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She & Him: Classics

December 1, 2021 mandevm Leave a comment

On December 2, 2014, “Columbia” label released “Classics”, the fifth She & Him studio album. It was recorded in 2014, and was produced by M.Ward.

Personnel:

Zooey Deschanel – lead vocals and backing vocals, piano, Wurlitzer
M. Ward – vocals, guitar
Boo Reiners – banjo
Nate Walcott – piano
Chapin Sisters – vocals
Tyler Tornfelt – bass
Tim Luntzel – bass
Pierre de Reeder – bass, drums, percussion, engineer
Jim Keltner – drums, percussion
Charlie Pillow – alto saxophone, flute, oboe, backing vocals
Doug Wieselman – tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute, backing vocals
Trombone Shorty – trombone
Curtis Hasselbring – trombone
Art Baron – trombone, backing vocals
Steven Bernstein – trumpet, backing vocals
Tom Hagerman – violin
Amanda Lawrence – viola
Tom Schick – engineer, mixing
Larry Crane – mixing
Bob Ludwig – mastering

Track listing:

Stars Fell on Alabama – Mitchell Parish, Frank Perkins
Oh No, Not My Baby – Gerry Goffin, Carole King
It’s Not for Me to Say – Robert Allen, Al Stillman
Stay Awhile – Mike Hawker, Ivor Raymonde
This Girl’s in Love with You – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
Time After Time – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
She – Charles Aznavour. Herbert Kretzmer
Teach Me Tonight – Sammy Cahn, Gene de Paul
It’s Always You – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
Unchained Melody – Alex North, Hy Zaret
I’ll Never Be Free – Bennie Benjamin, George Davis Weiss
Would You Like to Take a Walk – Mort Dixon, Billy Rose, Harry Warren
We’’ll Meet Again – Hugh Charles, Ross Parker

Levon Helm

April 19, 2018 mandevm Leave a comment

On April 19, 2012, Mark Lavon “Levon” Helm died aged 71. He was singer, multi – instrumentalist and actor, best known as drummer and vocalists for The Band. He sang on Band classics including The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, Up on Cripple Creek, Rag Mama Rag, and The Weight. In February 2008, his album “Dirt Farmer” won “Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album”, and in November same year, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked Helm at number 91 on its list of “100 Greatest Singers of All Time”.

Leonard Bernstein

October 14, 2017 mandevm Leave a comment

On October 14, 1990, Leonard Bernstein died aged 72. He was pianist, composer, conductor and music lecturer, regarded as one of the most important, influential and successful artists in the American music history. He was director of the New York Philharmonic and has been conducting concerts with some of the leading world orchestras. As composer he has worked with various music forms including ballet, opera, musicals, film scores, orchestral, chamber, choral, piano and vocal music. Many of his music works are still regularly performed on the stages around the world, and his best known and most popular musical “West Side Story” is regarded as one of the classics of the world music literature.

Sam & Dave: Soul Man

October 25, 2015 mandevm Leave a comment

On October 26, 1967,”Stax” label released “Soul Men”, the third Sam & Dave album. It was recorded August – October 1967, and was produced by Isaac Hayes and David Porter. The album featured the single “Soul Man” that became one of the R&B classics and won Sam & Dave a “Grammy” in 1967 for” Best R&B Group, Vocal or Instrumental”.