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The Year of Tony Bennett

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January 31, 2016 By Suzanne Leave a Comment

Song of the Day: Dearly Beloved

The song of the day for Sunday, January 31, 2016 is “Dearly Beloved .”

About This Song

Jerome Kern wrote “Dearly Beloved” for the 1942 Fred Astaire film You Were Never Lovelier, with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. Fred Astaire introduced the song in the film. The song was nominated for an Oscar for best original song, but lost to Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas.” Pretty stiff competition.

About This Version

Tony Bennett recorded “Dearly Beloved” with The Bill Charlap Trio for his 2016 album The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern.

Today marks the end of our Songwriter of the Month tribute to Jerome Kern. We’ll be starting up with a new songwriter tomorrow, so please stay tuned.

Dearly Beloved

Listen to Dearly Beloved on Spotify. Tony Bennett · Song · 2015.


“Dearly Beloved ,” as well as The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern, is available from iTunes.

Filed Under: Song of the Day Tagged With: Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer, The Bill Charlap Trio, The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern, You Were Never Lovelier

January 20, 2016 By Suzanne Leave a Comment

Song of the Day: I’m Old Fashioned

The song of the day for Wednesday, January 20, 2016 is “I’m Old Fashioned.”

About This Song

Today’s song, “I’m Old Fashioned,” was written in 1942 by Jerome Kern with lyrics by Johnny Mercer (does it get any better than this?). The song was written for the film You Were Never Lovelier, which starred Rita Hayworth and Fred Astaire. It was introduced by Nan Wynn, who voiced the song for Rita Hayworth.

Johnny Mercer said of his collaboration with Kern:

We hit it off right away. I was in such awe of him, I think he must have sensed that. He was very kind to me, treated me more like a son than a collaborator. And when he thought I had a great lyric he said, ‘Eva, Eva, come down here’, and he kissed me on the cheek and he said, ‘Eva, I want you to hear this lyric’. Well, of course I was thrilled that he liked it that much, you know. ‘I’m Old Fashioned’, that one was.

About This Version

Tony Bennett recorded “I’m Old Fashioned” with the Bill Charlap Trio for his 2015 album The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern. In addition to Mr. Charlap on piano, the trio features Peter Washington on bass and Kenny Washington on drums.

I"m Old Fashioned

Listen to I"m Old Fashioned on Spotify. Tony Bennett · Song · 2015.


“I’m Old Fashioned,” as well as The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern, is available from iTunes.

Filed Under: Song of the Day Tagged With: Bill Charlap, Bill Charlap Trio, Kenny Washington, Peter Washington, The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern, You Were Never Lovelier

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