The Music That Inspires Me Part II: My Life With The Beatles
My dad loves to work out. He runs outside and then he runs on the treadmill. While he's on the treadmill, he blasts music that pumps him up so he can run faster and for a longer distance. Growing up, the music would echo from the basement, his workout room, up through the vents into nearly every room in the house. This is where my education in the music of my parents generation began.
My Favorite Sinatra Album
Sinatra At the Sands & Songs For Swingin' Lovers
If you ask most Sinatra, Jazz, or music lovers what their favorite Sinatra album is, they will most likely answer one of these two albums. Songs For Swingin' Lovers, as I've said before, was the first Sinatra album I ever owned. It remains to this day, in my opinion, to be one of the best vocal performances to ever be recorded. And you can not help but smile and laugh at Frank Sinatra's "off-the-cuff" remarks on Sinatra At the Sands.
"My Favorite Lyrics to Sing - It's Sammy Cahn All The Way"
When talking about Jazz composers and lyricists, I think everyone has heard of George and Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, and Irving Berlin. If you haven't, they are the composers of such classic tunes as "Someone to Watch Over Me", "Night and Day", and "White Christmas". The songs of these composers as well as many others have survived the test of time and, after seventy to eighty years, are still popular today.