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Autumn Leaves

Something for the weekend.  Autumn Leaves (1945) composed by Joseph Kosma with English lyrics by Johnny Mercer.  Sung by the unforgettable Nat King Cole, it is a good welcome for Autumn, my favorite season of the year.

 

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Art Deco
Art Deco
Saturday, September 28, AD 2019 8:36am

Jo Stafford once interviewed said that when she entered the music business, there were commonly several versions of a given song in circulation at one time, and ‘a song had a chance to find itself among them’. (She also said singers were seldom composers, roles should thought it suboptimal to combine). So, in the spirit of that, the distaff version of a great song:

Dennis DiMuzio
Dennis DiMuzio
Saturday, September 28, AD 2019 6:55pm

Can I put in a plug for this rendition by the late Eva Cassidy?

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