Mark Pentleton

I returned today from a five-day trip to Palma de Mallorca where I was filming material for a new video show we’re working on. Last night as I walked along the Carrer San Miquel in Palma a saxophonist was playing the theme from the film Love Story so I thought I’d play this on my [...]

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I hope I’m not tempting fate by playing this song too early in the summer! This weekend we’ve had beautiful weather and it really feels like summer has arrived. I’ve recorded Gershwin’s Summertime from the musical Porgy and Bess, written in 1936 and, as I’ve just found out today, based on a Ukrainian folk melody [...]

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Very late with this one today – sorry, it’s been a bit of a mad day! This Neil Diamond song was included in the soundtrack of the film The Jazz Singer in 1980 and hopefully fulfils the request from Duncan from Apple with whom I was working last week in South Africa. It’s not quite [...]

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The previous songs from Les Misérables which I’ve included in my 365songs selection (I dreamed a dream, On my own and Bring him home) seem to have gone down very well, and there are plenty more to come! Today’s song, Empty chairs at empty tables, is sung by Marius about his friends who have not [...]

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