Singers

Some of the most beautiful melodies have come from the movies. Movies Broadway Singers and Beyond is happy to present some of this exquisite music with our show Soundtracks and Singers. Several years ago, I wrote a blog about Percy Faith called My Faith in Percy. He was a brilliant composer, conductor and arranger and I play several of his …

I love Ella Fitzgerald and have all her discs. There were so many wonderful singers “back” then. In those days, you had to have great voices to become a singer. Makes sense. There was Frank Sinatra, Johnny Mathis, Nat King Cole, Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae, Andy Williams, Barbra Streisand and many, many more. Movies Broadway Singers and Beyond is happy …

What do you call an hour with Johnny Mathis, Percy Faith, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Carmen McRae, Barbra Streisand, Steve Lawrence and more like that? I call it Paradise. Movies Broadway Singers and Beyond is happy to present Warm and Tender, some of the most beautiful songs from some of the best artists of any generation. Johnny Mathis may have …

I heard from several listeners who loved the show, Golden Lady, and asked about several songs. I will be adding several show times for this show. Stevie Wonder and all these talented performers deserve a second or third listen. So please enjoy! One of my favorites was Hummingbird by Seals and Crofts. Someone recently told me that hummingbirds are a  …

When I shared with photojournalist, Brandy Isadora, that I was doing a show featuring the wonderful Stevie Wonder called Golden Lady, she said she had the perfect photo – it had just won an award and was called Golden Lady. I lived in Los Angeles from 1979 to 1982. I listened to a radio station KJLH (Kindness Joy Love and …

Did you know? Rita Coolidge was the inspiration for Leon Russell’s song, Delta Lady? Although Rita claims she never danced naked in the garden, she was Leon’s muse ….and girlfriend. And Delta Lady is one of Leon’s best songs. The Moody Blues guitarist Justin Hayward’s song, I Know You’re Out There Somewhere is supposed to be a sequel to Your …

Glenn Miller was a musician and war hero. He had incredible success but it took time and it did not come easily. But consider his popularity reached his zenith in the late l930’s and early 1940’s. In four years Glenn recorded 16  #1 hits and 69 top ten hits. That’s more than Elvis or The Beatles. (I was shocked when …

Two of my favorite people and artists of the past are Lorenz Hart and Henri de Toulouse- Lautrec. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was an artist and Lorenz Hart was a lyricist and the first partner of composer, Richard Rodgers. Although Rodgers achieved monumental success in musical theater with Oscar Hammerstein, his partnership with Larry Hart was actually longer. He and Larry …

I love Johnny Mathis. My mother loved Johnny Mathis. We owned the 45 rpm of Chances Are. I grew up with Johnny’s 45’s, 78’s (albums), tapes and discs. I think I have everything he ever recorded, and I share them with you. I was so fortunate to have seen Johnny in person many times. One of my listeners told me …

When I was a student at New York University, I was assigned by my professor, Marion Primont, to see a play on Broadway. Most of my classmates chose a Tennessee Williams, Eugene O’Neill or Edward Albee. But Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme were appearing on Broadway with their show, Golden Rainbow. I had very little money in those days, and …