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My next show will showcase songs from movies. Not soundtracks, but songs like Moon River, Charade, A Summer Place and several dozen others that perhaps you haven’t heard. Pay special attention to Magic Mona from The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh. It’s a wonderful song sung by an extraordinary singer, Phyllis Hyman. Truly one of my favorites. Another song I love, …

Those voices, and those songs. Well, I had the most wonderful time preparing these shows, listening to this wonderful music from these talented artists, composers and lyricists. There were so many beautiful songs that I made this show into Part I and Part II. Now is a good time to tell you, the listeners, about the DMCA rules. These rules …

I was 19 years old and a student at New York University. One day while walking on 8th Street, I came across a record store (remember those?). That’s when I discovered Carmen McRae and I fell in love with her music. When I was older and CDs came out, I tried to buy a CD of Carmen’s album, Second to …

My generation was the one of the Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Steely Dan, Moody Blues, etc. I love that music and have a lot of it, but my heart belongs to the generation that came before me. I love the movie musicals from the 1930s and I also love the big band era. When I think of this music I …

Many years ago my daughter, Brandy, and I were in a Banana Republic waiting to pay for our purchases. Suddenly there was the most beautiful music coming from a big screen television which was in another room. Brandy, who is a musician, and appreciates the music as much as I do, looked at me and said “what is that?” I …

Moonlight always feels right to me because I am a night person. When the sun goes down, I go up. The best part of my day is night. In my art room, my spirits soar while listening to this music. So, on the next Sherry’s Cherries, we are going a little “beyond” into the world of light rock of the …

Way back . . . when I was a child I fell in love with TV themes. Wagon Train was on every Wednesday night and I so looked forward to the show and the theme song. Robert Horton, who played Flint McCullough, was the lookout for the wagon train and I remember thinking “golly, he’s cute”, and I was only …

Movies, Anyone? I have been listening to this music in my art room all of my life. I’ve been collecting it since childhood. Sharing the music with you is one of my greatest joys. Thank you. This week I will be debuting a new show, Sherry’s Cherries, and the first show will feature some of my favorite movie soundtracks. These …

When I was young and my daughter, Brandy, was three years old, I had a lovely young woman work for me who helped me care for Brandy and the work in the house. One day she came to work and said she saw this wonderful movie and that she had seen it several times. In the span of a few …

There are Giants in the Sky and here on earth.  Stephen Sondheim is one of them.  Stephen is embarrassed by all the accolades and awards that have been presented to him. Consider that he has received the Academy Award, eight Tony Awards, including a special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in Theater, eight Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize, several Laurence …