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| YOUTUBE DOT COM Theme Song by Irving Fields |
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92 year-old Irving Fields has been writing hit
songs since the 1920's. He recorded over 90
albums, including his biggest LP hit, Bagels and
Bongos. Socalled suggested he write a song about
Youtube, and he did. He plays 6 nights a week at
Nino's Tuscanny, on 58th between 6th and 7th...
oh, and Irving plays on Socalled's most recent
album, Ghettoblaster. irvingfields.net,
myspace.com/socalled
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Durée : 170 s |
| Harmonica - Blue Skies - Irving Berlin |
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Please comment on my videos.
Blue Skies by Irving Berlin played on chromatic
harmonica.
If you play the harmonica and have videos on
YouTube then join the Harmonica Group:
http://www.youtube.com/group/harmonica
"Blue Skies" is a popular song, written by Irving
Berlin.
Here are the lyrics:
I was blue, just as blue as I could be
Every day was a cloudy day for me
Then good luck came a-knocking at my door
Skies were gray but theyre not gray anymore
Blue skies
Smiling at me
Nothing but blue skies
Do I see
Bluebirds
Singing a song
Nothing but bluebirds
All day long
Never saw the sun shining so bright
Never saw things going so right
Noticing the days hurrying by
When youre in love, my how they fly
Blue days
All of them gone
Nothing but blue skies
From now on
I should care if the wind blows east or west
I should fret if the worst looks like the best
I should mind if they say it cant be true
I should smile, thats exactly what I do
History
The song was composed in 1926 as a last minute
addition to the Rodgers and Hart musical, Betsy.
Although the show only ran for 39 performances,
"Blue Skies" was an instant success, with
audiences on opening night demanding 28 encores of
the piece from star, Belle Baker. During the final
repetition, Baker forgot her lyrics, prompting
Berlin to sing them from his seat in the front
row.
In 1927, the music was published and Ben Selvin's
recorded version was a #1 hit. That same year, it
became the first song to be featured in a talkie,
when Al Jolson performed it in The Jazz Singer.
1946 was also a notable year for the song, with a
Bing Crosby/Fred Astaire film taking its title,
and two recorded versions by Count Basie and Benny
Goodman reaching #8 and #9 on the pop charts,
respectively. Crossing genres, Willie Nelson's
recording of "Blue Skies" was a #1 country music
hit in 1978.
Recorded Versions
* Ben Selvin (1927)
* Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra (with vocal
by Frank Sinatra) (1941)
* Count Basie and his orchestra (with vocal by
Jimmy Rushing) (1946)
* Bing Crosby (1946)
* Benny Goodman and his orchestra (with vocal
by Art Lund) (1946)
* Frank Sinatra (1946)
* The McGuire Sisters (1957)
* Ella Fitzgerald (1958)
* Jim Reeves (1962)
* Willie Nelson (1978)
* Rosemary Clooney
* Cassandra Wilson (1988)
* Lavay Smith & Red Hot Skillet Lickers (1996)
* Groove Armada (1999)
* Fiona Apple and Brad Mehldau (2002) --
unreleased, but performed at Club Largo.
* Brent Spiner performing as Lt. Cmdr. Data,
in the 2002 movie Star Trek: Nemesis.
* Caetano Veloso (2004)
Selected Appearances in Film
* The Jazz Singer (1927)
* Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
* Blue Skies (1946)
* White Christmas (1954)
* Glengary Glen Ross 1994
* With Honors (1994)
* Patch Adams (1998)
* Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
* The Aviator (2004)
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Durée : 155 s |
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