A Taste Of Honey December 8th
Picking the best songs from Harold Arlen(born Hyman Arluck 15th February 1905) is difficult at best but the playlist below has my favourite picks and some great versions.Fortunate enough to be talented as a composer (and he sang a little too!!!!),the fact that he lived in a time where he was able to have collaborators as talented as Johnny Mercer,Ted Koehler,E Y (Yip) Harburg and Ira Gershwin has guaranteed the body of work he created with them is timeless.Assuming you enjoyed the music ,just for a bit of fun check out the videos of Groucho Marx and The Muppets for “Lydia,The Tattooed Lady” on www.utube.com.
If you have any requests or would like more information on the songs played on “A Taste Of Honey” drop me a note at stuart@eastsidefm.org
Artiste | Track |
Don McLean | (What A)Wonderful World |
Rufus Wainwright | Come Rain or Come Shine |
Bud Shank Sextet | Accentuate the Positive |
Buddy Rich and mel Torme | Blues In The Night |
Chris Botti | Let’s Fall In Love |
Barbra Streisand & Harold Arlen | Ding Dong The Witch Is dead |
Harry Connick Jnr | Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead |
Groucho Marx | Lydia The Tattooed Lady |
The Whitlams | If I Only Had A Brain |
Tony DeSare | Get Happy |
Jane Monheit | Hit The Road To Dreamland |
Diana Krall &Christian McBride | I’Ve Got The World On A String |
Nat “King”Cole | It’s Only A Paper Moon |
Oscar Peterson | That Old Black Magic |
Coleman Hawkins | The Man Who Got Away |
Frank Sinatra | One For My Baby(And One More for the Road) |
Judy Garland | Over TheRainbow(Live) |
Julie London | I’d Like You For Xmas |
Johnny Mercer | Jingle Bells |