💘 Happy Valentine's Day. I hope someone makes you feel loved today. Because it is Valentine's Day, I'm giving you some sweet, romantic music. First up is my favorite all-time film entertainer, Fred Astaire. He and Marjorie Reynolds dance to "Be Careful, It's My Heart," a tune Irving Berlin wrote for the Oscar-winning 1942 musical, HOLIDAY INN. The song is sung by Bing Crosby.
In 1968, trumpet player Herb Alpert had a hit record with his playing and singing the Burt Bacharach/Hal David tune, "This Guy's In Love With You." About 40 years later, jazz saxophonist Dave Koz came out and covered the tune. Koz put an LGBT spin on it.
Former Benny Goodman band singer, Peggy Lee, played an alcoholic 1920s blues singer in the 1955 Warner Bros. drama, PETE KELLY'S BLUES. She got a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her performance. That same year, Disney released its animated feature, LADY AND THE TRAMP. Now a Disney classic, is has bunch of fabulous tune in it. Peggy Lee not only did the voice for one of the cool canines in the feature, she co-wrote the songs. In my opinion, Peggy Lee should have also been in the Oscar race for Best Song of 1955. (The winner was "Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing" from the movie of the same name.)
Here's one of the LADY AND THE TRAMP songs co-written by Peggy Lee -- "Bella Notte."
Again...Happy Valentine's Day. 💋
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