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[rabbitcruiser]

Glenn Miller recorded “Chattanooga Choo Choo” for RCA on May 7, 1941.

[audiemurphy1945]

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[nonesuchrecords]

I Love a Love Song!, the second album from Rachael & Vilray—Lake Street Dive singer/songwriter Rachael Price and composer, singer, and guitarist Vilray—is due January 13. You can pre-order now here. Nonesuch Store pre-orders include an exclusive autographed print in one of four colors selected at random.

The album features eleven new songs written by Vilray plus the 1930s classic "Goodnight My Love" written by Mack Gordon and Harry Revel. The album was produced, engineered, and mixed by Dan Knobler and features arrangements from Jacob Zimmerman.

[nelson-riddle-me-this]

Song-a-Day July, #29:

"I Wish I Knew"

MUSIC by Harry Warren

LYRICS by Mack Gordon

[nicolestishenko]

It recently occurred to me that I had not posted the booklet I made with Mack Gordon for his 2017 play, Six Fine Lines. It is still one of my favourite projects to date. Sometimes, having limitations in creative work, such as colour, media or including a frame, really helps me to dig deeper and produce work that I find to have more emotional value.

[dweemeister]

You'll never know just how much I miss you; You'll never know just how much I care.

“You’ll Never Know” from Hello Frisco Hello (1943) -- music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Mack Gordon; performed by Alice Faye

A standard of the Great American Songbook, “You’ll Never Know” became the signature song of Alice Faye -- an established star contracted to 20th Century Fox at the peak of her career during World War II.

“You’ll Never Know” earned composer Harry Warren and lyricist Mack Gordon the Academy Award for Best Original Song.

[feeling-and-form]

~ century americana ~ a mix to play for a future music appreciation class. features a sliver of the best american music, 1900-1950. instrumental & vocal. 

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1. rhapsody in blue - jenö jandó. 2. s’wonderful - richard alden. 3. embraceable you - ella fitzgerald. 4. the man i love - martin böttcher. 4. top hat, white tie, and tails - franck pourcel. 5. alexander’s ragtime band - ray conniff. 6. there’s no business like show business - werner müller. 7. cheek to cheek - doris day. 8. it’s delovely - ella fitzgerald. 9. so in love - franck pourcel. 10. night and day - frank sinatra. 11. ol’ man river - frank sinatra. 12. bewitched, bothered, and bewildered - cyril stapleton. 13. i have dreamed - ronnie aldrich. 14. on the sunny side of the street - manhattan transfer. 15. stars and stripes forever - andre kostelanetz. 16. moonlight serenade - the poll winners. 17. at last - max greger. 18. old devil moon - edmundo ros. 19. summertime - porgy and bess. 20. it ain’t necessarily so - jenö jandó. 21. bess, you is my woman now - ella fitzgerald & louis armstrong. 22. smoke gets in your eyes - werner müller. 23. climb ev’ry mountain - audra mcdonald. 24. somewhere over the rainbow - doris day. 25. all the things you are - carly simon. 26. you’ll never walk alone - josh groban. 27. there’s a small hotel - werner müller. 28. blue moon - werner müller. 29. march of the siamese children - werner müller. 30. if i loved you - cyril stapleton. 31. as time goes by - andy williams. 32. he loves and she loves - stéphane grapelli, yehudi menuhin, & nelson riddle. 33. the man that got away - frank chacksfield. 34. prologue - leonard bernstein. 35. somewhere - franck pourcel. 36. dancing in the dark - kai warner. 

[rabbitcruiser]

The first gold record (for selling 1 million copies) was presented to Glenn Miller for "Chattanooga Choo Choo" on February 10, 1942.