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.
Autumn Leaves
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
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:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTaRMum_gWU
A great performance of the song Art. I hadn’t heard her sing it before.
Can I put in a plug for this rendition by the late Eva Cassidy?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXBNlApwh0c