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Hello Again is a musical with music, lyrics and book by Michael John LaChiusa. It is based on the 1897 play La Ronde by Arthur Schnitzler (also titled Reigen ). It focuses on a series of love affairs among ten characters during the ten different decades of the 20th century.
Among popular versions are those by: Frank Sinatra - recorded March 2, 1951 with Axel Stordahl and His Orchestra., [1] as well as on 1965's September of My Years. [2]Perry Como - recorded March 20, 1951 with Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra. [3]
William Ruhlmann of AllMusic noted that "Williams may have been going for a more swinging, up-tempo mood, but the busy charts, full of pizzicato strings, vocal choruses, and competing counter-melodies, distracted attention from the songs. an essentially comic song like "Get Me to the Church on Time," and a few of the arrangements did work, notably the bossa nova treatment of "Begin the Beguine ...
Hello, Dolly! is a 1964 musical with lyrics and music by Jerry Herman and a book by Michael Stewart, based on Thornton Wilder's 1938 farce The Merchant of Yonkers, which Wilder revised and retitled The Matchmaker in 1954.
"Blue Skies" is a popular song, written by Irving Berlin in 1926. "Blue Skies" is one of many popular songs whose lyrics use a "bluebird of happiness" as a symbol of cheer: "Bluebirds singing a song/Nothing but bluebirds all day long." The sunny optimism of the lyrics are undercut by the minor key giving the words an ironic feeling.
Gerald Sheldon Herman (July 10, 1931 – December 26, 2019) was an American composer and lyricist, known for his work in Broadway theatre.. One of the most commercially successful Broadway songwriters of his time, Herman was the composer and lyricist for a number of hit musicals, starting in the 1960s, that were characterized by an upbeat and optimistic outlook and what Herman called "the ...
He began to realize that ragtime was not a good musical style for serious romantic expression, and over the next few years adapted his style by writing more love songs. [18] In 1915 he wrote the hit "I Love a Piano", a comical and erotic ragtime love song. [27] By 1918 he had written hundreds of songs, mostly topical, which enjoyed brief ...
"Little Girl Blue" is a popular song with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart, published in 1935. [1] The song was introduced by Gloria Grafton in the Broadway musical Jumbo . [ 2 ]