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The Great American Songbook: 1949-1950
Episode 27
Episode date - August 12, 2022
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It has taken a long while, but at this point, I think you can hear the ‘classic’ element of the Great American Songbook changing significantly.
As 1950 rolled around, the songs acquired a different sense of expression, retaining their universal appeal but taking on a deliberative style that began to sound as though they were frozen in aspic. It took thirty years, but the Songbook was starting to become as much a style as it had been a expressive talent.
Featured tracks include:
Baby It’s Cold Outside – Ray Charles and Betty Carter
My Dream Is Yours – Doris Day
Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend – T-Bone Burnett
My Foolish Heart – Bill Evans
From This Moment On – Sarah Vaughan
In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening – Dean Martin
I Talk to the Trees – The Smothers Brothers
They Call the Wind Mariah – Sam Cooke
Unforgettable – Nat King Cole
When I Fall in Love – The Miles Davis Quintet
Here’s That Rainy Day – Bob Dylan
Channel 28 - The Great American Songbook
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