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Sentimental Me" is a popular song which was written by James T. Morehead and James Cassin and published in 1949. The most popular version was recorded by The Ames Brothers. Other hit versions in 1950 were recorded by the Russ Morgan Orchestra and by Ray Anthony. The Ames Brothers version was recorded on December 5
A 1977 re-recording, the most well-known version of the song, was a solo hit for Welch when he recorded it for his first solo album, French Kiss, which was released in September 1977. The first single released from the album, "Sentimental Lady" reached the top 10 in both the U.S. Pop and Adult Contemporary charts.
Major sentimental ballad artists of this decade included Barbra Streisand, Nana Mouskouri, Elton John, Engelbert Humperdinck, Carole King, Cat Stevens and James Taylor. By the early 1970s, softer ballad songs by the Carpenters, Anne Murray, John Denver and Barry Manilow began to be played more often on "Top 40" radio. [citation needed]
This category contains sentimental ballads - the slow form of popular music such as love songs and pop and rock ballads from the 20th and 21st centuries. Songs which are sourced in their respective articles as only ballads and not as a specific genre of ballad should be included here.
Ella Fitzgerald & The Delta Rhythm Boys' version reached the No. 8 spot in the charts in 1947. [5] Art Kassel and His "Kassels-in-the-air" (vocal by Jimmy Featherstone) – their recording was also a chart hit peaking at No. 15 in 1947. [6] Sam Cooke recorded an early soul version. Released in 1957, it peaked at 17 on the pop charts, and 15 on ...
When the strike ended, the band, with Doris Day as vocalist, recorded the song for Columbia Records on November 20, 1944, and they had a hit record with the song, Doris Day's first number one hit, in 1945. [1] The song's release coincided with the end of the Second World War in Europe and became the unofficial homecoming theme for many veterans ...
The song was a staple of Thelonious Monk's live sets from the early 1950s, and he recorded it a number of times Thelonious Himself (1957). Mel Torme, 1958, in a version conducted and arranged by Marty Paich; Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass covered the song on their 1965 album Going Places. Their rendition begins with a single horn, playing ...
Sentimental Lady" is an instrumental by Duke Ellington featuring Johnny Hodges on alto saxophone first recorded in 1942. "Sentimental Lady" reached number one on the Harlem Hit Parade in 1943 and was the B-side to Duke Ellington's previous number one, "A Slip Of the Lip (Can Sink a Ship)", which had reached the top spot a week before. [ 1 ]