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Hace 16 horas · The record is based on lyrics left behind by famed composer Johnny Mercer that had never been set to music. ... Also that year, he worked with Monica Mancini on her Concord album The Dreams of Johnny Mercer, ... Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook was released on September 30, ...
Hace 6 días · Mercer was born on November 18, 1909 to real estate investor George A. Mercer, Jr. and his wife Lillian (Ciucevich). He spent his childhood and youth in Savannah, growing up in a household where music was much in evidence (despite the fact that no one in the family was especially "musical") and in a region where the local culture combined the rich literary and language traditions of both white ...
Hace 2 días · Although his family had a show-business background—his father, Nick Clooney, was a broadcast journalist, and Rosemary Clooney, his aunt, was a famous singer and actress—Clooney initially wanted to be a baseball player.After an unsuccessful tryout with the Cincinnati Reds, he moved to Los Angeles at age 21 to pursue an acting career. . Two years later he began appearing in television sitc
Hace 2 días · The song both sampled and interpolated the chorus of Tina Turner's 1984 song of the same name, though Warren G replaced the original lyrics with his own. "What's Love Got to Do with It" became a hit, making it to 32 on the US Billboard Hot 100 , becoming Warren G's third top-forty single, as well as number five on the Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart.
Hace 5 días · "White Christmas" is an Irving Berlin song reminiscing about an old-fashioned Christmas setting. The song was written by Berlin for the 1942 musical film Holiday Inn.The composition won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 15th Academy Awards.Bing Crosby's record topped the Billboard chart for 11 weeks in 1942 and returned to the number one position again in December 1943 and 1944.
Hace 5 días · Tags: Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer. "Satin Doll" is a jazz standard penned in 1953 by Duke Ellington and his longtime collaborator Billy Strayhorn. According to Duke's son Mercer, his father wrote it for his longtime partner, Bea "Evie" Ellis. Strayhorn provided the harmonization, as often was the case with Ellington's most ...
Hace 5 días · 10. According To The Lyrics, what does the golden stairway lead to? Answer: Zeppelin heaven. "Mirror Door", from the album "Endless Wire". "A golden stairway to a Zeppelin heaven, rolling thunder under a New York Sky..." "Mirror Door" was the first single from "Endless Wire", released in 2006.
