The song of the day for Saturday, June 6, 2020, is “Tea For Two.” About This Song “Tea For Two” was written by Vincent Youmans and Irving Caesar for the very popular 1925 musical No, No Nanette. The musical had a very successful revival on Broadway in 1971, which helped to make “Tea For Two” […]
Song of the Day: Lost in the Stars
The song of the day for Thursday, June 4, 2020, is “Lost in the Stars.” About This Song “Lost in the Stars” was written by Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson for the 1949 musical of the same name, based on the 1948 novel by Alan Paton, Cry, the Beloved Country. Set in South Africa in […]
Song of the Day: Dancing in the Dark
The song of the day for Wednesday, June 3, 2020, is “Dancing in the Dark.” About This Song “Dancing in the Dark” was written by Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz for the 1931 revue The Band Wagon and is widely considered to be the finest of the songs written by Schwartz and Dietz. Alec Wilder […]
Song of the Day: Then Was Then, Now is Now
The song of the day for Tuesday, June 2, 2020, is “Then Was Then, Now is Now.” About Today This week, jazz and pop fans have been celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Miss Peggy Lee, born as Norma Deloris Egstrom in North Dakota on May 26, 1920. About This Song Cy Coleman […]