June 8, 2002
The Notables
Intermission
Joe
Vento and his All-Star Orchestra, with Russell Nakaoka singing "Sinatra"
- In the Mood (1938: w: Andy Razaf; m: Joe Garland)
- Someone to Watch Over Me (1926: w. Ira
Gershwin; m. George
Gershwin; from the musical show Oh, Kay!)
- Latin Fantasy
- April in Paris
(1932: w. E[dgar] Y[ipsel] "Yip" Harburg; m. Vernon Duke [b.
Vladimir Dukelsky]; from the musical show Walk a Little Faster; used in the films April
in Paris [1953], Both Ends of the Candle, and Paris
Holiday
[1958])
- All or Nothing at All
(1940: wm. Arthur Altman & Jack Lawrence; revived in 1943, when it
became a hit; used in the films This Is the Life [1944] and Weekend
Pass [1944]; Frank Sinatra's theme song)
- The
Way You Look Tonight (1936: w. Dorothy
Fields; m. Jerome
Kern; from the musical film Swing
Time [another
web site], which featured Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers; this song won
an oscar)
- Witchcraft
(1957: w. Carolyn Leigh; m. Cy Coleman)
- The Lady Is a Tramp
(1937: w. Lorenz Hart; m. Richard
Rodgers; from the musical show Babes in
Arms; used in the films
Babes
in Arms [1939] and Pal
Joey [1940]; song written in one day)
- I've Got You Under My Skin
(1936: wm. Cole [Albert ] Porter; from the film Born to Dance [1936];
used in the musical film Night and Day [1946], biopic of Cole Porter;
also used in the films This Could Be the Night [1957]
and Evil
Under the Sun [1982])
- Come Fly
With Me (1958: w. Sammy Cahn; m. Jimmy Van Heusen [b. Edward Chester
Babcock]; used in the films Come
Fly with Me [1963] and One Giant Leap [1971])
- Summer Wind
(1966: English w. Johnny Mercer [original
was German]; m. Henry Mayer)
- All the Way
(1957: w. Sammy Cahn; m. Jimmy Van Heusen; used
in the films The
Joker Is Wild [1957]; the song won an oscar)
- New York, New York
(1977: w. Fred Ebb; m. John Kander; theme song from the film New York, New York)
- My Way
© (1969: w. Paul Anka; m. Giles Thibault, Jacques Revaux, and Claude
François; from the French song Mon Habitude; song popularly revived in
1978)
