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Song: "The Way You Look Tonight"

Posted by on Mar 10, 2011 in Songs | Comments Off on Song: "The Way You Look Tonight"

  Every so often I have to pay homage to the Great American Songbook, and one of my favorites is “The Way You Look...

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Music: Johnny Mercer

Posted by on Nov 28, 2010 in Music, Singer | 1 comment

This Georgia boy brought a Southern sensibility to popular music in the 1930s-1960s, and became a noted singer as well. Primarily he was a...

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Singer: Linda Ronstadt

Posted by on Aug 12, 2010 in Singer | 3 comments

There are those who are just good singers. “Just” isn’t meant to be pejorative; certainly we welcome all the good singers...

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Singer: Ella Fitzgerald

Posted by on Oct 10, 2009 in Singer | Comments Off on Singer: Ella Fitzgerald

What would you call the most popular female jazz singer over a period of 50 years? Who won 13 Grammys and sold more than 40 million albums?...

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