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The Silent Partner is a 1979 soundtrack album composed by Oscar Peterson, for the 1978 film The Silent Partner. [3] Track listing. All compositions by Oscar Peterson
"Blue Skies" is a popular song, written by Irving Berlin in 1926. "Blue Skies" is one of many popular songs whose lyrics use a "bluebird of happiness" as a symbol of cheer: "Bluebirds singing a song/Nothing but bluebirds all day long." The sunny optimism of the lyrics are undercut by the minor key giving the words an ironic feeling.
Some sources indicate Irving Berlin wrote the score for this color silent film. 1927 The Jazz Singer: 39 Song Blue Skies written in 1926. 1928 Show People: 40 Song You'd Be Surprised (1919) (uncredited) 1928 The Awaking 40 1929 Lady of Pavements 41 1929 Coquette: 41 1929 The Cocoanuts: 41 1929 The Time, The Place and the Girl 41 1929
The song was revived by Olga San Juan in the 1946 Bing Crosby/Fred Astaire film, Blue Skies. The song was also memorably recorded by Marilyn Monroe in 1954 - with alternate lyrics. [5] It is available on the Marilyn Monroe compilation album titled Anthology. [6]
7/24/1946- Bing first recorded this song with Fred Astaire after they performed it together in the film Blue Skies. July 1975- Re-recording of the piece, also with Fred Astaire, at the Music Center in Wembley, London. This version was included on the album A Couple of Song and Dance Men.
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Writing for Allmusic, music critic Scott Yanow wrote of the album "As usual, Ella uplifts all of the material and her best moments come on "Somebody Loves Me," a heartfelt "Moonlight Becomes You," a scat-filled "Blue Skies" and (somewhat surprisingly) "St. Louis Blues." Although this was not her most essential release, the formerly obscure Get ...
Blue Skies (Decca album), a 1946 album by Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire; Blue Skies (Bing Crosby album) (1962), volume 10 of the Bing's Hollywood collection; Blue Skies (Frank Ifield album), 1964; Blue Skies (Stan Getz album), 1995; Blue Skies (Cassandra Wilson album), 1988; Blue Skies (Bryan Duncan album), 1996; Blue Skies (Diana DeGarmo album ...