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tony bennett and lena horne sings Burt
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Re: tony bennett and lena horne sings Burt
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A Big THANK YOU! This is "special" Any idea as to when this was taped?
Ron
A Big THANK YOU! This is "special" Any idea as to when this was taped?
Ron
Re: tony bennett and lena horne sings Burt
I've always found Lena Horne a very mannered singer and one who tends to take liberties with the lyrics, as she does here. The arrangement, with the chorus starting with a straight major chord instead of the major 7th, leaves a lot to be desired too.
Paul
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I wasn't keen on this either. It's funny how the so-called Greats - Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee etc etc - never 'got' Bacharach. Sinatra was especially bad - his recordings of 'Wives and lovers' and 'Close to You' are simply awful. In fact Tony Bennett was about the best of the bunch, but not here.
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Re: tony bennett and lena horne sings Burt
Well;
Thanks goodness for Dionne Warwick back in the 60's & 70's!!!
Who else could have pulled off some of those songs?
Thanks goodness for Dionne Warwick back in the 60's & 70's!!!
Who else could have pulled off some of those songs?
Take care;
Vincent
Vincent
Re: tony bennett and lena horne sings Burt
Lena Horne did do a fine version of a Bacharach song, the rarer than rare and very untypical Out of my Continental Mind, a live recording from the late 50s. Now why isn't that on any of the 'Rare Bacharach' compilations?
Paul
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.....and Wives and Lovers is good too as she doesn't deviate from the melody or change any of the words. Features a wonderfully breezy arrangement by I know not who. Yes, Sara, I agree with you about Sinatra's version of this song - why enough change a dazzling jazz waltz to a plodding 4/4? :
Paul