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Monday, April 20, 2015
Sunday, April 19, 2015
Sentimental journey.
Les Brown and His Band of Renown had been performing the song, but were unable to record it because of the 1942–44 musicians' strike. When the strike ended, the band, with Doris Dayas vocalist, had a hit record with the song,[1] Day's first #1 hit, in 1945. The song's release coincided with the end of WWII in Europe and became the unofficial homecoming theme for many veterans.[1] The recording was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 36769, with the flip side "Twilight Time".[2] The record first reached the Billboard charts on March 29, 1945 and lasted 23 weeks on the chart, peaking at #1.[3] The song actually reached the charts after the later-recorded "My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time".
About
this same time, the Merry Macs had
a recording following Brown and Day which featured a bouncy arrangement where
the group modulates (or augments) the verse eight times in the last half of the
song. A vocal feat for any group attempting to record a song in one take
without the benefit of tape editing in that era of modern recording.
The
song later became something of a standard with jazz artists and was recorded,
among others, by Buck Clayton with Woody Herman and
by Ben Sidran. Frank Sinatra recorded his version of the song in
1961. Rosemary Clooney issued an album Sentimental
Journey (2001)
which included the song.
Doris Day- Sentimental Journey
https://youtu.be/BgRgExUMEis
Doris Day & Les Brown - rare 1985 reunion video of "Sentimental Journey"
The Platters - Sentimental Journey (1963)
Ken Griffin –
Sentimental journey
Mike Reed plays "Sentimental Journey" on the
Hammond Organ
Lyrics
The song describes someone about to take a train to a place they have a great emotional attachment for. It describes their mounting anticipation and they wonder why they ever roamed away.
Doris Day – Sentimental Journey Lyrics
Gonna take a sentimental
journey
Gonna set my heart at ease
Gonna make a sentimental journey
To renew old memories
Got my bag, got my reservation
Spent each dime I could afford
Like a child in wild anticipation
Long to hear that "All aboard"
Seven, that's the time we leave, at seven
I'll be waitin' up for heaven
Countin' every mile of railroad track
That takes me back
Never thought my heart could be so 'yearny'
Why did I decide to roam?
Gotta take that sentimental journey
Sentimental journey home,
Sentimental journey!
Gonna set my heart at ease
Gonna make a sentimental journey
To renew old memories
Got my bag, got my reservation
Spent each dime I could afford
Like a child in wild anticipation
Long to hear that "All aboard"
Seven, that's the time we leave, at seven
I'll be waitin' up for heaven
Countin' every mile of railroad track
That takes me back
Never thought my heart could be so 'yearny'
Why did I decide to roam?
Gotta take that sentimental journey
Sentimental journey home,
Sentimental journey!
Songwriters: PRIMA,
LOUIS/BUTERA, SAM /
Sentimental Journey lyrics © Sony/ATV Music
Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.PS
A very popular LP record by Ken Griffin, played in the Medical Students Common room, Kynsey road, Colombo, in the early 1960s.
Philosophy of a Tibetan Mandala.
“The Tibetan monks make
mandalas out of dyed sand laid out into big, beautiful designs.
And when they’re done, after days or weeks of work, they wipe it all away. They let it all go,
no pain, no regrets. That is happiness. That is bliss. The euphoria of Nirvana. We live for
that. Just for the experience. We paint a picture and we erase it. ”
― Thisuri Wanniarachchi, The Terrorist's Daughter
And when they’re done, after days or weeks of work, they wipe it all away. They let it all go,
no pain, no regrets. That is happiness. That is bliss. The euphoria of Nirvana. We live for
that. Just for the experience. We paint a picture and we erase it. ”
― Thisuri Wanniarachchi, The Terrorist's Daughter
Saturday, April 18, 2015
Blueberry Hill.
"Blueberry Hill"
is a popular song published in 1940 best remembered for its 1950s rock n' roll version
by Fats Domino. The music was written by Vincent Rose, the lyrics by Larry Stock and Al Lewis. It
was recorded six times in 1940. Victor Records released the recording by the Sammy Kaye Orchestra with vocals by Tommy Ryan on May 31,
1940 (catalog #26643, with the flip side "Maybe"; matrix #51050[1]). Gene Krupa'sversion was issued on OKeh Records (#5672)
on June 3 and singer Mary Small did
a vocal version on the same label with Nat Brandwynne's orchestra, released
June 20, 1940 on OKeh Records #5678.
Other 1940 recordings were by: The Glenn Miller
Orchestra on Bluebird Records(10768), Kay Kyser, Russ Morgan, Gene Autry (also
in the 1941 film The Singing
Hill[2]), Connee Boswell, and Jimmy Dorsey. The largest 1940 hit was by The
Glenn Miller Orchestra, where it reached #1.[3]
Louis Armstrong's 1949 recording charted in the
Billboard Top 40, reaching #29.[4] It was an international hit in 1956 for Fats Domino and
has become a rock and roll standard. It reached #2 for three
weeks on the Billboard Top 40 charts, becoming his biggest pop hit, and spent
eight non-consecutive weeks at #1 on the R&B Best Sellers chart.[5] The version by Fats Domino was also ranked
#82 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest
Songs of All Time.[6] The song was Domino's greatest hit and
remains the song most associated with him.
Please click on each of the web-links below with your speakers on :-
fats domino - blueberry hill
Louis Armstrong 4 - Blueberry Hill
https://youtu.be/3Xy5JsrQg_Y
Vladmir Putin sings Blueberry hill
Lyrics
Vladmir Putin sings Blueberry hill
I found my thrill
On Blueberry Hill
On Blueberry Hill
When I found you
On Blueberry Hill
On Blueberry Hill
When I found you
The moon stood still
On Blueberry Hill
And lingered until
My dream came true
On Blueberry Hill
And lingered until
My dream came true
The wind in the willow played
Love's sweet melody
But all of those vows you made
Were never to be
Love's sweet melody
But all of those vows you made
Were never to be
Though we're apart
You're part of me still
For you were my thrill
On Blueberry Hill
You're part of me still
For you were my thrill
On Blueberry Hill
The wind in the willow played
Love's sweet melody
But all of those vows you made
Were never to be
Love's sweet melody
But all of those vows you made
Were never to be
Though we're apart
You're part of me still
For you were my thrill
On Blueberry Hill
You're part of me still
For you were my thrill
On Blueberry Hill
Songwriters
ROSE, VINCENT/STOCK, LARRY LAWRENCE/LEWIS, AL
ROSE, VINCENT/STOCK, LARRY LAWRENCE/LEWIS, AL
Published by
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., MEMORY LANE MUSIC GROUP
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., MEMORY LANE MUSIC GROUP
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