Burt Bacharach was talented and charismatic. There is no doubt about it. Consequently, his shyer partner, Hal David, was never given as much recognition as he should have been. His lyrics were wonderful. On Movies Broadway Singers & Beyond our next tribute will be dedicated to Part Two of The Collaborators and sometimes there even more than two. Our tribute ... Read More »
Category Archives: Singers
Listen to Movies Broadway Singers and Beyond in you Car…for Free!!!
Dear Fans of Movies Broadway Singers and Beyond, I am so happy to be able to share this beautiful music with you. It was always my dream. I have been asked if people can play Movies Broadway Singers and Beyond in their car, truck, SUV, or other vehicle. Well, you can! Since we’re an Internet radio station you will need ... Read More »
Sherry’s Cherries: Two By Two
I recently read a review of Richard Rodger’s prolific career and it indeed it was prolific. Composer Rodgers created music with Lorenz Hart, Oscar Hammerstein and all alone, with his last musical, No Strings. The review said that Rodgers was a genius, which he was and that Lorenz Hart, or Larry as I think of him, was a talented amateur. ... Read More »
Sherry’s Cherries: I Have Dreamed
Frank Sinatra’s I Have Dreamed from The Concert Sinatra, taken from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I is an all-time favorite. In fact, all the songs on Sherry’s Cherries new show, I Have Dreamed, are all all-time favorites. Composer and lyricist, Cole Porter, came from a wealthy family. Although encouraged to go to “law school”, Cole knew that his ... Read More »
Sherry’s Cherries – My Shining Hour
I’ve often been asked what my favorite song is and frankly, I can’t answer. I have hundreds of favorites. On Sunday, July 2nd, Movies Broadway Singers and Beyond pays tribute to some of these favorites. You’ll hear from Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Johnny Mathis, Carmen McRae, Percy Faith, Barry Manilow and more. Listen for music from the genius of Lorenz ... Read More »
Sherry’s Cherries: and the Winner Is… or Should Have Been
When I was very young and watched the Academy Awards, I would always root for my favorite. When Elizabeth Taylor won in 1966 for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, my friends and I were cheering in my dorm room at NYU. I hoped Richard Burton would win also. I believed he needed it more than Elizabeth. I think she felt ... Read More »
Sherry’s Cherries: Heart and Soul
My fondness for Lorenz Hart goes back a long way. He’s one of the first people I’d hug when I cross over. (The other two are Judy Garland and Stephen Sondheim.) Our next Sherry’s Cherries pays tribute to some of the songs that I could not live without. You’ll hear voices like Frank Sinatra, Michael Bublé, Carly Simon, Ella Fitzgerald, ... Read More »
Sherry’s Cherries: Times of Your Life
When I’m asked what my favorite song is, I can never answer. I have favorites in pop music, Broadway, and movies. My recently retired husband, Mark, who is now listening to all of the music he bought in our 55 years together, recently said that our radio station reminds him of Ed Sullivan. Ed Sullivan? Then he said that Ed ... Read More »
Sherry’s Cherries: Sunday Will Never Be The Same
Please join us for a new tribute to lite rock. As a teenager, in the age of the Beatles and Rolling Stones, I was caught in a time warp. I was hooked on the music of Cole Porter, George and Ira Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Rodgers and Hart and Hammerstein, Lerner and Loewe, and others. But through the years, I did ... Read More »
Sherry’s Cherries: Our Language of Love
What do Josh Groban, Steve Lawrence, Sarah Vaughan, K.D. Lang and Engelbert Humperdinck all have in common? They are all wonderful singers with distinctive voices who created beautiful music. Please join Movies Broadway Singers and Beyond as we pay tribute to these many wonderful performers. Also included will be Ella Fitzgerald, Johnny Mathis, Barbra Streisand, Doris Day, Eydie Gorme and ... Read More »