165 posted on
08/18/2018 7:42:47 PM PDT by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: LUV W; MS.BEHAVIN; Kathy in Alaska; radu; left that other site
THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK
HARRY WARREN
ONE SWEET LETTER FROM YOU
It was 1927, and finally it was time for Harry Warren to shake hands with immortality. Ironically it was the only time Harry worked with lyricists Lew Brown and Sidney Clare. Everybody recorded this song in 1927, and it was recorded well into the modern jazz era.
This song features a taste of blues-oriented chords, something very new in Harrys output, which up to this time had been geared to Italian folk melodies. George Gershwin had no problem writing like this in the years after World War I thanks to afternoons spent at the Cotton Club once he dropped out of high school, but its a totally new sound for Harry. This is a fine down-and-dirty take on the song from a pro.
Ethel Waters: One Sweet Letter from You
166 posted on
08/18/2018 7:46:00 PM PDT by
Publius
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