Word & Song by Anthony Esolen

Word & Song by Anthony Esolen

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Word & Song by Anthony Esolen
Word & Song by Anthony Esolen
Autumn Leaves
Sometimes a Song

Autumn Leaves

Music: Jozsef Kozma / Lyrics: Johnny Mercer

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Sometimes a popular American song doesn’t originate in America. That’s the case with this week’s selection, which was widely recorded in the United States, both in instrumental and vocal versions and by more musicians than you can count. Certainly over one thousand commercial recordings of the song were made, and I’ve heard that it is the eighth-most-…

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