sanders album) *'' Live in Paris '79'' Broadcast * '' Live in Paris'', an audio-only broadcast of Coldplay's Music of the Spheres World Tour at Stade de France Stade de France (, ) is the national stadium of France, located just north of Paris in the commune of Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Saint-Denis. Its seating capacity of 80,698 mak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinatra Saga
''Sinatra Saga'' is a live album by Frank Sinatra, containing 2 discs of him performing live on stage from the 1950s to the 1980s. Track listing Disc one # " When You're Smiling" (Mark Fisher, Joe Goodwin, Larry Shay) # " Don't Worry 'bout Me" ( Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) # " The Birth of the Blues" ( Buddy G. DeSylva, Lew Brown) #:Recorded at the Opera House Theater, Blackpool, England, July 26, 1953 # " Three Coins in the Fountain" (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) #:Recorded at the Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, Australia, January 19, 1955 # " You Make Me Feel So Young" ( Josef Myrow, Mack Gordon) # " I Won't Dance" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein, Otto Harbach) # " The Lady is a Tramp" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) #:Recorded at the Seattle Civic Auditorium, Seattle, Washington, June 9, 1957 # " Just One of Those Things" (Cole Porter) # " Dancing in the Dark" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) # " Night and Day" (Porter) #:Recorded at the Melbourne Stadium, Melbourne, Australia, March ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Come Fly With Me (Frank Sinatra Album)
''Come Fly with Me'' is the fourteenth studio album by American singer Frank Sinatra, released in 1958. In 2000 it was voted number 616 in Colin Larkin's '' All Time Top 1000 Albums''. Background Sinatra's first collaboration with arranger/conductor Billy May, ''Come Fly with Me'' was designed as a musical trip around the world. Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen wrote the title track at Sinatra's request. May would arrange two other Capitol albums for Sinatra, '' Come Dance with Me!'' (1958) and '' Come Swing with Me!'' (1961). In his autobiography '' All You Need Is Ears'', producer George Martin wrote of having visited the Capitol Tower during the recording sessions for the album. According to Martin's book, Sinatra expressed intense dislike for the album cover upon being first shown a mock-up by producer Voyle Gilmore, suggesting it looked like an advertisement for TWA. The album reached No. 1 on the Billboard album chart in its second week, and remained at the top fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
