For the first week of Oct. 2017 we chose a video uploaded by Dr.240252 on Dec. 27 - 2014 titled "American Tango - Orchids in the Moonlight - Harry Horlick's Orchestra - 1948". That famous Tango comes from an excellent movie from 1933 - "Flying Down to Rio" with Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Dolores Del Rio and a few other talented stars who - unfortunately - faded away. It was the first movie in which Fred Astaire danced a minor dance with Ginger Rogers but they stole the show and subsequently made eight musicals together which were full of their great dancing numbers, good music even if the plot lines were not too believable - at times.
In "Flying Down to Rio" - Fred Astaire dances quite a bit with beautiful Dolores del Rio who was also a magnificent dancer in addition to being an excellent actress. "Orchids in the Moonlight" became a famous Tango which Fred Astaire performed in his typical top notch manner with a beautiful star from Argentina - Dolores del Rio. Vincent Youmans - the composer simply outdid himself with this terrific Tango melody but the lyrics done by the prominent Sammy Kahn with some less known lyricist - Eliscu - also stand out.
At any rate - have a good first week of October 2017 - everybody! As always - do not forget to click our channel tango3721 and - please - check here next week on Fri. Oct. 06 - 17 or a few days before to find out our choice for the YT Video of the Week for next week!
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Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Our YT Choice for the Vid of the Wk - for the 4th Wk of Sept. 2017 - "'Everything Passes' by Klaudia Shulzhenko."
For the last week of Sept. 2017 - we chose a song by the famous Soviet Diva - Klavdia Shulzhenko titled "Everything Passes" uploaded on June 17 - 2013 by 783nata - YT video producer. The ballad is flawlessly delivered in a silky mezzo by Klavdia Shulzhenko whose legions of followers - presently include a lot of younger fans who know her through YouTube.
The video producer picks the photos of the singer which capture most crucial moments of her life. As a young performer she had an appearance of an angel - however - as she aged and faced typical life's challenges - intensified by her great talent - her looks changed - they became rougher. No doubt - vodka had something to do with it. Adored and idolized by many thousands of her faithful fans who bought her records - En masse - she never lost touch with common people and their important passages even though she was on the top of her successful "run" - for many years of her glorious career.
The video producer picks the photos of the singer which capture most crucial moments of her life. As a young performer she had an appearance of an angel - however - as she aged and faced typical life's challenges - intensified by her great talent - her looks changed - they became rougher. No doubt - vodka had something to do with it. Adored and idolized by many thousands of her faithful fans who bought her records - En masse - she never lost touch with common people and their important passages even though she was on the top of her successful "run" - for many years of her glorious career.
However - unlike another famous Soviet Diva - Lyubow Orlova - Shulzhenko never got too involved in Soviet politics while Joseph Stalin - the Communist butcher held on to power for many decades. She couldn't speak against him - of course - but she didn't kiss his ass - either. Whoever saw her in person in concert - remembers her outstanding stage presence - as if it was a religious experience.
The song we are highlighting in this video -was composed by a talented composer with the lyrics written by a gifted lyricist - to be sure - however - only a few enormously talented vocalists like Klavdia Shulzhenko could deliver it in a manner which penetrates the souls of the numerous listeners of various ages and nationalities.
At any rate - have a good last week of September - everybody! As always - keep clicking on our YT channel tango3721. Also - check here next Thurs. Sept. 28 - 2017 or a few days before!
Copyright@L.Hadley and Associates 2022
The song we are highlighting in this video -was composed by a talented composer with the lyrics written by a gifted lyricist - to be sure - however - only a few enormously talented vocalists like Klavdia Shulzhenko could deliver it in a manner which penetrates the souls of the numerous listeners of various ages and nationalities.
At any rate - have a good last week of September - everybody! As always - keep clicking on our YT channel tango3721. Also - check here next Thurs. Sept. 28 - 2017 or a few days before!
Copyright@L.Hadley and Associates 2022
Thursday, September 14, 2017
Our Pick for the YT Vid of the Wk. for the 3rd Wk. of Sept. 2017- "Barry Sisters-Ich Chob Dich Tzifil Lieb"!
For the third week of Sept. 2017 we picked an old Yiddish song posted on YT on Feb.10 - 2015 by VintageMusicFm - titled "Barry Sisters - Ich Chob Dich Tsifil Lieb". Its an old Yiddish song - romantic, "schmaltzy" but charming - with an excellent vocals by the two sisters Bagelman - Minnie and Claire - who were real beauties when - younger. Thy sing part of it in Yiddish but the second part is in Enghlish.
At the beginning of their careers - they were big in the "Borsht Belt" area of New York Catskills Mountains with a big following of New York Jews. However - they built quite a following and sold a lot of records to listeners who liked performers like Frank Sinatra - which means lyrics worth listening to - good vocals and super good orchestral arrangements.
Half of this song is done in Yiddish but the second half - they sing in English. It's a corny but romantic musical piece - easy to humm and easy to remember. As much as the talented and beautiful sisters enjoyed a sizable career in the U.S. - their performances in Israel were not met with a decent reception because Hebrew took over big time - with Yiddish spoken only by older people.
At any rate - have a great third week of Sept. 2017 everybody! This week - Chicago continues with glorious weather and less homicides. Now - presently - the leftist leaning Chicago politicians are getting ready to issue "special cards" to "anybody known to mankind" who comes here. Those cards would entitle the holders to free public transportation (as if the public transportation is not already infested with all kinds of hoodlums bothering decent people) - and the city libraries' privileges would also be available for the holders of those "new" identification cards.
It's a shame that the leftist politicians don't give the new card holders - free dinners twice per week at the leftist legislators' - homes. Needless to say - those kinds of legislative excesses are costly. Guess who is paying? You guessed right - the squeezed to the max - Chicago taxpayers are footing the bill. The city - already - has enormously high taxes on anything they can tax - if they could tax people's "belches" and other functions - not mentioned in a mixed company - they would. Thank God for the near by suburbs which don't do it quite as much.
Don't forget to click here next Thursday - Sept. 21 - 17 and - please - keep checking our channel tango3721 as always - click here to see which YT Vid will be our choice for the YT Vid of the Week for next week!
Copyright@L.Hadley and Associates 2017
At the beginning of their careers - they were big in the "Borsht Belt" area of New York Catskills Mountains with a big following of New York Jews. However - they built quite a following and sold a lot of records to listeners who liked performers like Frank Sinatra - which means lyrics worth listening to - good vocals and super good orchestral arrangements.
Half of this song is done in Yiddish but the second half - they sing in English. It's a corny but romantic musical piece - easy to humm and easy to remember. As much as the talented and beautiful sisters enjoyed a sizable career in the U.S. - their performances in Israel were not met with a decent reception because Hebrew took over big time - with Yiddish spoken only by older people.
At any rate - have a great third week of Sept. 2017 everybody! This week - Chicago continues with glorious weather and less homicides. Now - presently - the leftist leaning Chicago politicians are getting ready to issue "special cards" to "anybody known to mankind" who comes here. Those cards would entitle the holders to free public transportation (as if the public transportation is not already infested with all kinds of hoodlums bothering decent people) - and the city libraries' privileges would also be available for the holders of those "new" identification cards.
It's a shame that the leftist politicians don't give the new card holders - free dinners twice per week at the leftist legislators' - homes. Needless to say - those kinds of legislative excesses are costly. Guess who is paying? You guessed right - the squeezed to the max - Chicago taxpayers are footing the bill. The city - already - has enormously high taxes on anything they can tax - if they could tax people's "belches" and other functions - not mentioned in a mixed company - they would. Thank God for the near by suburbs which don't do it quite as much.
Don't forget to click here next Thursday - Sept. 21 - 17 and - please - keep checking our channel tango3721 as always - click here to see which YT Vid will be our choice for the YT Vid of the Week for next week!
Copyright@L.Hadley and Associates 2017
Thursday, September 7, 2017
The Vid of the Wk for the 2nd Wk of Sept. 2017 - "California Ramblers - Yes - She Do (No She Don't) - Columbia 1927".
For the second week of Sept. 2017 - we chose a funny video uploaded by Dr. 240252 on July 30 - 2009 titled - "California Ramblers - Yes - She Do (No She Don't)-Columbia 1927". The arwork which Dr. 240252 picked - reflects the feverish, fun and full of the reckless abandon - Golden Twenties climate in the U.S. in the 1920's - the craziness which swept other countries - as well. The Jazz fever which swallowed most countries in a huge wave of Jazz music, dancing, dressing and famous bobb hair styles (especially for the ladies) seemed to have no end in sight - until it fizzled out at the end of the 1920's - to give place to another world trend.
California Ramblers had a lot of success and longevity in performing many, many gigs until they got tired of it and started to do other things - equally well. This particular arrangement has a piano - dominating - in Jelly Roll - a famous Harlem Jazz musician/legend's style. The viewers' comments under this vid - will make you laugh.
At any rate - have a super good second week of September 2017 - while the people in Florida are bracing for the wrath of approaching Hurricane - Irma. Chicago has truly glorious weather this week and less than usual number of homicides. As always keep clicking our channel tango3721 and check here next Thurs. Sept. 16 - 17 - to check on our choice of YT Vid of the Week - for next week!
Copyright@L.Hadley and Associates 2017
California Ramblers had a lot of success and longevity in performing many, many gigs until they got tired of it and started to do other things - equally well. This particular arrangement has a piano - dominating - in Jelly Roll - a famous Harlem Jazz musician/legend's style. The viewers' comments under this vid - will make you laugh.
At any rate - have a super good second week of September 2017 - while the people in Florida are bracing for the wrath of approaching Hurricane - Irma. Chicago has truly glorious weather this week and less than usual number of homicides. As always keep clicking our channel tango3721 and check here next Thurs. Sept. 16 - 17 - to check on our choice of YT Vid of the Week - for next week!
Copyright@L.Hadley and Associates 2017
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