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The Year of Tony Bennett

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October 24, 2021 By Suzanne Leave a Comment

Song of the Day: I Got Lost in Her Arms

The song of the day for Monday, October 25, 2021, is “I Got Lost in Her Arms.”

About This Song

Irving Berlin wrote “I Got Lost in His Arms” for Ethel Merman as Annie Oakley in the 1946 Broadway musical Annie Get Your Gun.

About This Version

Tony Bennett recorded “I Got Lost in Her Arms” (pronoun changed) in 1986 for his album The Art of Excellence. It was arranged and conducted by Jorge Calandrelli.

This is a really gorgeous recording.

“I Got Lost in Her Arms,” as well as The Art of Excellence is available on Apple Music.

Filed Under: Song of the Day Tagged With: Annie Get Your Gun, Irving Berlin, Jorge Calandrelli, The Art of Excellence, Tony Bennett

November 1, 2020 By Suzanne Leave a Comment

Song of the Day: I Got Lost In Her Arms

The song of the day for Monday, November 2, 2020, is “I Got Lost In Her Arms.”

About This Song

Irving Berlin wrote “I Got Lost In His Arms” for the 1946 Broadway musical Annie Get Your Gun, where it was introduced by Ethel Merman.

About This Version

Tony Bennett recorded “I Got Lost In Her Arms” in 1986 for his album The Art of Excellence. It was arranged by Jorge Calendrelli.

https://open.spotify.com/track/5REIrDZpm8dulTxzFacIYB?si=Y1l2nVr0TQqhz5t2mYz6Fg
“I Got Lost In Her Arms,” as well as The Art of Excellence, is available from Apple Music.

Filed Under: Song of the Day Tagged With: Annie Get Your Gun, Irving Berlin, Jorge Callendrelli, The Art of Excellence

July 8, 2020 By Suzanne Leave a Comment

Song of the Day: I Got Lost In Her Arms

The song of the day for Thursday, July 9, 2020, is “I Got Lost in Her Arms.”

About This Song

“I Got Lost In Her Arms” is from Irving Berlin’s wonderful 1946 musical Annie Get Your Gun, which starred Ethel Merman and Ray Middleton. The song’s actual title is “I Got Lost in His Arms” and was introduced by Miss Merman.

About This Version

Tony Bennett recorded “I Got Lost In Her Arms” in 1986 for The Art of Excellence. The album was Bennett’s first album after returning to the Columbia Label.

“I Got Lost in Her Arms,” as well as The Art of Excellence, is available from Apple Music.

Filed Under: Song of the Day Tagged With: Annie Get Your Gun, Irving Berlin, The Art of Excellence, Tony Bennett

November 21, 2017 By Suzanne Leave a Comment

Song of the Day: I Got Lost In Her Arms

The song of the day for Wednesday, November 22, 2017 is “I Got Lost In Her Arms.”

About This Song

“I Got Lost In Her Arms” was written by Irving Berlin for the wonderful 1946 Broadway musical Annie Get Your Gun, which starred Ethel Merman and Ray Middleton. The song’s actual title is “I Got Lost in His Arms” and was introduced by Miss Merman. It’s one of Berlin’s loveliest ballads.

About This Version

Tony Bennett recorded “I Got Lost In Her Arms” in 1986 for his album The Art of Excellence. Bennett would release an entire album of songs written by Irving Berlin the following year: Bennett/Berlin.

The photograph on the cover was taken by Annie Leibovitz.

I Got Lost In Her Arms

Listen to I Got Lost In Her Arms on Spotify. Tony Bennett · Song · 1986.


“I Got Lost In Her Arms,” as well as The Art of Excellence, is available from iTunes.

Filed Under: Song of the Day Tagged With: Annie Get Your Gun, Irving Berlin, The Art of Excellence, Tony Bennett

May 28, 2016 By Suzanne Leave a Comment

Song of the Day: There’s No Business Like Show Business

The song of the day for Saturday, May 28, 2016 is “There’s No Business Like Show Business.”

About This Song

Riving Berlin wrote “There’s No Business Like Show Business” for the 1946 musical Annie Get Your Gun, which starred Ethel Merman and Ray Middleton.

About This Version

“There’s No Business Like Show Business” is one of my favorite Irving Berlin songs. However, Tony Bennett has never recorded this song. But even Tony Bennett gets to take a night off every now and again and so I’m turning over the singing chores to two great American singing actresses.

Our featured recording of “There’s No Business Like Show Business” is from the 1954 film of same name, which starred Ethel Merman, Donald O’Connor and Marilyn Monroe. The film featured a variety of songs written by Irving Berlin.

There"s No Business Like Show Business

Listen to There"s No Business Like Show Business on Spotify. Irving Berlin · Song · 1954.

About Today

Today being video Saturday, I bring you scenes from Elaine Stritch’s Tony-winning one woman show from 2002: Elaine Stritch At Liberty, directed by George Wolfe. This show features Ms. Stritch, who was 77 at the time this production was originally mounted on Broadway. It was later filmed for television broadcast, where it won an Emmy Award. She opened the show with “There’s No Business Like Show Business,” interspersed with quips about her life in the theatre. Here’s that number:

I’m still in amazement at how fabulous her legs still were at the age of 77. To bring ourselves full circle, I’m featuring another scene from At Liberty, this time about her understudying Ethel Merman in Irving Berlin’s Call Me Madam while simultaneously appearing in a revival of Pal Joey. It’s as funny as funny can be.

This video was posted by the Schubert Theater in New Haven, which opted to bleep out certain words. Still funny. Brilliantly. After all, there’s no business like show business.

Filed Under: Song of the Day Tagged With: Annie Get Your Gun, Call Me Madam, Elaine Stritch, Ethel Merman, Pal Joey, There's No Business Like Show Business

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