The Song of the Day for August 20, 2012 is I Got Lost In Her Arms.
About I Got Lost In Her Arms
I Got Lost in Her Arms was written by Irving Berlin for the 1946 Broadway musical Annie Get Your Gun and was originally performed by Ethel Merman.
About This Version
Having played in the pit orchestra for a production of Annie Get Your Gun once, I have a healthy respect for this musical and the ability of Irving Berlin to write wonderful and lovely songs. That said, I never heard the deep beauty of this song until I heard Tony Bennett sing it on The Art of Excellence. From 1986:
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