Kay Starr – The Rock and Roll Waltz

April 8, 2008

Kay Starr was born Katherine Laverne Starks in Dougherty, Oklahoma. She started singing “career” when she was 7 years old when her aunt arranged for her to sing on a local Dallas radio station, WRR for a talent competition. She finished 3rd one week and placed first every week thereafter eventually landing her own 15 [...]

Read more →

Bing Crosby – Yesterday When I Was Young

April 8, 2008

In 1977 Bing Crosby sat down to record what would be his last album, “Seasons.” On the album he chose to include songs with a theme from each time of year winter, spring, summer, and fall. He also included the Charles Aznavour penned song, that was translated into English by Herbert Kretzmer, “Yesterday When [...]

Read more →

Bing Crosby – Old Man River

April 7, 2008

Bing Crosby sang “Old Man River” during his second year of stardom, around 1928, with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra. The music was written by Jerome Kern and the lyric was written by Oscar Hammerstein and was originally included in the 1927 Broadway musical “Showboat.”

Read more →

Patti Page – Allegheny Moon

April 5, 2008

If you had to name a first lady of pop standards I couldn’t think of anyone more suited to the title than Patti Page. With a recording career spanning 70 years, that’s right 70, and with more than 100 million records sold, Patti has got to be the most successful female singer of the Traditional [...]

Read more →

Nat King Cole – Nature Boy

April 5, 2008

I first heard this song about two years ago. It was on a summer day when I first came across this song, not knowing anything about it other than it was a Nat King Cole song, I played it. As I listened the song’s haunting almost mystical quality wove it’s spell one me, I fell [...]

Read more →