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Nat King Cole - Mona Lisa - 1950
" Mona Lisa " is a popular song written by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston for the Paramount Pictures film Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1949), in which it was performed by Sergio de Karlo and a recurrent accordion motif. The title and lyrics refer to the renaissance portrait Mona Lisa painted by Leonardo da Vinci . The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1950.
The cover version by Nat King Cole spent five weeks at number one on the Billboard singles chart in 1950. Cole's version of the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1992. Cole recorded this song again in a stereo version (with Ralph Carmichael and his Orchestra) on March 30, 1961. Cole described this song as one of his favorites among his recordings.
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" Mona Lisa " is a popular song written by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston for the Paramount Pictures film Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1949), in which it was performed by Sergio de Karlo and a recurrent accordion motif. The title and lyrics refer to the renaissance portrait Mona Lisa painted by Leonardo da Vinci . The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1950.
The cover version by Nat King Cole spent five weeks at number one on the Billboard singles chart in 1950. Cole's version of the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1992. Cole recorded this song again in a stereo version (with Ralph Carmichael and his Orchestra) on March 30, 1961. Cole described this song as one of his favorites among his recordings.
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Brother Bones & His Shadows - Sweet Georgia Brown - 1949
Freeman Davis (October 4, 1902 – June 14, 1974) was an American whistling and bone playing recording artist best known by his stage names " Brother Bones " and " Whistling Sam. "
He is best remembered for his 1949 recording (as Brother Bones and His Shadows) of the 1925 standard " Sweet Georgia Brown ." The recording became nationally famous after its adoption as the theme song of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team in 1952… Despite the success of this record, Davis himself remained relatively unknown.
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Freeman Davis (October 4, 1902 – June 14, 1974) was an American whistling and bone playing recording artist best known by his stage names " Brother Bones " and " Whistling Sam. "
He is best remembered for his 1949 recording (as Brother Bones and His Shadows) of the 1925 standard " Sweet Georgia Brown ." The recording became nationally famous after its adoption as the theme song of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team in 1952… Despite the success of this record, Davis himself remained relatively unknown.
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Frank Sinatra - The Way You Look Tonight - 1964
" The Way You Look To-night " is a song from the film Swing Time that was performed by Fred Astaire and composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics written by Dorothy Fields . It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1936. Fields remarked, "The first time Jerry played that melody for me I went out and started to cry. The release absolutely killed me. I couldn't stop, it was so beautiful."
The most popular and imitated version was recorded by Frank Sinatra with the Nelson Riddle orchestra in 1964. - more at Wikipedia
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" The Way You Look To-night " is a song from the film Swing Time that was performed by Fred Astaire and composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics written by Dorothy Fields . It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1936. Fields remarked, "The first time Jerry played that melody for me I went out and started to cry. The release absolutely killed me. I couldn't stop, it was so beautiful."
The most popular and imitated version was recorded by Frank Sinatra with the Nelson Riddle orchestra in 1964. - more at Wikipedia
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