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"Divaville Lounge" with Sarah O (archive)

step into the lounge!

Sunday, February 24, 2013 | 14:00 to 16:00 | jazz/pop vocalists

http://www.divavillelounge.org

Artist	Song	Album	Label	Comments
Benny Goodman Orchestra	Hooray for Hollywood	Hooray for Hollywood OST	20th Century Fox	today's show, all Oscar nominated songs! (except for this one)
Les Paul	The Carioca	The Les Paul Show	otr-cat.com	nominated 1934, from the movie Flying Down to Rio, orig. sung by Etta Moten
Mel Torme	The Carioca	Lulu's Back in Town	Bethlehem Archives	1934 was the first year of the Best Song category
Nat King Cole	The Continental	Nat King Cole at the Sands	Blue Note	winner 1934, The Gay Divorcee, orig sung by Ginger Rogers & Eric Rhodes
Milton Brown and His Musical Brownies	Love in Bloom	Daddy of Western Swing	Proper UK	nom 1934, She Loves Me Not, orig sung by Bing Crosby
Dinah Washington	I've Got You Under My Skin	Night and Day: The Cole Porter Songbook	Capitol	nom 1936, Born to Dance, orig sung by Virginia Bruce

Born to Dance	I've Got You Under My Skin	Bachelor in Paradise: Cocktail Classics from MGM Films		inst.
Count Basie Orch v/ Jimmy Rushing	Pennies from Heaven	Complete Decca Recordings	RCA	nom 1936, Pennies from Heaven, orig sung by Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong
Fred Astaire	The Way You Look Tonight	Swing Time OST	RKO Radio Pictures	winner 1936, Swing Time, this is the performance from the movie
Bob Hope & Shirley Ross	Thanks for the Memory	Make Mine a Double	Capitol	winner 1938, The Big Broadcast of 1938, orig sung by Hope & Ross
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra	Jeepers Creepers	Satchmo:Ambassador of Jazz	Verve	nom 1938, Going Places, originated by Armstrong in the movie
Frank Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim	Change Partners	Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim	Reprise	nom 1938, Carefree, originated by Fred Astaire

Alvino Rey	Blues in the Night	Ultra-Lounge: Space Capades	Capitol	nom 1941, Blues in the Night, originated by William Gillespie
DInah Shore	Blues in the Night	Cocktail Hour	Columbia River	this song lost to "The Last Time I Saw Paris", probably due to a sympathy vote over the occupation of France, prompting a change in Academy rules so that "Paris" would not have been eligible
Andrews Sisters	Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy	Till Then: Music That Helped the Allies Win the War	History Channel	nom 1941, Buck Privates, originated by Andrews Sisters
Glenn Miller Orchestra v/ Tex Beneke	Chattanooga Choo-Choo	The Popular Recordings 1938-1942	RCA	nom 1941, Sun Valley Serenade, originated by Miller
Kate Smith	The Last Time I Saw Paris	Great Romantic Moments of the War Years	Reader's Digest	winner 1941, Lady Be Good, sung by Ann Sothern in the movie but there had been 6 versions on the charts before the movie. Composer Jerome Kern felt "Blues in the Night" was a more deserving song and petitioned the Academy for the rules change that best song nominees had to be written specifically for the movie

Ike Quebec	Dolores	Blue Harlem	Jasmine	nom 1941, Las Vegas Nights, originated by Tommy Dorsey (v Bert Wheeler) in the movie
Mel Torme	My Shining Hour	Mel Torme in Hollywood		nom 1943, The Sky's The Limit, introduced by Sally Sweetland o/ Freddie Slack
Julie London	You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To	The Very Best of Julie London		nom 1943, Something to Shout About, originated by Janet Blair & Don Ameche
Georgia Gibbs	Happiness is a Thing Called Joe	The Best of Georgia Gibbs: THe Mercury Years		nom 1943, Cabin in the Sky, originated by Ethel Waters
Nat King Cole	You'll Never Know	Songs from Stage and Screen	Capitol	winner 1943, Hello, Frisco, Hello, originated by Alice Faye
Ella Fitzgerald	That Old Black Magic	Twelve Nights in Hollywood	Verve	nom 1943, Star Spangled Rhythm, originated by Johnny Johnston

Oscar Peterson	That Old Black Magic	Oscar Peterson Plays the Harold Arlen Songbook		how "You'll Never Know" won in a year with this many incredible songs is just bizarre
Bing Crosby	Swinging On a Star	Cocktail Hour	Columbia River	winner 1944, Going My Way, originated by Crosby in the movie
Harry James Orchestra v/ Kitty Kallen	I'll Walk Alone	Bandstand Memories: 1938-1948		nom 1944, Follow the Boys, originated by Dinah Shore who had a major hit with it, and sang it often for servicemen on USO tours & on the program Command Performance
Frank Sinatra	I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night	Hits of '44	ASV Living Era	nom 1944, Higher and Higher, originated by Sinatra in the movie (his first credited film)
Chet Baker	Long Ago (and Far Away)	The Best of Chet Baker Sings	Blue Note	nom 1944, Cover Girl, originated by Gene Kelly
Judy Garland	The Trolley Song	The Best of the Decca Years Volume 1		nom 1944, Meet Me In St. Louis, originated by Garland

Les Baxter Orchestra	The High and the Mighty	Capitol Goes to the Movies	Capitol	nom 1954, The High and the Mighty, originated in movie by studio orchestra, released at the same time as a single by Baxter
Frank Sinatra	Three Coins in The Fountain	The Capitol Years	Capitol	winner 1954, Three Coins in the Fountain, originated by Sinatra, m. Jule Styne w. Sammy Cahn
Ella FItzgerald	The Man That Got Away	The Harold Arlen Songbook	Verve	nom 1954, A Star is Born, originated by Judy Garland, m. Harold Arlen w. Ira Gershwin
Frank Sinatra	(Love Is) The Tender Trap	The Capitol Years	Capitol	nom 1955, The Tender Trap, originated by Sinatra, m. James Van Heusen w. Sammy Cahn
Sammy Davis Jr.	Something's Gotta Give	Yes I Can!	Rhino	nom 1955, Daddy Long Legs, originated by Fred Astaire, w. & m. Johnny Mercer. "Unchained Melody" was also nominated in this year, but the winner was "Love is A Many Splendored Thing"!!

Bobby Darin	More	Wild, Cool & Swingin'!	Capitol	nom 1963, Mondo Cane, instrumental in the movie, m. Riz Ortolani & Nino Oliviero w. Norman Newell
Blossom Dearie	Charade	May I Come In?	UMVD	nom 1963, Charade, instrumental in the movie, m. Henry Mancini w. Johnny Mercer
Ella Fitzgerald	The Shadow of Your Smile	Jukebox Ella	Verve	winner 1965, The Sandpiper, instrumental in the movie, m. Johnny Mandel w. Paul Francis Webster
Tom Jones	What's New Pussycat?	The Very Best of Burt Bacharach		nom 1965, What's New Pussycat?, originated by Jones in the movie, m. Burt Bacharach w. Hal David

artist uncredited	What's New Pussycat?	45"	Hector Records H-1779
Astrud Gilberto	I Will Wait for You	Look to the Rainbow	Verve	nom 1965, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, originated by Catherine Deneuve, m. Michel Legrand w. Jacques Demy, English lyrics Norman Gimbel