Ella Fitzgerald
Mandy Patinkin
Della Reese
Frank Sinatra - 1961
The Showtunes Sing-Off - Irving Berlin - "Always" - Part 2 of 2
Irving Berlin - "Always"
"Always"
Everything went wrong,
And the whole day long
I'd feel so blue.
For the longest while
I'd forget to smile,
Then I met you.
Now that my blue days have passed,
Now that I've found you at last -
I'll be loving you Always
With a love that's true Always.
When the things you've planned
Need a helping hand,
I will understand Always.
Always.
Days may not be fair Always,
That's when I'll be there Always.
Not for just an hour,
Not for just a day,
Not for just a year,
But Always.
Note: This is Part Two of a two part contest - Part One can be found here -
The Showtunes Sing-Off - Part 1 of 2 - Irving Berlin -...
Irving Berlin - "Always" ""Always" is a song written by Irving Berlin in 1925, as a wedding gift for his wife Ellin Mackay whom he married in 1926, and to whom he presented the substantial royalties. Although legend (and Groucho Marx) claims Berlin wrote the song "Always" for The Cocoanuts he...
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Pat Boone
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Love the variety,
Boone bores me. and Patinkin as ever bamboozles me. I can't imagine a whole concert of him doing that, but I have a friend who swears his London gigs about 15(?) years ago were the best things he's seen
Perhaps for the obvious reason, I can relate to this this song when its sung slow and simple.
Frank yes indeed. Patsy Cline was the surprise package here. But the honky tonk piano and simple repeating bass guitar did make it to similar to her normal sound, with them removed it might have got my vote. But..
My Dad surprised us, in the only known time of him buying theatre tickets, for my 23rd birthday we saw Ella Fitzgerald at the London Palladium. Her accompanist that night was Oscar Petersen. Since then I've had a hot/cold feeling for her music. An immense talent and I've learnt so much from the songbooks; but too often she completely fails to get the meaning of the song and move me. She could sing the telephone book and it would likely sound like a contender for the great american songbook!
Occasionally and mostly in slower nos where she has no need to augment or "show off" she moves me. Like Woodduck I don't think the introduction of the band adds anything here, but its a beautiful performance. One vote.
Boone bores me. and Patinkin as ever bamboozles me. I can't imagine a whole concert of him doing that, but I have a friend who swears his London gigs about 15(?) years ago were the best things he's seen
Perhaps for the obvious reason, I can relate to this this song when its sung slow and simple.
Frank yes indeed. Patsy Cline was the surprise package here. But the honky tonk piano and simple repeating bass guitar did make it to similar to her normal sound, with them removed it might have got my vote. But..
My Dad surprised us, in the only known time of him buying theatre tickets, for my 23rd birthday we saw Ella Fitzgerald at the London Palladium. Her accompanist that night was Oscar Petersen. Since then I've had a hot/cold feeling for her music. An immense talent and I've learnt so much from the songbooks; but too often she completely fails to get the meaning of the song and move me. She could sing the telephone book and it would likely sound like a contender for the great american songbook!
Occasionally and mostly in slower nos where she has no need to augment or "show off" she moves me. Like Woodduck I don't think the introduction of the band adds anything here, but its a beautiful performance. One vote.
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