Just Because Music — Ella and Chick Webb with “Sing me a swing song”
Doesn’t get better than this, from 1936: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Vdvut6IgJQ[/youtube]
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Just Because Music — The Ames Brothers’ “The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane”
Another in the category of “they don’t write ’em like the used to”: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGpR6R3a1D4[/youtube]
Continue readingJust Because Music — Michael Buble’s Sway
I’d never heard this song before today, but my daughter introduced me and she’s right — it’s good! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG8giVJKQPI[/youtube]
Continue readingJust Because Music — The Kingston Trio’s Merry Minuet
This song is as timely now as it was then, only more so: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8-BI89mb9A[/youtube] They’re rioting in Africa. They’re starving in Spain. There’s hurricanes in Florida, and Texas needs rain. The whole world is festering with unhappy souls. The French hate the Germans, the Germans hate the Poles. Italians hate
Continue readingCan you imagine Hollywood making something like this now?
Nelson Eddy, as a Canadian Mountie, enthusiastically sings about capturing criminals dead or alive: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZiSGqx4oVU[/youtube]
Continue readingJust Because Music — Who’s Sorry Now?
This song is dedicated to Barack Hussein Obama, who has now announced that, contrary to all previously known facts, he warned Mubarak from the beginning that the latter had to enact democratic reforms or else: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjHJ_snG3RI[/youtube]
Continue readingJust Because Music: Things you never thought you’d hear
The Bee Gees performing Irving Berlin’s Alexander’s Ragtime Band: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-D1_pewQfY[/youtube] I can’t decide if I like this version or not, but it’s certainly interesting.
Continue readingJust Because Music — “My canary has circles under his eyes”
A Jazz Era classic: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZOxIlD4J4E[/youtube]
Continue readingJust Because Music — Artie Shaw’s Frenesi
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPwRkrijM8o[/youtube]
Continue readingJust Because Music: John Waite’s “I ain’t missing you”
I can never tell if I like this song on its own merits or because it reminds me of a very happy time in my life. Either way, here it is: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPSE0cITcDM[/youtube]
Continue readingJust Because Music — Burl Ives
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzV-8TofHTw[/youtube]
Continue readingJust Because Music — Roger Miller’s King of the Road
This song, which I heard on the radio the other day, made me realize that there was a time when single homeless men were treated differently at a cultural level. I make no comment on that different treatment, I just note it: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhApYxZisBI[/youtube]
Continue readingJust Because Music — Strauss’ Fledermaus Overture
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHF5LP53LZY[/youtube]
Continue readingJust Because Music — Andrews Sisters’ “Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree”
Perfect for a Saturday night: Harry James, the Andrews Sister and Shemp: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcyiC79l910[/youtube]
Continue readingJust Because Music — Rick Astley’s Together Forever
I’m always amazed at the big voice that comes out of this sweet, wispy-looking little guy. And it’s great dance music: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPYZpwSpKmA[/youtube]
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