This is awesome ...

[CA95380]

... The Eva Cassidy Story

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[GigiBowman]

That made me cry. Thank you*

 

[CA95380]

That made me cry. Thank you*

Gigi .... I agree. It made me cry, too. When they say "in the voice of an angel" it truly fits this time.

 

[editec]

Eva has a wonderful voice.

But as to making me cry?

Anyone who can sing that song even half assed can make me a tad weapy. Anyone ever hear Willy Nelson do it?

That song is genius, folks. Pure genius.

Well...pure two geniuses really... Harold Arlen (music) by E.Y. Harburg (lyrics)

FYI, Harburg wrote the lyrics first and Arlen wrote the tune that turned those words from sacarine sentimentalism into pure emotive gold.

I happened to see Arlen on 60 minutes(?) explaining how he struggled to make the tune work so well with the words.

You know how it goes "Some (low note) WHERE (extrememly high note) over the rainbow?"

He explained that it had to be that way in order to get people to emotionally go up that high with the song.

Here's a list of that man's major tunes. I've taken the liberty of emboldening those which are well known to me and probably to anyone whose musical memory includes the great tunes of the 30's and 40s.

Most of those I've emboldened are songs that the jazz greats tend to play with, typically sans the lyrics.

• "A Sleepin' Bee" - lyrics by Harold Arlen and Truman Capote
• "Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive" - lyrics by Johnny Mercer
• "Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home" - lyrics by Johnny Mercer
• "As Long as I Live" - lyrics by Ted Koehler
• "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" - lyrics by Ted Koehler
• "Blues in the Night" - lyrics by Johnny Mercer
• "Come Rain or Come Shine" - lyrics by Johnny Mercer
• "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" - lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
• "For Every Man There's a Woman" - lyrics by Leo Robin
• "Get Happy" - lyrics by Ted Koehler
• "Down with Love" - lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
• "Happiness is a Thing Called Joe" - lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
• "Hit the Road to Dreamland"
• "Hooray for Love" lyrics by Leo Robin
• "I Could Go On Singing" - lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
• "If I Only Had a Brain" - lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
• "If I Only Had a Heart" - lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
• "I Had Myself A True Love" - lyrics by Johnny Mercer
• "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues" - lyrics by Ted Koehler
• "Ill Wind" - lyrics by Ted Koehler
• "It Was Written in the Stars"
• "I've Got the World on a String" - lyrics by Ted Koehler
• "It's Only a Paper Moon" - lyrics by E.Y. Harburg, Billy Rose
• "Last Night When We Were Young"
• "Let's Fall in Love" - lyrics by Ted Koehler
• "Let's Take a Walk Around the Block" lyrics by Ira Gershwin and E.Y. Harburg
• "Like A Straw In The Wind"
• "My Shining Hour" - lyrics by Johnny Mercer
• "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" - lyrics by Johnny Mercer
• "Out of This World (Johnny Mercer song)" - lyrics by Johnny Mercer
• "Over the Rainbow" - lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
• "Right As The Rain" - lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
• "Sing My Heart" - lyrics by Ted Koehler
• "Stormy Weather" - lyrics by Ted Koehler
• "That Old Black Magic" - lyrics by Johnny Mercer
• "The Man That Got Away"
• "This Time the Dream's on Me" - lyrics by Johnny Mercer
• "When the Sun Comes Out" - lyrics by Ted Koehler

 

[CA95380]

Eva has a wonderful voice.

But as to making me cry?

Anyone who can sing that song even half assed can make me a tad weapy. Anyone ever hear Willy Nelson do it?

That song is genius, folks. Pure genius.

Well...pure two geniuses really... Harold Arlen (music) by E.Y. Harburg (lyrics)

FYI, Harburg wrote the lyrics first and Arlen wrote the tune that turned those words from sacarine sentimentalism into pure emotive gold.

I happened to see Arlen on 60 minutes(?) explaining how he struggled to make the tune work so well with the words.

You know how it goes "Some (low note) WHERE (extrememly high note) over the rainbow?"

He explained that it had to be that way in order to get people to emotionally go up that high with the song.

Here's a list of that man's major tunes. I've taken the liberty of emboldening those which are well known to me and probably to anyone whose musical memory includes the great tunes of the 30's and 40s.

Most of those I've emboldened are songs that the jazz greats tend to play with, typically sans the lyrics.

Great post. I agree - there have been several people that have done "Somewhere over the rainbow" ... but I think it was her story that really got to me.

"But as to making me cry" - must be a 'girlie" thing.

I will have to check our your links. Thanks!

 

[GigiBowman]

editec. I'm a Cancer girl (see Astrology thread), all I do is cry lol