In The Wee Small Hours – 70 Years Of a Masterpiece. Chapter 12 – Repertoire: “I’ll Be Around” “I’ll Be Around”(Alec Wilder, 1942) Written by Alec Wilder in 1942, “I’ll Be Around” came about spontaneously: while riding a taxi through…
“In The Wee Small Hours – 70 Years of a Masterpiece. Chapter 11 – Repertoire: “Last Night When We Were Young” “Last Night When We Were Young”(Harold Arlen and E.Y. “Yip” Harburg, 1935) This song was originally written with the…
In The Wee Small Hours: 70 Years of a Masterpiece. Chapter 10 – Repertoire: “What is This Thing Called Love” “What Is This Thing Called Love”(Cole Porter, 1929) British singer Elsie Carlisle was the first to perform this mournful lament…
Frank Sinatra – In The Wee Small Hours of The Morning – 70 Years of a Masterpiece. Chapter 9 – Repertoire: “When Your Lover Has Gone” “When Your Lover Has Gone”(Einar Aaron Swan, 1931) This song became very famous in…
In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning – 70 Years Of a Masterpiece. Chapter 8 – Repertoire: Can’t We Be Friends?” “Can’t We Be Friends?”(Kay Swift, James Paul Warburg, 1929) This song is the most significant piece from the…
“In The Wee Small Hours – 70 Years of a Masterpiece” – Chapter 7. Repertoire – “I See Your Face Before Me” “I See Your Face Before Me”(Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz, 1937) “I See Your Face Before Me”… This…
“In The Wee Small Hours” – 70 Years of a Masterpiece, Chapter 6. “Deep in a Dream” Repertoire – “Deep in a Dream” “Deep In A Dream” (Jimmy Van Heusen and Eddie DeLange, 1938) This song premiered on the stands…
“In The Wee Small Hours”-70 Years of a Masterpiece, Chapter 5. “I Get Along Without You Very Well” Repertoire – “I Get Along Without You Very Well” “I Get Along Without You Very Well” (Hoagy Carmichael, Jane Brown Thompson, 1938)…
In The Wee Small Hours-70 Years of a Masterpiece-Chapter 4. Repertoire: “Glad To Be Unhappy” Frank Sinatra “Glad to Be Unhappy“(Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, 1936) This song was written for the musical On Your Toes and, for several years, was…
In The Wee Small Hours – 70 Years of a Masterpiece Chapter 3-Repertoire – “Mood Indigo” “Mood Indigo” (Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington & Mitchell Parrish, 1930) Sinatra In The Wee Small Hours… This song was originally titled “Dreamy Blues”, and…
“In the Wee Small Hours”: 70 Years of a Masterpiece, Chapter 2 Plot and Repertoire The album deals with the protagonist’s bitter sleeplessness, unable to free himself from the pain of his romantic breakup, which intensifies at night. The musical…
“In the Wee Small Hours”: 70 Years of a Masterpiece – Chapter 1 Frank Sinatra “In the Wee Small Hours”…. How can a man endure the brutal paradox of living his sweetest professional moment while consuming himself in the furnace…
