This song has very special meaning for me. My Dad, who was born in 1915, who enjoyed music immensely, and who was familiar with all the popular vocalists, musicians, and orchestras, between the 1920s and 1950s, often sang this song at home, in his rich, baritone voice. To this day, I can still hear him singing it.
Oh, my! That’s quite an effect, the version with vocalists being the instrumental part. You’re right about the Clooney, spot on! Such a womanly voice, and a lovely singer. With such an orchestra! Thank you.
The stars did shine bright in those days! I really appreciated reading this post. I'll go back and re-read it a couple of times...it was that interesting!
Thank you for drawing together all these various elements in, yet again, another highly instructive post. Warren should be a household name, yet it seems one drawback of the old Hollywood studio era was the number of talented artists who remained anonymous by being engulfed within the "genius of the system."
Debra, your mention of the Warner Brothers cartoons gave me the opening to indulge in this clip that highlights another of Warren's songs:
Those old cartoons were all over TV when we were kids. I learned so many great songs from them. Not to mention the classical music! My.son particularly loves Elmer Fudd. Thanks for the link to a real gem. Warren was a genius.
She was always fabulous, but I do think she hit her peak voice in the 1950's. In her later years her alto slipped into the tenor range but she still made some great late career recordings.
"...and the story goes that the song was inspired by a poem written by a war bride to her husband."
What a touching and lovely poem it must have been.
This song has very special meaning for me. My Dad, who was born in 1915, who enjoyed music immensely, and who was familiar with all the popular vocalists, musicians, and orchestras, between the 1920s and 1950s, often sang this song at home, in his rich, baritone voice. To this day, I can still hear him singing it.
Oh, my! That’s quite an effect, the version with vocalists being the instrumental part. You’re right about the Clooney, spot on! Such a womanly voice, and a lovely singer. With such an orchestra! Thank you.
I love the back stories. So much talent went into every production!
The stars did shine bright in those days! I really appreciated reading this post. I'll go back and re-read it a couple of times...it was that interesting!
You made my day, Jennifer!
Thank you for drawing together all these various elements in, yet again, another highly instructive post. Warren should be a household name, yet it seems one drawback of the old Hollywood studio era was the number of talented artists who remained anonymous by being engulfed within the "genius of the system."
Debra, your mention of the Warner Brothers cartoons gave me the opening to indulge in this clip that highlights another of Warren's songs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2CpcQ8NDGI
Those old cartoons were all over TV when we were kids. I learned so many great songs from them. Not to mention the classical music! My.son particularly loves Elmer Fudd. Thanks for the link to a real gem. Warren was a genius.
Haha, that’s a great one! I thought it was gonna be “how little we know”!
I had a lot of songs to choose from this week for sure. Glad you enjoyed this one!
Loved every word of this. Thank you for selecting these songs ...will. be searching youtube for them...
And as much as I love Rosemary Clooney, having several of her albums on CD, I don't think I've ever heard her sound better!
She was always fabulous, but I do think she hit her peak voice in the 1950's. In her later years her alto slipped into the tenor range but she still made some great late career recordings.