Saturday, November 7, 2009

Saturday Music: Favorites from Ol' Blue Eyes

I'm in a Sinatra mood, my dears--hence these songs. "Witchcraft", written by Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh, was originally recorded as a solo in 1957, but this version, a 1993 duet with the beautiful Anita Baker, is WONDERFUL.



"I’ve Got You Under My Skin" written by Cole Porter, comes from a 1956 album called SONGS FOR SWINGIN’ LOVERS. Don't talk to me about anybody else's version--not even Thomas Hampson's--or the duet with Bono from the same album as the duet with Anita Baker; this one is truly the standard, and all others fall short. Harrumph.



Oh, my. It don't get no better than this. Later, fellow music mavens.

13 comments:

  1. I do sooooo love Frankie! You've got a nice pad here too! You know I must be dyslexic because I could have sworn I put that word verification in right...LOL...Let's try this again...

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  2. You probably did Miss B--I still haven't figure out exactly what that's all about. I must not be me! Anyway, love your Sat. music too! Glad you dropped by! <3

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  3. Okay ... I won't try to tell you ... I'll show you ... but evidently you'll have to go over to Looking Up to see it. ;)

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  4. Well, I can afford to let you win once. Nice new background, by the way. Love the Red Mud Inn. Gotta go find some stars now. ;)

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  5. Dunno. Where DID it go? PS Don't ask me why, but I love Painted Lady Victorian mansions--

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  6. Hey, Fair's gone too. What's up with this?

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  7. Appears that way. Oh well. Auntie can take care of that.;)

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  8. Would you call the Red Mud Inn a Queen Anne style Victorian?

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  9. Great post. Trust you to come up with great mood music. Now I have a song of ambition and double dealing and that's just getting to the screen as well as what might be on it.

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