Showing posts with label Fred Astaire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fred Astaire. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Things These Artists Have “Got,” Vol. 3

What else could these artists possibly have "got" that hasn't been covered already? Find out for yourself. Oh, yeah...and enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Muddy Waters  ~  “I’ve Got My Mojo Working”




2)  St. Lucia  ~  “We Got It Wrong”




3)  Michael Jackson  ~  “We’ve Got Forever”




4)  Loretta Lynn  ~  “I’ve Got A Picture Of Us On My Mind”




5)  The Dear Hunter  ~  “We’ve Got A Score To Settle”




6)  Alison Krauss & Union Station  ~  “I’ve Got That Old Feeling”




7)  Barry White  ~  “I’ve Got So Much To Give”




8)  Loreen  ~  “We Got The Power”




9)  Fred Astaire  ~  “I’ve Got My Eyes On You”




10)  Leah Daniels  ~  “We Got Snow”




11)  Pitch Perfect Cast  ~  “I’ve Got The Magic In Me”




12)  Young Soul Rebels  ~  “I Got Soul”




13)  Oscar Peterson Trio ft. Ben Webster  ~  “I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good)”  (Yes, we did hear this song – albeit with vocals – before in this series. But this instrumental version was WAY too good to exclude.)




14)  Lennon & Maisy  ~  “We Got Love”




15)  Aaron Tippin  ~  “I Got It Honest”




16)  Joey Heatherton  ~  “I’ve Got Your Number”




17)  Motörhead  ~  “I Got Mine”




18)  Joan Chamorro Quartet ft. Alba Armegou & Luigi Grasso  ~  “I’ve Got A Date With A Dream”




19)  Backstreet Boys  ~  “We’ve Got It Goin’ On”




20)  Kenny Rogers & Sheena Easton  ~  “We’ve Got Tonight”




21)  Frank Sinatra  ~  “I’ve Got You Under My Skin”




22)  Natalie Cole  ~  “I’ve Got Love On My Mind”




23)  Pearl Jam  ~  “I Got Id”




24)  Alex Winston  ~  “We Got Nothing”




25)  Steve Wariner  ~  “I Got Dreams”


Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Popular Songs Of 1937, Vol. 4

One more time for old time's sake. Literally. (I might have used that line before. Sue me.) With this post, we wrap the Popular Songs of 1937 series. Hope you have enjoyed it!  ~  JH



1)  Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Cast  ~  “Whistle While You Work”




2)  Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli  ~  “Minor Swing”




3)  Benny Goodman & His Orchestra ft. Ella Fitzgerald  ~  “Goodnight, My Love”




4)  Fred Astaire  ~  “I Can’t Be Bothered Now”




5)  Frances Langford  ~  “Once In A While”




6)  Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra  ~  “You Can’t Stop Me From Dreamin’”




7)  Robert Johnson  ~  “Kind Hearted Woman Blues”




8)  Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra  ~  “The Morning After”




9)  Ivie Anderson  ~  “All God's Chillun Got Rhythm”




10)  Billie Holiday  ~  “A Sailboat In The Moonlight”




11)  Roosevelt Sykes  ~  “Night Time Is The Right Time”




12)  W. Lee O’Daniel & His Hillbilly Boys  ~  “Bear Cat Mama”




13)  Fred Astaire  ~  “Beginner’s Luck”




14)  Robert Johnson  ~  “When You Got A Good Friend”




15)  Bing Crosby  ~  “Blue Hawaii”




16)  Chick Webb & His Orchestra  ~  “Harlem Congo”




17)  Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians  ~  “So Rare”




18)  Cab Calloway & His Cotton Club Orchestra  ~  “Mama, I Wanna Make Rhythm”




19)  Patsy Montana  ~  “Pride Of The Prairie”




20)  Bing Crosby & Connee Boswell  ~  “Bob White (Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight?)”




21)  Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra  ~  “Marie”




22)  Artie Shaw  ~  “Nightmare”




23)  Robert Johnson  ~  “Stop Breakin’ Down Blues”




24)  Bing Crosby  ~  “Smarty (You Know It All)”




25)  Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers  ~  “Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off”


Popular Songs Of 1937, Vol. 3

Oh, look, another one! Yep, and there'll be one more post in this series before it's done. Like it, or not! But I really hope you like it.  ~  JH



1)  Fred Astaire  ~  “Nice Work If You Can Get It”




2)  Frances Langford  ~  “Harbor Lights”




3)  Robert Johnson  ~  “32-20 Blues”




4)  Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra  ~  “Song Of India”




5)  Bing Crosby  ~  “Remember Me?”




6)  Billie Holiday  ~  “Me, Myself, And I”




7)  Roy Acuff  ~  “Great Speckled Bird”




8)  Alice Faye  ~  “This Year’s Kisses”




9)  Shep Fields & His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra ft. Bob Goday  ~  “That Old Feeling”




10)  Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys  ~  “Oozlin’ Daddy Blues”




11)  Irene Dunne  ~  “The Folks Who Live On The Hill”




12)  Mildred Bailey  ~  “Where Are You?”




13)  Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Cast  ~  “Someday My Prince Will Come”




14)  Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians  ~  “Boo Hoo”




15)  Judy Garland  ~  “Dear Mr. Gable (You Made Me Love You)”




16)  Henry Busse & His Orchestra  ~  “With Plenty Of Money And You”




17)  Bukka White  ~  “Shake ‘Em On Down”




18)  Adolph Hofner  ~  “Does My Baby Love Me, Yes Sir!”  (With a name like Adolph and any name that starts with “H” and ends in “er,” it’s a wonder he ever got a break in the biz back then!)




19)  Dizzy Gillespie  ~  “King Porter Stomp”




20)  Robert Johnson  ~  “Come On In My Kitchen”




21)  Fats Waller & His Rhythm ft. Myra Johnson  ~  “This Joint Is Jumpin’”




22)  Benny Goodman Quartet  ~  “I Got A Heartful Of Music”




23)  Fred Astaire  ~  “A Foggy Day”




24)  Connee Boswell ~  “Whispers In The Dark”




25)  Duke Ellington  ~  “Azure”


Monday, March 20, 2017

Popular Songs Of 1937, Vol. 2

I'm fast-tracking these – just a bit. Round 2 of 4 featuring the Popular Songs of 1937. If you like these, there's more where these came from! If you don't like 'em, don't listen! Easy-peasy! Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Dick Powell & Alice Faye  ~  “I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm”




2)  Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra ft. Bing Crosby  ~  “Never In A Million Years”




3)  Billie Holiday  ~  “Easy Living”




4)  Shep Fields & His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra  ~  “That’s When Your Heartaches Begin”




5)  Sonny Boy Williamson  ~  “Good Morning, School Girl”




6)  Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys  ~  “Right Or Wrong”




7)  Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Cast  ~  “Heigh-Ho”




8)  Robert Johnson  ~  “Love In Vain Blues”




9)  Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra  ~  “Satan Takes A Holiday”  (Not often one sees a song about Satan on this blog. Guess it was overdue. Relax: it’s a harmless instrumental. You’ll LOVE it!)




10)  Ginger Rogers  ~  “They All Laughed”




11)  Fred Astaire & Dudley Dickerson  ~  “Slap That Bass”




12)  Benny Goodman & His Orchestra ft. Johnnie Davis & Frances Langford  ~  “Hooray For Hollywood”




13)  Rudy Vallée & His Connecticut Yankees  ~ “Vieni…Vieni…”




14)  Will Osborne & His Orchestra ft. Joan Whitney  ~  “In The Still Of The Night”




15)  Ella Logan  ~  “I Was Doing All Right”




16)  The Ink Spots  ~  “Swing High, Swing Low”




17)  Dick Jurgens & His Orchestra ft. Eddy Howard  ~  “Gone With The Wind”




18)  Bunny Berigan  ~  “Blues”




19)  Ready, Willing, And Able Cast  ~  “Too Marvelous For Words”




20)  Big Bill Broonzy  ~  “Don’t Tear My Clothes”




21)  Raymond Scott Quintette  ~  “Dinner Music For A Pack Of Hungry Cannibals”




22)  Robert Johnson  ~  “Terraplane Blues”




23)  Bing Crosby  ~  “The Moon Got In My Eyes”




24)  Jimmie Lewis  ~  “The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down”  (Sharp listeners will recognize this song as the theme song from all those classic Looney Tunes cartoons. Who knew it had actual lyrics???)




25)  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra ft. Jerry Cooper  ~  “It’s De-Lovely”