Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
"My Funny Valentine" is a show tune from the 1937 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart coming of age musical Babes in Arms in which it was introduced by teenaged star Mitzi Green. The song became a popular jazz standard , appearing on over 1300 albums performed by over 600 artists.
A number of later musicians have mentioned the album as a source of inspiration. In 2022, singer-songwriter Amos Lee made his own cover of "My Funny Valentine" that was directly inspired by the cover on the album and released the covers album My Ideal: A Tribute to Chet Baker Sings. [17]
The 1999 film version of The Talented Mr. Ripley, Matt Damon plays a master of mimicry who imitates Baker's recording of "My Funny Valentine" from Chet Baker Sings. Chet Baker is portrayed by Ethan Hawke in the 2015 film Born to Be Blue.
My Funny Valentine: Miles Davis in Concert is a live album by the jazz trumpter and composer Miles Davis. It was recorded at a concert at the Philharmonic Hall of Lincoln Center , New York City , on February 12, 1964 and released through Columbia Records the following year.
Billie enters with a jealous Val. After calming him, they discuss the show. Lee does not want Irving and Ivor in the show. After learning this, Val leaves in a huff. Billie reflects on her romance with Val ("My Funny Valentine"). They transition into the day of the show and show the final number of the follies performed by Baby Rose ("Johnny ...
Mimi Hines — the legendary singer, rubber-faced comedian, television star and Broadway performer who famously replaced Barbra Streisand in the original cast of Funny Girl — died on Monday, Oct ...
My Funny Valentine: Frederica von Stade sings Rodgers and Hart is a 69-minute studio album of songs from Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's musicals, performed in historically authentic versions by von Stade, Rosemary Ashe, Peta Bartlett, Lynda Richardson, the Ambrosian Chorus and the London Symphony Orchestra under the direction of John McGlinn ...
Grusin's arrangement of "My Funny Valentine," sung by Michelle Pfeiffer, won the 1990 Grammy for Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals. According to a survey conducted by Billboard, The Fabulous Baker Boys was the fifth best-selling jazz album of 1989. [1]