It's delightful, it's delicious, it's dlevy!
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If you’ve ever wondered to yourself what a record producer does, all I can say is listen to this track, know that Stokes self-produced this album, and understand that no producer worth his salt would have allowed this trainwreck onto the final product.
Love Life | Mr. Right
Dorothy Loudon on American Songbook Series: Kurt Weill
Music: Kurt Weill
Lyrics & Book: Alan Jay Lerner
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Obvious, but necessary. Thank you, sir David, for keeping us all track.
Also, this particular production was particularly dreadful.
Oh yes, this production is hard to watch. But avert your eyes and enjoy Marin singing the song. And resist any temptation to watch more of it.
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I like it when rock/pop acts cover showtunes.
I do not like it when they run roughshod over the lyrics.
When Gigi, Lerner & Loewe’s written-for-film adaptation of the novella by Colette, took home the Best Original Song award, it had been five years since the Oscar went to a song from an actual musical. This isn’t my favorite song from Gigi, but what do I know? The film took home nine Oscars total, including Best Picture.
Doris Day: “Hurry! It’s Lovely Up Here” from On A Clear Day You Can See Forever
An impossibly young Barbara Cook and Robert Goulet and chorus sing a medley of the hits of the 1962 Broadway season, including A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Camelot, No Strings, and Milk & Honey.
Dorothy Loudon: “Mr. Right” from Love Life
by Kurt Weill and Alan Jay Lerner
1. There is never enough Dorothy Loudon on Tumblr.
2. This is probably one of the best Broadway scores — by two major talents no less — that still doesn’t have a full recording. Unbelievable. There was a musicians’ strike in 1948 that prevented the original cast from cutting an album. But why hasn’t this been rectified in the ensuing 65+ years? Why hasn’t Encores or the Library of Congress or even the Kurt Weill Foundation taken action on this?
I don’t really believe in “instant reblogs” but this recording of this song is about as close as I’m ever gonna get.
