On the later, Rod Stewart did his business. With mixed success. George Michael gave it a try once or twice and he has surprised everyone. Rufus Wainwright has it in blood and in her voice. Morrissey would have everything to be dazzling. Elvis if he had really talked seriously have downgraded more than one and Dylan, who did not vote for it are often draws its inspiration. In the hollow of the wave, Linda Rondstadt saw a salvation and Robbie Williams, teasing this directory has endorsed a suit too big for him. Those who have eyes that twinkle when you talk about Cole Porter, Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Mercer and Burt Bacharach well know that the Great American Songbook is impossible to sing if you can not sing and that even those who know are never sure of success. We can not look to American music before Heartbreak Hotel one day without being confronted. Broadway, Hollywood, Tin Pan Alley, jazz, pop, swing, there's a little of all this in the GA S and it is difficult to give a precise definition.
Among the artists who contributed to the richness of this repertoire, Hoagy Carmichael holds a special place. Born into a family of bohemian artists, he was forced to leave the teen to hold various odd jobs (mechanic, killer in a slaughterhouse) to help his people to make ends meet. In 1918, unable to afford a qualified doctor, his parents see the little sister of Hoagy dying from a bad flu. He then swore to never be in need. That's why he put aside a career as a musician to get into law school. But, alas, the lure of music is too loud and stimulated by his friendship with the great cornetist Bix Beiderbecke, he transplanted the piano. In 1927 his career took off with the composition of his first big success: Stardust. This song, sublime touches the heart of our reports (at least, I think many of us) with music. A woman passed away leaving us remember her as a simple melody and the reappearance of the phantom music plunges us into a sweet nostalgia. A theme often treated as though rarely so meaningful that this way of Hoagy Carmichael. Three versions to choose from thousands of Stardust recorded since 1927 is inevitably cruel. For my personal taste, three miracles deserve to be brought to your attention:
- the instrumental version of Erroll Garner (watch for the appearance of the blade on the battery to the fortieth second!)
- the singing lesson Nat King Cole (semi parlando of the introduction is to fall) accompanied by Gordon Jenkins
- 's single Bing Crosby (1931), less smooth and faster than Nat but with a hiss irrésisitible at the end.
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