ENRICO CARVSO – Una Furtiva Lacrima (1911)

“Una furtiva lacrima” had been the only really beautiful thing in Macabea's life. Wiping away her own tears she tried to sing what she heard. But her voice was as crude and out of tune as she was. When she heard it she started to cry. It was the first time she’d ever cried, she…

BIDÚ SAYÃO – Bachiana no. 5 (Cantilena)

Balduína "Bidú" de Oliveira Sayão (1902-1999) was a Brazilian opera soprano. One of Brazil's celebrated musicians, Sayão was a leading artist of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City from 1937 to 1952. Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos had an artistic partnership with the diva that lasted many years. He made a number of recordings of…

SQUIRREL NUT ZIPPERS – I’ve Found A New Baby

Squirrel Nut Zippers is an American swing and jazz band formed in 1993 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, by James "Jimbo" Mathus, Tom Maxwell, Katharine Whalen, Chris Phillips, Don Raleigh, and Ken Mosher. The band's music is a fusion of Delta blues, gypsy jazz, 1930s–era swing, klezmer, and other styles. Wikipedia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FxiJWEKUtk&ab_channel=SquirrelNutZippers-Topic I've found a new…

HEMANTA MUKHERJEE – The Many Moods of Hemanta Mukherjee

Immerse yourself in the soul-stirring tunes of Hemanta Mukherjee 's classic Bengali songs. আপনার পছন্দের ভালো গান শুনতে সাবস্ক্রাইব করুন Hemanta Mukhopadhyay, known professionally as Hemant Kumar and Hemanta Mukherjee, was a legendary Indian music director and playback singer who primarily sang in Bengali and Hindi, as well as other Indian languages like Marathi, Gujarati,…

LIL JOHNSON – Let’s Get Drunk and Truck (1936)

Lil Johnson (fl. 1920s–1930s, born 1900, date of death and places of birth and death unknown) was an American singer who recorded dirty blues and hokum songs in the 1920s and 1930s. "Get 'Em From the Peanut Man (Hot Nuts)", performed by Johnson in March 1936.No details of Johnson's origins or early life are known.…

FRAN JEFFRIES – Meglio Stasera [Henry Mancini] [Pink Panther OST] (1963)

Fran Jeffries was an American singer, dancer, actress, and model. "Meglio stasera" (known in English as "It Had Better Be Tonight") is a 1963 song in samba rhythm with music by Henry Mancini, Italian lyrics by Franco Migliacci and English lyrics by Johnny Mercer. It was composed for the 1963 film The Pink Panther, in…

GIORGIO MORODER – Theme from Midnight Express (1978)

Midnight Express is a 1978 prison drama film directed by Alan Parker and adapted by Oliver Stone from Billy Hayes's 1977 memoir of the same name. The film centers on Hayes (played by Brad Davis), a young American student, who is sent to a Turkish prison for trying to smuggle hashish out of the country.…

MIKE PATTON’S MONDO CANE – Che Notte! [stvdio/live]

"Che Notte!" [What a night!] is a song by Ferdinando "Fred" Buscaglione (1921–1960), an Italian singer and actor who became very popular in the late 1950s. His public persona – the character he played both in his songs and his movies – was of a humorous mobster with a penchant for whisky and women. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q69UuQxBZUY…

LARRY BRIGHT – Surfin’ Queen (1963)

Larry Bright was born Julian Ferebee Bright in Norfolk, Virginia on August 17, 1934. His stepfather, a Navy man, nicknamed him "Little Larry." The Bright family moved frequently around the South, finally settling in Corpus Christi, Texas, where Bright learned to play the guitar. He was exposed to a musical diet comprised mainly of Southern…

SHAWN ELLIOTT – Shame and Scandal in the Family (1964)

Shawn Elliott (1937–2016) was an American actor and singer. He is best known for starring in the original cast of Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris onstage and as Paco in the film Short Eyes (1977). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rIKIvZVj7M Woe is meShame and scandal in the familyWoe is meShame and scandal in the…