![]() ![]() I recognize a lot of it, not that I'm stealing it, but I know where it comes from, mine, theirs, all of it. To me it’s just one rushing-swirling mass of sound, chants, fugues, operas, symphonies. They say it afflicted Schumann, that it got so bad at the end of his life that all he could hear was a single tone, a constant “A.” Sometimes it’s all I can do just to stand up and stay out of the road. It comes to me as I walk, sometimes so furiously, so relentlessly that I don't even know where I am. A gift, certainly, but a heavy handed one. I don't ask for more than just that it comes.Ī strange thing started happening a few years ago. I'm happy to let others decide what it represents and how it plays on the screen, I just focus on the notes. At least I'm spared the committee process. I'm just a tune man, a journeyman, not really concerned with who gets the credit or the money. There are a lot of people I won't work with again, and not many are pained by that fact. It’s hard to live in a town like Hollywood without your loyalties being pretty well known. ![]() It’s good to walk in the sun, but I don't look forward to donning the hair shirt again. That’s about as often as I can stand to go. The studio will pay for a sleeper if I don't do the round trip more than once a year. I've just got a couple more charts to finish and then I'll take the local down to Albany and catch the night train to California. This old house was built more than a hundred years ago in 1843. It’s been miserable the last few days, but sunny and crisp now. It was hard to get the fire going in the wood stove this morning. Lorraine would always say, “Danny Murrow, you’re a diamond in the rough.” I could never decide if she was thinking about the diamond or the rough. After all, it was he who inspired the story of The Man. Gillette plays solo piano and stands in for Old Jack. G7īut D7I'm Am7not a D7fraid, this G7rover, Gdimcrossed G7over. The use of the circle of fifths, the chain of borrowed dominant chords in the bridge, is very effective, and the diminished chord has a nice way of pulling things together at the end. It’s that kind of fresh interval that can make a song distinctive and memorable. The climb at the end of the first line with the leap to the tenth scale degree is exciting and infectious. It’s a bright tune with some nice, unexpected features. Here is a wonderful version of the song by Louis Armstrong, and an equally satisfying rendition by Ella Fitzgerald with the Count Basie Orchestra. “On the Sunny Side of the Street” was recorded by Billie Holiday, Bing Crosby, Judy Garland, Nat King Cole, Jo Stafford, Tommy Dorsey and so many others. In her seven years of collaboration with McHugh they wrote “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love,” “Don’t Blame Me,” and “I’m in the Mood for Love.” She later won an Academy Award for “The Way You Look Tonight.” His first hit song was “When My Sugar Walks Down the Street” in 1924.ĭorothy Fields was the first woman inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and she also has her own US postage stamp. His songs have appeared in hundreds of films and have have been recorded by dozens of major artists. Jimmy McHugh was a very successful composer in his own right. This is something that he did, and there’s a pretty impressive list of songs in that category that have gone on to become standards. ![]() Some authors say that Fats Waller was the original composer, but had sold the rights to the song. "On the Sunny Side of the Street" was composed by Jimmy McHugh with lyrics by Dorothy Fields in 1930. Your browser does not support the audio element. The stories and original songs are written by Steve Gillette Track 20. The Man is an audio novel set in the first decades of the 20th century
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