Our favorite producer of terrific YouTube videos Dr.240252 always comes up with interesting ideas for his entertaining and informative - mini productions. For this last week of 2016 we chose a gorgeous sounding old Tango - "My Prayer" by a little known composer - Boulanger which was re-done into mega hit in the late nineteen fifties by an American "dooup" vocal idols of the American teens of the day - "The Platters".
This interpretation was done masterfully by a beautiful Italian vocalist Norma Bruni in a low, sensuous alto - and it was recorded while she was at the height of her career in 1939. As you will find out from Dr.240252 excellent commentary - her singing career ended tragically because the Italian people never forgave her for collaborating with Hitler's - Italian "protege" - Benito Mussolini.
Every society judges harshly the artists who take sides with the "wrong" side of the political powers which means - the powers who loose out at the end. We fervently hope that the powers that prevail at the end - are the forces for good.
At any rate - all of us - wish our numerous "clickers" a very Happy New Year 2017 coming up very soon! As always don't forger to "click" here on Fri. Jan. 06 - 17 or Thurs. Jan. 05 - 17 for our choice of YT Video of the Week for the first week of 2017!
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Thursday, December 29, 2016
Thursday, December 22, 2016
Our Choice of YouTube's Video of the Week for the Fourth(Christmas)Week of Dec.2016 is Dr.240252's Last Year's - Dec. 24- 2015-Christmas Upload Titled "Lucyna Szczepanska - Silent Night - 1949".
For this important Christmas Week of 2016 - we chose Dr.240252's last year's Christmas upload "Silent Night" performed superbly by a fabulous Polish soprano - Lucyna Szczepanska in the 1949 - when she was very advanced in age but her silver voice - sounds - totally top notch. You can read tango3721 - comments - as well.
A lot of famous performers loose their "star power" when they get older with - unfortunately - only a few of them - successfuly - progressing to do "something else" with equal energy and conviction. Still - many of them manage to keep their advanced skills in their beloved field to a very old age which - we think - they achieve by a lifelong - healthy physical and spiritual - discipline - which pays off and doesn't have to be excessively hard. It's called healthy and good - life style.
Lucyna Szczepanska's voice - seemed to improve with age - but unfortunately - another great Polish singing star with a divine voice - Ewa Bandrowska-Turska - almost totally lost her magnificent voice in her late fifties. She insisted on performing which was a big mistake on her part. It's always good to know when to "walk away when you're on top" and of course - it never hurts to devise an excellent "exit strategy" - as well.
At any rate - enjoy the vid - everybody and have a fabulous Christmas 2016 - week! As always - don't forget to click here next Thurs. Dec. 29 or Friday Dec.30 - 2016 for our Youbube Video of the Week for the last week of 2016!
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A lot of famous performers loose their "star power" when they get older with - unfortunately - only a few of them - successfuly - progressing to do "something else" with equal energy and conviction. Still - many of them manage to keep their advanced skills in their beloved field to a very old age which - we think - they achieve by a lifelong - healthy physical and spiritual - discipline - which pays off and doesn't have to be excessively hard. It's called healthy and good - life style.
Lucyna Szczepanska's voice - seemed to improve with age - but unfortunately - another great Polish singing star with a divine voice - Ewa Bandrowska-Turska - almost totally lost her magnificent voice in her late fifties. She insisted on performing which was a big mistake on her part. It's always good to know when to "walk away when you're on top" and of course - it never hurts to devise an excellent "exit strategy" - as well.
At any rate - enjoy the vid - everybody and have a fabulous Christmas 2016 - week! As always - don't forget to click here next Thurs. Dec. 29 or Friday Dec.30 - 2016 for our Youbube Video of the Week for the last week of 2016!
Copyright@L.Hadley and Associates 2017
Thursday, December 15, 2016
Our Choice for YouTube Video of the Week for the Third Week of Dec. 2016 is Dr.240252's Video uploaded on Feb.24-2013 titled "Italian Hit 1937 - Carlo Buti - Vivere".
For this - first "frigid" spat of dry, cold weather in Chicago - we picked a sunny looking and cheery sounding video of the well known Italian song in the style of "Neapolitan" vocal pieces - typically from Luciano Pavarotti's repertoire - titled "Italian Hit 1937 - Carlo Buti - Vivere" - uploaded by our friend Dr. 240252 on Feb.24 - 2013.
In addition to his vast operatic performances - Luciano Pavarotti continued a splendid tradition of "Neapolitan" songs - successfully performed by many earlier Italian vocalists. Carlo Buti - a handsome Italian tenor recorded many "Neapolitan" style kinds of songs which are usually - upbeat and cheery sounding.
The artwork Dr. 240252 has chosen - which presents blue seashore shining under the summer sun - comes handy during the single digit temps accompanied by the wind.
At any rate - please - do not miss our comments those of - tango3721 - and have a good third week of Dec.2016. As always don't forget to click here for our choice of YouTube Video of the Week for the next week's - the Christmas Holiday's - Video of the Week!
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In addition to his vast operatic performances - Luciano Pavarotti continued a splendid tradition of "Neapolitan" songs - successfully performed by many earlier Italian vocalists. Carlo Buti - a handsome Italian tenor recorded many "Neapolitan" style kinds of songs which are usually - upbeat and cheery sounding.
The artwork Dr. 240252 has chosen - which presents blue seashore shining under the summer sun - comes handy during the single digit temps accompanied by the wind.
At any rate - please - do not miss our comments those of - tango3721 - and have a good third week of Dec.2016. As always don't forget to click here for our choice of YouTube Video of the Week for the next week's - the Christmas Holiday's - Video of the Week!
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Thursday, December 8, 2016
Our Youtube Choice of the Video of the Week for the Second Week of Dec.2016 - is Yana Gray's Gypsy/Russian Ballad Uploaded on Dec.04-2016 - Based of Serge Yesenin Poem.
For the second week of Dec. 2016 - we picked a Russian/Gypsy ballad uploaded by Yana Gray - an American/Russian vocalist specializing in old Russian/Gypsy ballads - on Dec. 04-2016. Yana Gray's low, sensuous alto lends itself well towards Russian/Gypsy ballads. Some ladies performers of this popular musical genre have a mezzo soprano voice which also sound good. The operatic soprano - is not the best voice for this kind of genre - even though a lot of prominent performers - specializing in it - have that range.
The poetry of Serge Yesenin - a celebrated young Russian poet from 1920's has a lot of nature's and animals' - motives in it. He - himself was an enormously handsome youth who successfully romanced and married a famous American modern dancer - a big celebrity of the day - Isadora Duncan.
The poetry of Serge Yesenin - a celebrated young Russian poet from 1920's has a lot of nature's and animals' - motives in it. He - himself was an enormously handsome youth who successfully romanced and married a famous American modern dancer - a big celebrity of the day - Isadora Duncan.
Her visit to Soviet Union made her fall deeply in love not only with a great looking Serge Yesenin - fifteen years her junior - a "newbie" to the - at times - treacherous - celebrity world - but she also fell deeply under a spell of newly born Socialistic/Leftist/Communist - "paradise" - the Soviet Union - ran despotically by a long time lasting ruthless power machine of Soviet dictator - Josheph Stalin.
Upon her marriage to Yesenin and the return to the U.S. - the American public opinion "poured venom" on Isadora for her sympathetic views towards the excesses of global Socialism/Communism - while the American press quickly "sharpened their collective claws" to attack a pair of odd, new members of the celebrity circles - their all-time favorite targets.
The marriage broke up before shortly after it began - while Isadora suffered a tragedy in terms of her two young children from her previous marriage - drowning in an accident. Yesenin - in the meantime - went back to Russia and wrote a lot of scathing reviews of the U.S. - which were probably forced by Stalin's Red regime; however - taking into the account his rough treatment by the American press - perhaps - it was not hard for him to do.
Upon her marriage to Yesenin and the return to the U.S. - the American public opinion "poured venom" on Isadora for her sympathetic views towards the excesses of global Socialism/Communism - while the American press quickly "sharpened their collective claws" to attack a pair of odd, new members of the celebrity circles - their all-time favorite targets.
The marriage broke up before shortly after it began - while Isadora suffered a tragedy in terms of her two young children from her previous marriage - drowning in an accident. Yesenin - in the meantime - went back to Russia and wrote a lot of scathing reviews of the U.S. - which were probably forced by Stalin's Red regime; however - taking into the account his rough treatment by the American press - perhaps - it was not hard for him to do.
Unfortunately - Yesenin committed suicide at a young age. With the Stalin regime iron fisted reign for a long time - not every suicide by a famous person - was exactly that. Isadora Duncan - though - lived to the old age and successfully taught young girls - the art which she mastered - the modern dance.
Have a great second week of December 2016 - everybody and as always - we meet here - a week from today - as every week!
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Have a great second week of December 2016 - everybody and as always - we meet here - a week from today - as every week!
Copyright@L.Hadley and Associates 2026
Friday, December 2, 2016
Our Choice of YouTube Vide of the Week for the First Week of Dec.2016 - "Skuczno - Tango by Pyotr Leshchenko's Orchestra - 1930" - uploaded by Dr.240252 on Dec.01 - 2016.
For the first week of Dec. 2016 - we present Dr. 240252's - video titled "Skuczno - Tango by Pyotr Leshchenko - 1930" which he uploaded on Dec. 01-2016. "Skuczno" could be loosely translated from Russian as "Sadness".
Dr. 240252 consistently comes up with a lot of magnificent Tango videos in terms of the music as well as really imaginative visuals which accompany the musical/vocal arrangements. He produced quite a few pieces by Pyotr Leshchenko - a famous in the late 1930's - early 1940's - Romanian/Jewish - singer/composer/arranger who widely performed in several languages like Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian.
As a sad twist of fate - Leshchenko perished in the Stalinist run - Romanian prison camp - full of innocent creative people like himself - at the early age of fifty "something" - but his beautiful songs and other compositions - live on YouTube - so his numerous legions of fans - continue enjoying his talent.
This particularly evocative Tango - "Skuczno" - which means roughly "Sadness of Love" in Russian - was created by an excellent duo of a composer and lyricist - unfortunately - uncredited. The Pyotr Leshchenko Ochestra's musical arrangement as well as his vocals - all sound superb.
We hope that everybody has a great in every way - first week of Dec. 2016. Don't forget to click here next Fri. Dec. 09 - 16 - for our Choice of YouTube Video of the Week for the second week of Dec. 2016!
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Dr. 240252 consistently comes up with a lot of magnificent Tango videos in terms of the music as well as really imaginative visuals which accompany the musical/vocal arrangements. He produced quite a few pieces by Pyotr Leshchenko - a famous in the late 1930's - early 1940's - Romanian/Jewish - singer/composer/arranger who widely performed in several languages like Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian.
As a sad twist of fate - Leshchenko perished in the Stalinist run - Romanian prison camp - full of innocent creative people like himself - at the early age of fifty "something" - but his beautiful songs and other compositions - live on YouTube - so his numerous legions of fans - continue enjoying his talent.
This particularly evocative Tango - "Skuczno" - which means roughly "Sadness of Love" in Russian - was created by an excellent duo of a composer and lyricist - unfortunately - uncredited. The Pyotr Leshchenko Ochestra's musical arrangement as well as his vocals - all sound superb.
We hope that everybody has a great in every way - first week of Dec. 2016. Don't forget to click here next Fri. Dec. 09 - 16 - for our Choice of YouTube Video of the Week for the second week of Dec. 2016!
Copyright@L.Hadley and Associates 2026
Friday, November 25, 2016
Our YouTube Choice for the Video of the Week for the Last Week of Nov.2016 -"An Old Waltz" - by Irina Krutova - uploaded on Apr.27-2016
For the last week of Nov. 2016 - we picked an old Russian song made famous by a legendary Russian queen of chanson - Claudia Shulzhenko; this version presents a splendid interpretation by Irina Krutova who frequently pays homage to Claudia Shulzenko whose numerous fans and their daughters and granddaughters as well as many men - don't forget her immortal love songs.
Irina Krutova a diva of old Russian/Gypsy ballads - with a capital D - frequently features a pianist/arranger who accompanies her - Oksana Petrichenko. Both of them put on an unforgettable show.
We picked the clip uploaded on April 27 - 2010 by Irina Krutova's YT crew - titled "An Old Waltz" in which Krutova - not only successfully channels - Claudia Shulzenko - but also adds her own "features".
Irina Krutova a diva of old Russian/Gypsy ballads - with a capital D - frequently features a pianist/arranger who accompanies her - Oksana Petrichenko. Both of them put on an unforgettable show.
We picked the clip uploaded on April 27 - 2010 by Irina Krutova's YT crew - titled "An Old Waltz" in which Krutova - not only successfully channels - Claudia Shulzenko - but also adds her own "features".
At any rate - enjoy the vid - have a great Thanksgiving weekend and don't forget to click here next Friday Dec. 02 - 2016 for our choice of YouTube Video of the Week for the first week December 2016!
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Thursday, November 17, 2016
Our Choice of YT Video of the Week for the Third Week of Nov.2016 - "Rita Hayworth Love Goddess" uploaded by Genia106 on Nov.13-2016.
We choose a lovely video uploaded on Nov.13 - 2016 titled "Rita Hayworth Love Goddess" in which the author - our friend - a sophisticated New Yorker - Genia106 - presents magnificent visuals - her trademark - consisting of superb shots of Rita Hayworth - the ruling Goddess of the American and International Cinema from the 1940's till the end of 1950's.
Rita Hayworth's turbulent personal life story can be seen in many YouTube's video clips - however Genia's vid - focuses on the bright side of Rita Hayworth's many talents. The famous motion picture "Gilda" is considered a signature film made by Rita Hayworth. Many interesting clips from that picture - are available on YouTube with my most favorite - a lovely tune titled "Amada Mia" which features Rita Hayworth singing and dancing that famous number from the movie "Gilda" which is considered by many as the most popular film of Rita Hayworth - the picture which remains highly watchable - even if it's not a "cinematic" masterpiece of any kind.
She and Glen Ford have most tremendous chemistry on screen in that piece of work and a few other films they made together. In their respective private lives - however - they - remained only - good friends.
At any rate - have a great Thanksgiving - everybody and as always - don't forget to click here on Fri. Nov.25-16 or a day before for our choice of the YouTube's video of the last week of Nov. 2016!
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Rita Hayworth's turbulent personal life story can be seen in many YouTube's video clips - however Genia's vid - focuses on the bright side of Rita Hayworth's many talents. The famous motion picture "Gilda" is considered a signature film made by Rita Hayworth. Many interesting clips from that picture - are available on YouTube with my most favorite - a lovely tune titled "Amada Mia" which features Rita Hayworth singing and dancing that famous number from the movie "Gilda" which is considered by many as the most popular film of Rita Hayworth - the picture which remains highly watchable - even if it's not a "cinematic" masterpiece of any kind.
She and Glen Ford have most tremendous chemistry on screen in that piece of work and a few other films they made together. In their respective private lives - however - they - remained only - good friends.
At any rate - have a great Thanksgiving - everybody and as always - don't forget to click here on Fri. Nov.25-16 or a day before for our choice of the YouTube's video of the last week of Nov. 2016!
Copyright@L.Hadley and Associates 2025
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