Great Songs to Check Out (From the List in Chapter 8)
SHOW TUNES AND OPERA
Show Me (from My Fair Lady), sung by Julie Andrews
Get Me To The Church on Time (from My Fair Lady), sung by Stanley Holloway
The Impossible Dream (from Man of La Mancha), sung by Joan Diener & Richard Kiley
Aldonza (from Man of La Mancha), sung by Joan Diener
Tonight (from West Side Story), sung by Marni Nixon and Jim Bryant
(lip synced by the actors!)
And here it is with Natalie Wood herself singing
Nessun Dorma, (from Turandot), sung by Pavarotti
Oh What a Beautiful Morning (from Oklahoma), sung by Gordon MacRae
Cheek to Cheek (from Top Hat), sung by Fred Astair and Ginger Rogers
Singing in the Rain (from Singing in the Rain), sung by Gene Kelly
Adelaid’s Lament (from Guys and Dolls), sung by Faith Prince
The Way We Were (from The Way We Were), sung by Barbara Streisand
Stormy Weather (from Stormy Weather), sung by Lena Horne
DUETS
Stormy Monday, sung by Dianne Reeves & David Easton
In Spite of Ourselves, sung by John Prine & Iris DeMent
The Girl from Ipanema, sung by Astrud Gilberto & João Gilberto
All the Road Running, sung by Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris
FEMALE SINGERS, VARIOUS GENRES
Angel From Montgomery, Bonnie Raitt
Strange Fruit, Billie Holiday
One Way Or Another, Blondie
The Christians and the Pagans, Dar Williams
and this next video is very sweet — she’s singing it at a camp…
Bring Me Little Water, Sylvie, Sweet Honey in the Rock
In the Still of the Night, Ella Fitzgerald
Midnight at the Oasis, Maria Muldaur
Jolene, Dolly Parton
or, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTuQ9cKGSdM
La Vie En Rose, Edith Piaf
or, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzeLynj1GYM
I Can’t Stand the Rain, Anne Peebles
and this!
Rock Me (In The Cradle Of Love), Deborah Allen
Sangoma Demo, Miriam Makeba
and The Click Song/Qongqothwane
and here she sings Pata Pata
Hotter Than Mojave In my Heart, Iris Dement
Me and Bobby McGee, Janis Joplin
and this is very interesting…
and more Janis — talk about expressing emotion!
wow — she was wild: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uG2gYE5KOs
East Virginia, Joan Baez
Sto Morava Mutna Tece, Traditional Serbian
Someone Like You, Adelle
R-E-S-P-E-C-T, Aretha Franklin
and watch the back up singers in this version…
Crazy, Patsy Cline
Rock Me, Sister Rosetta Tharp
And this is magnificent – wow!
And I just can’t resist this one.
MALE SINGERS, VARIOUS GENRES
Girl From the North Country, Joe Cocker and Leon Russell
and watch how Joe Cocker moves when he sings — he only moves like this when he’s singing…
Uncle Harry, Noel Coward
Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right, Bob Dylan
and, this version.
Ebb Tide, Frank Sinatra
As Time Goes By, Dooley Wilson
wait for it… it’s worth it…
What a Wonderful World, Louis Armstrong
It’s Just a Matter of Time, Randy Travis
You Got to Walk That Lonesome Valley,
and, Richland Woman Blues,
Mississippi John Hurt
Songs using Tuvan Throat Singing, performed by Huun-Huur
When a Man Loves a Woman, by Percy Sledge
I Believe (When I Fall in Love it Will be Forever), by Stevie Wonder
The Band Played Waltzing Matilda, The Pogues (sung by Shane McGowan)
and this beautiful version is by the author, Eric Bogle.
Camil, Graham Nash
Friend of the Devil, The Grateful Dead
Life During Wartime, David Byrne of the Talking Heads
And here’s David Byrne again, singing Psycho Killer
Night Train to Memphis, Roy Acuff
and, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDpodo_tJ1I
Mustang Sally, The Commitments
and another version.
(and if you haven’t seen the movie yet, watch this…
Morning Has Broken, Cat Stevens
Java Jive, The Ink Spots
and they use a really different vocal quality in Whispering Grass…