2013年12月22日 星期日

April in Paris

曲: Vernon Duke
詞: Edgar Y. Harburg

最早錄音: Freddy Martin - 1934



同名電影 Doris Day - 1952



Ella Fitzgeralg & Louis Armstrong

歌詞

Frank Sinatra - 1957

April in Paris
Chestnuts in blossom
Holiday tables under the trees

April in Paris
This is the feeling
No one can ever reprise

I never knew the charm of spring
I never met it face to face
I never knew my heart could sing
Never missed a warm embrace

Till April in Paris,
Whom can I run to
What have you done to my heart

2013年12月15日 星期日

Alone Together

曲: Arthur Schwartz
詞: Howard Dietz

Judy Garland的版本是能在Youtube上找到最早的版本了, 希望能有Jean Sargent 1932年, Frank Luther 1932年11月, 或是Carmen McRae 1959年的版本...



歌詞
Alone together, beyond the crowd
Above the world, we're not too proud
To cling together, we're strong
As long as we're together

Alone together, the blinding rain
The starless night, were not in vain
For we're together and what is there
To fear together

Our love is as deep as the sea
Our love is as great as a love can be
And we can weather the great unknown
If we're alone together

2013年12月7日 星期六

All The Things You Are

曲: Jerome Kern
詞: Oscar Jammerstein II

1939年百老匯舞台劇" Very Warm For May"首次演唱. 只是舞台劇短短八週即下檔, 並不是很成功. Tommy Dorsey同年灌錄此曲唱片, 卻引起全美風靡並成為暢銷曲.



不過我比較喜歡 Helen Forest在1940年在Artie Shaw的大樂團擔任主唱的版本



歌詞

You are the promised kiss of springtime 
That makes the lonely winter seem long 
You are the breathless hush of evening 
That trembles on the brink of a lovely song 

You are the angel glow that lights the star 
The dearest things that I know are what you are 
Someday my happy arms will hold you 
And someday I'll know that moment divine 
When all the things you are, are mine 

You are the angel glow that lights the star 
The dearest things that I know are what you are 
Someday my happy arms will hold you 
And someday I'll know that moment divine 
When all the things you are, are mine

Ain't Misbehavin'

曲: Thomas Fats Waller/Harry Brooks
詞: Andy Razaf

Fats Waller 在1943年的電影Stormy Weather中親自彈奏並演唱這首懀炙人口的歌曲



歌詞

No one to talk with
All by myself
No one to walk with
But I'm happy on the shelf
Ain't misbehavin'
I'm savin' my love for you
I know for certain
The one I love
I'm through with flirtin'
It's just you I'm thinkin' of
Ain't misbehavin'
I'm savin' my love for you

Like Jack Horner
In the corner
Don't go nowhere
What do I care?
Your kisses are worth waitin' for
Believe me

I don't stay out late
Don't care to go
I'm home about eight
Just me and my radio
Ain't misbehavin'
Savin' my love for you

Like Jack Horner
In the corner
Don't go nowhere
What do I care?
Your kisses are worth waitin' for
Believe me

I don't stay out late
Don't care to go
I'm home about eight
Just me and my radio
Ain't misbehavin'
Savin' my love for you
Ain't misbehavin'
Savin' my love for you