Here's a classic I heard at a water park I visited yesterday. They played a wide variety of music there - everything from the 50s through the 90s and possibly even more recently.

"On the Street Where You Live" by Vic Damone from 1956: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R0Kq448rxc

Many people have recorded the song, which was written for the 1956 Broadway musical My Fair Lady, but this was the biggest. Vic Damone is one of the few from that era who's still around, having recently celebrated his 89th birthday.

Here's an interesting tune I stumbled across earlier...

"Turning Back The Hands Of Time" by Neil Sedaka: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tdiaS8oE2M

Some of you may remember Sedaka from his popular hits in the early 60s ("Calendar Girl", "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen" and "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" among others), but apparently he's stayed active over the years despite fading from the spotlight. This is set to the tune of Puccini's "Nessun Dorma" with lyrics by Sedaka and is from a 1996 album called Classically Sedaka, featuring new songs with lyrics by Sedaka set to the tune of various classical music pieces. I had absolutely no idea that Sedaka could sing like this.

Nor me....my favourite opera voice is the " Tenor " he does this song..." Nessun Dorma " justice...yes this is a different side to him, the best side In my opinion...

Here's another one from the same CD. "The Keeper of My Heart", set to the tune of the 18th Variation from Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. The audio quality isn't the greatest here, but it's still a great tune. This really shows what a brilliant songwriter he is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d1pkbl4UsI

These two had - have something special...a shared loving bond...Big Tom & Margo - A Love That's Lasted Through The Years...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A9FpPiCItM

I never did care for Sedaka but that is unbelievable . going to have to check out the CD.

Jackie - That was the best! I love Big Tom and Margo! Thanks for posting.

You are both welcome.... this was a pleasure to have found...one I shall come back to whenever I need my spirits boosting...

Edited to add...Big Tom is Tom McBride and Margo is Margo O'Donnell, sister to Daniel O'Donnel the famous and wonderful Irish singer...

The first line of a song, from a movie I think, has been running through my head for 3 days.  I have no idea where it came from...just all of a sudden, boom!
"Life upon the wicked stage..." and that's all I can think of, other than a bit of the tune.  Can someone help me here?  It's driving me daft!

Hey, I Googled it.  "Life Upon the Wicked Stage ain't nothing that a girl supposes"...It's by Jerome Kern, and from "Showboat".  There's a neat YouTube!

Tomereader I  missed your question, otherwise I could have answered. I saw Showboat and to me that tune was a showstopper

It's an eclectic blend this time around from the sublime (Massenet) to the ridiculous ("Jackie Bear"). Gershwin's Porgy is always a pleasant listening experience, and with the youthful exuberance of the Bizet work combined with the excitement of the Paganini work plus all the others it appears a good show is in store.

Reid’s Records:   Programme   #1542 July 23/2017
1:   Rossini: Thieving Magpie CDG7453
        Madacy   MSB-2-8711-3      10:35    10:35

2:    Weber: Der Freischtz  CDW4230
          Nimbus NI 5154  (track 3)                       10:03   20:38

3:   Tchaikovsky:  June CDS1446
         Sony IDK 85054 ( track 10)                    05:30      26:08

4:     Gershwin: Catfish Row CDG3305
         EMI CDC-7 49278 2 (tracks 1-2-5)                    18:40       44:48

5:    Beethoven: Triple Concerto (largo) B4.0063 CDR-155
    DG 2535153 (side 2)   Tr 4       04:49      49:37

6:   Bizet: Symphony in C (3rd & 4th mvmnt) CDB7013
   Philips 416 437-2 (tracks 3 & 4)   11:52      61:29   

7:   Ibert: Divertissement R2.0412 CDR-150
         MHS 7002M  (side 2, track 2)    Tr 17                    15:08      76:37

8:   Enesco: Romanian Rhapsody #1 CDS8299
   EMI   CDM7 63662 2) (track 2)   11:49      88:26
   
9:    Schubert: Trout Quintet CDS2065
        EMI CDC 7 47009 2 (tracks 3-4)                    12:03   `   100:29

10:   Josef Strauss: Music Of The Spheres CDS8059
        London 411 932-2  (track 3)                    08:26      108:55

11:   Paganini: Guitar/Violin Variations CDP2038
   CBS MK34508 (tracks  13- 14 - 15)   11:28      120:23

12:   von Winter: Flute Concerto  #1 CDL4747
   Naxos 857093   (Track 1)      11:44      132:03

13:   Rodrigo: Adagio (Aranjuez) CDR7066
         DG 415 349-2  (track 2)                             11:13      143:15

14:   Massenet: Last Sleep Of The Virgin CDM3543
         Klavier KCD 11007 (track 4)      04:32       147:47

15:   Bellini: E-flat Oboe Concerto   CDC7628
   Naxos   855391 (track 16)      08:31      156:18

16:   Delibes: Coppelia CDG8150
        EMI 7625152 (track 5)       04:20      160:38      



Sunday afternoon 1:00 P.M.  D.S.T    -5 GMT (Canada)
http://tunein.com/radio/1069-The-X-s12279/

Glen Campbell  1936 ~ 2017

So sorry to hear of his passing.
Two of my favorite songs.  Always make me feel melancholy.

Galveston: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBLboy3aXA0&list=PLKYx4pBPq3FQBthHpYoJvWYWQ9uRmHdaV

Gentle On My Mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSDRdCDAhp0

Marilyne, thank you. It is a very, very sad thing. Both my Mom and my husband had this illness. My prayers are with his family. I love Glens' music.

A friend just told me about this while flipping through random AM stations (certain AM stations can be heard for hundreds of miles at night). WSM in Nashville is doing a big tribute to Glen Campbell right now. You can listen online at http://wsmonline.com/listen-live/.

Thanks for that link.   

Thanks for this great link !!!  Will be listening !

Joy

Here's something that should interest many of you. A company in Philadelphia has just digitized 25,000 78RPM records and made those recordings available for free through the website Internet Archive. http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/arts-culture/106319-philly-company-digitizes-collection-of-25000-old-records-and-growing-free-to-download

Don. Now I hate to see that done.  These old records are now collected by many people. Same with the music.  Most the people on them have now passed.  I am getting tired now from lots of things that are happening with Technology. Was great for awhile.  Now can't get any one on phone in the business world. Health field  Has all to be done by texting.   Maybe I am getting old and inpatient. I want good service back.

My Record player that I bought in 1966 still works great. Beautiful woodwork and I have most of the albums from that time. All the good London, NY. Shows that were so great.

Quote from: Oldiesmann on August 12, 2017, 02:43:13 PM
Here's something that should interest many of you. A company in Philadelphia has just digitized 25,000 78RPM records and made those recordings available for free through the website Internet Archive. http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/arts-culture/106319-philly-company-digitizes-collection-of-25000-old-records-and-growing-free-to-download

Thanks for that info/link.  That's a bunch of fantastic music.  Could keep me tied up for a long time     
I haven't been to the "Internet Archive" for a long time.

Well I just woke up to this discussion and will be sure to follow.   This may have been posted, have a lot of reading and listening to do.    Yesterday I was looking at some old Britain has Talent and wondered about Susan Boyle.   I found this piece.  Always a fan of Nat King Cole and know there is one with his daughter dubbed in, but think this is great, wonderful  how they blended the voices at the end.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHgAKak5VWM

Thank you Jack - That blend is really amazing!  I've also always loved the blended recording of Nat Cole and his daughter Natalie singing Unforgettable.  Now I'm in the mood to listen to some of Nat King Cole's records from long ago. His version of Stardust, is one of my favorites. 

Marilyne   that one is special to me since it was 1956 the year we married.

Did you know Nat King Cole had a brother.  He still plays piano jazz.  My son saw him a while back at a nearby Jazz Club. Yesterday he saw Houston Preston.

A Youtube start point for Freddy Cole is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7sc1V02dLk

Rick - that's really interesting about Freddy Cole.  I had no idea that Nat had a brother, and especially one who is a performer!  He was born in Oct. 1931, so will be 86.  I listened to a couple of other selections, and they are all good.  His style is completely different from his brother. 

Jack - if you go to Rick's link, you can listen to Freddy Cole's version of Unforgettable. It's pretty good . . . I liked it.  My husband and I were also married in 1956. Not sure, but I think that FlaJean and Larry were married that same year?

It seems they were a talented family of singers, I have just found out there is - was another one of them...Ike Cole...the younger brother of Nat "King" and the older brother of Freddy...Link...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGRvFj6si78

Continue to be amazed with google and youtube.   Did not know about the others in that talented family.  Now I found this piece with Natalie, Ike and Freddy singing Unforgettable.    The link also has some fond memories of Nat.  He is Unforgettable!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsSBs9vCFsM

If you like piano jazz, there is a program on Saturday nights on my local PBS station featuring Marilyn McPartlan (I'm not sure about the spelling or if she is even alive.  I heard her years ago weekly on this same PBS station when we lived on our farm about 45 miles south of here).  I'm fairly sure these "new" programs are re-broadcasts of her programs from the late 70's, early 80's.  She interviews other jazz musicians, plays tunes with them--and it's a very entertaining program.  You might like to check out your local PBS station to see if they have it. 

Another favorite of PBS Saturday night shows is "Swinging Down the Lane" at 10:00 pm. CDT.  The host is a male who plays 40 dance tunes from the big bands.  I was still in grammar school then, but when I was in college in the mid-50's, the big bands played at formal dances--I remember the Jimmy Dorsey band particularly as my date (later my husband) and I were photographed at the bandstand listening to the orchestra up close and personal! 

Oh, and when I WAS a young school girl, my grown up cousin took us on Saturday to a book store that sold comics and also a weekly hit parade book with the lyrics to all the songs on the Hit Parade.  My sisters and I all sang in children's and later adult choirs and we knew the lyrics and melody to all those pop tunes.  Do you remember Chickory Chick, Cha La Cha La?  That was a favorite!



SCFSue

Sue, Marian McPartlan is on our NPR station Saturday mornings, but not on PBS (or at least I've never found her on the TV station).  She died a few years ago and I think she was 92 at the time of her death.  I have never heard of the other program you mention.

Mary Ann

Last I read on Susan Boyle was that she is not seen very much any more. She always suffered from Depression and it seems to have hit her again. One can't really go by what is printed in the News.  She made quite a bit of money and so if she is sick I am sure she is being well taken care of.  Hope so.