Monday morning, Ella Fitzgerald with a great Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart song.
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I Wish I Were In Love Again: Mel Tormé
Couldn’t find a better singer for the quadruple-rhyming Lorenz Hart lyric with the Richard Rodgers melody bouncing along.
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Where or When: Rodgers and Hart
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I like the songs of Rodgers and Hammerstein very much, but it’s the Richard Rodgers songs written with Lorenz Hart that I appreciate the most.
Hart’s lyrics were always several notches more interesting than those of the usual love song; he was always exploring a different side of love in each song.
“Where or When” is one of my favorites with its evocative lyrics. Brian d’Arcy James and Susan Egan do the honors.
Thanks to YouTuber fschnell
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Little Girl Blue: Janis Joplin
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Monday morning, a blues.
When an artist has so much raw talent sometimes the skill and hard work are overlooked. Recently I watched the American Masters documentary about Janis Joplin and it really brought home just how intentional her work was. She knew exactly what she was doing and her idols were Nina Simone and the other great blues singers.
Her version of the great Rodgers and Hart song takes it into a different stratosphere.
Thanks to YouTuber TheJairo1710
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Blue Moon: Reina and Toni
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Reina del Cid and Toni Lindgren wax astronomical this Monday morning with a tip of the hat to the Marcel’s great Doo-Wop arrangement of the Rodgers and Hart standard.
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Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
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Anita O’Day with a great version of a great song.
Oscar Peterson – piano
Herb Ellis – guitar
Ray Brown – double bass
John Poole – drums
Thanks to YouTuber jburidan
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Perfection
What could be more perfect on a Monday morning?
Ella Fitzgerald–perfect.
Richard Rogers–perfect.
Lorenz Hart–perfect.
