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"Once Upon a Time" is a song composed by Charles Strouse, with lyrics by Lee Adams, from the 1962 musical All American. [1] It describes the loss of love over time. In the musical, the song was performed by Ray Bolger and Eileen Herlie , and their version appears on the Broadway Cast recording.
September of My Years is a concept album exploring the "who am I" questions and perspectives that someone, particularly a man, faces upon entering middle age. For instance, in "It Was a Very Good Year," the narrator looks back upon his life at ages 17, 21, 35, and now, in his personal "September." The structure of the song, which lasts almost ...
Once I Loved: 1967: Ray Gilbert, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes: Once in a While: 1940: Michael Edwards, Bud Green: Once in Love with Amy: 1948: Frank Loesser (Once Upon a) Moonlight Night: 1946: Irving Bibo, Sidney Clare: Once Upon a Time: 1965: Lee Adams, Charles Strouse: One Finger Melody: 1950: Kermit Goell, Al Hoffman, Fred Spielman
It was written in late-1953 in Brooklyn, New York, with music by George Cory (1920–1978) and lyrics by Douglass Cross (1920–1975). [2] In 1962, the song was released as a single by Bennett on Columbia Records as the b-side to "Once Upon a Time", which peaked at No. 19 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
Dylan had teased the album's release by performing "Once Upon a Time", a song previously recorded by both Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett, for the Tony Bennett Celebrates 90: The Best Is Yet to Come concert, which premiered on NBC on December 20, 2016.
Around this time, Sinatra designed Villa Maggio, a holiday home and retreat near Palm Desert. [283] While he was in retirement, President Richard Nixon asked him to perform at a Young Voters Rally in anticipation of the upcoming campaign. Sinatra obliged and chose to sing "My Kind of Town" for the rally held in Chicago on October 20, 1972. [284]
Strouse's next show was All American (1962), with a book by Mel Brooks and lyrics by Adams; it was not a success, closing after 80 performances, [5] but it produced the standard “Once Upon a Time” (recorded by Perry Como, Eddie Fisher, Al Martino, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, and Bobby Darin, among dozens of others).
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