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KATHERINE JENKINS "Believe"
The first six years of Katherine Jenkins career have already been extraordinary in every sense of the word. Under the stewardship of producer David Foster (credited with the careers of Josh Groban, Michael Buble and most recently Seal's comeback) made her most ambitious album to date.
Katherine spent the spring of 2009 in LA at Foster's studio, recording 'Believe', the seventh album of her phenomenal career. Together they have produced a record of epic proportions that is set to take Katherine to new heights of success around the world. With a broad mix of contemporary and traditional repertoire the record not only delivers for existing fans but will also broaden her audience across the globe. From the haunting Sarah McLachlan song, 'Angel', through to a stunning working of 90's Evanescence's 'Bring Me To Life', the mezzo soprano's unique vocal interpretations bind seamlessly with Foster's arrangement and production.
The album also features a duet with award-winning tenor Andrea Bocelli. ‘I Believe’, arranged by Foster himself, is a tender operatic ballad which unites Jenkins and Bocelli on record for the first time. In addition to the October 26 release of the ‘Believe’ album, Jenkins will embark on an 11 date UK arena tour in March 2010.
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Al Martino, Godfather singer who had first British No 1, dies aged 82
Al Martino, the singer who played the Frank Sinatra-type role of Johnny Fontane in the film The Godfather, has died at the age of 82. The Italian-American crooner was known for his hit songs Here in My Heart, Spanish Eyes, Can’t Help Falling in Love and Volare, in a career that spanned more than five decades. Martino was born in South Philadelphia as Alfred Cini, and worked as a bricklayer in his parents' masonry business as a young man. He served in the US Marines during the Second World War, and was wounded during the invasion of Iwo Jima. A longtime resident of Beverly Hills, California, Martino died at his childhood home in the Philadelphia suburb of Springfield, in Delaware County. MORE
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Vocalist CHRIS CONNOR dies at 81
Chris Connor, a Kansas City native and prominent big-band jazz singer of the 1940s, ‘50s and beyond, died on Saturday 29 August 2009, of cancer. She was 81.
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As Time Goes By - Casablanca
"As Time Goes By" is a song written by Herman Hupfeld for the 1931 Broadway musical, Everybody's Welcome. In the original show it was sung by Frances Williams. It was recorded that year by several artists, including Rudy Vallee.
The song was re-introduced in 1942 in the film Casablanca, sung by Dooley Wilson. Wilson never released a single of the song because of a musicians' strike at the time of the film's release — but a re-issue of Rudy Vallee's 1931 recording became a major seller in 1942. The song was voted #2 on the AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs special, commemorating the best songs in film. The song was also played by Clint Eastwood in the movie In the Line of Fire. The song's famous opening line - "You must remember this..." - is actually the start of the fourth verse. As originally written and performed, there are three preceding verses. However, Dooley Wilson did not sing them in Casablanca and most subsequent versions have similarly omitted them, leading them to have become virtually unknown to most listeners. (From Wikipedia, see more in links)
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And We Were Lovers (The Sand Pebbles)
The theme from The Sand Pebbles ("And We Were Lovers") was recorded by over 24 different artists in the 1960's. For more information on the pop single...Click here:
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Jerry Goldsmith's score
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"Among my very favourites of all the many film songs I have written, was the theme from The Sand Pebbles, entitled "And We Were Lovers,"----LESLIE BRICUSSE
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JACK JONES in Hollywood
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Jack Jones (born January 14, 1938) is an American jazz and pop singer. He was one of the most popular vocalists of the 1960s....
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SINATRA Ten years after his death
This article originally ran in the May 15, 1998 edition of the New York Daily News.
Frank Sinatra sang with a fierce intensity, like a man in pursuit of that one elusive moment when the song would be precisely as he wanted it to be.
He lived the same way, and when he died May 14, he probably would have said that he never reached that moment that in the end it remained one step and one note beyond his grasp...Read More
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