Standard of the Day
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| Blog Name: | Standard of the Day |
| Url: | http://standardoftheday.blogspot.com |
| Language: | English |
| Topics: | music, standards, jazz |
| Description: | Each day (more or less), I spotlight a different classic tune from the Great American Songbook. Complete with lyrics and links to recorded versions. It's my daily tribute to the greatest music ever made. |
| Popularity: | 8 Followers |
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When I Lost You
| By Irving Berlin1912A truly heartbreaking song, and one of the most personal of standards. Berlin wrote it following the typhoid fever death of his wife of five months, a singer named Dorothy Goetz...more |
Stompin' at the Savoy
| By Edgar Sampson & Andy Razaf1934A jumping jazz standard composed by Sampson, the alto saxophonist for Chick Webb's orchestra. Although Webb recorded it first, Benny Goodman's recording shortly...more |
By the Light of the Silvery Moon
| By Gus Edwards & Edward Madden1909A turn-of-the-century chestnut that instantly evokes that specific pre-World War I era in America. It was one of several "moon" songs that were popular at the ...more |
Autumn in New York
| By Vernon Duke1934What a perfect time to spotlight this sublime piece of popular music, wouldn't you say? Prolific composer Duke wrote it for the Broadway musical Thumbs Up!, in which it was first ...more |
Thou Swell
| By Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart1927A Rodgers & Hart favorite, composed for the stage production of their musical, A Connecticut Yankee. It was first sung on stage by William Gaxton and Con...more |
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