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~~Tunes For Our Troops~~

 

Enya - River

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[Publius]

THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK

IRVING BERLIN

ELLA FITZGERALD: ”REACHING FOR THE MOON“

The success of the United Artists movie musical “Puttin’ on the Ritz” in 1930 put Irving on a path to greater success – or so he thought. United Artists started work on a musical titled “Reaching for the Moon,” featuring Irving’s music and starring the elder Douglas Fairbanks, one of the four owners of the studio. Unfortunately, movie musicals had fallen out of favor, so Irving ended up with a musical in which all the songs had been deleted, leaving only a drama. The deleted songs went into Irving’s desk drawer and would turn up in different shows decades later. The title song, however, developed a life of its own.

This is a dark, heartbreaking melody, quite out of the ordinary for Irving. It has a Russian and Jewish flavor, as though the pogroms were just around the corner. This 1958 recording even brings in a gypsy violin.

Ella Fitzgerald: ”Reaching for the Moon”

[AZamericonnie]

~~Tunes For Our Troops~~

 

Eric ClaptonJ.J. Cale - Ride the River

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[ConorMacNessa]

REST IN PEACE, FALLEN BROTHER! And Welcome Home after 73 Long Years!



PVT. FRANK F. PENNA, USMC
Company E, 2nd Battalion
8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division
KIA Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll, 20 November 1943



Pvt. Penna will be laid to rest with full Military Honors in his hometown of Canastota, New York 17 September 2016.


"Eternal Father, Strong to Save"
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