Things Have Changed

Composed in 1932 by Harold Arlen (music) and Ted Koehler (lyrics).  Arlen and Koehler also together wrote Get Happy, I've Got The World ...

How you want to go? Eight crapshooters to be my pallbearers Let 'em be veiled down in black I want nine men going to the graveyard Eight...

A lot of us are most familiar with this song from The Mask (1994), where it's "sung" by Tina (Cameron Diaz in her movie debut...

There was a boy A very strange enchanted boy They say he wandered very far Very far Over land and sea   A little shy And sad of eye But very...

 Louis Armstrong (a frequent THC subject ) and his wife, Lucille, in Egypt (1961). While we're here might as well listen to some Louis ...

Equality, rightly understood, as our Founding Fathers understood it, leads to liberty and to the emancipation of creative differences. Wr...

This morning's Wall St Journal contained an interesting assessment of Bing Crosby, of whom I wrote yesterday, commenting that his emotio...

From the film Gilda , starring Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford .  Rita sings a soulful version of Put The Blame on Mame.  Hubba hubba!  Below ...

I hadn't heard of Sister Rosetta Tharpe until the THC Sister brought her to my attention.  How could I have missed her?  Sister Rosett...

Since we're still in a Louis Armstrong mood, let's start a relaxing Sunday with Louis and Duke Ellington collaborating on It Don...

Vocals by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan .  Ella gets my vote for best vocalist of the 20th century.  Incredible tone control no matter w...

Peggy Lee with Benny Goodman on clarinet along with his orchestra.  This was Peggy's breakout hit in 1942, reaching #4 on the charts ...

Louis Armstrong always said he was born on July 4, 1900, the date he used when he registered for the draft in 1918.  In 1988, seventeen year...

On May 9, 1941, Billie Holiday recorded this song which she co-wrote with Arthur Herzog Jr.  Take a minute and give it a listen.

Ella Fitzgerald in Berlin (1968).  Sound quality is not ideal but this is her best version of a song she recorded dozens of times and sang t...