Mark Pentleton

Today’s song is It had to be you, one of my wife Catriona’s favourite songs. It dates from 1924 and was performed by Priscilla Lane in the 1939 film The Roaring Twenties. Since then it’s been performed by many artists, including Harry Connick Jr. in the 1989 Sleepless in Seattle Soundtrack. [Correction: as Pierre-Benoît pointed [...]

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And we’re over the hill! Today is the start of the second half of the year and my 365 songs project, so I’m on the way down! I chose today’s song from the 1940 musical Pal Joey by Rogers and Hart where it was performed by Gene Kelly and Leila Ernst. I first heard this [...]

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Yesterday’s mention of the Sleepless in Seattle soundtrack reminded me of this brilliant song from the movie, performed by Harry Connick Jr. I’m afraid I don’t do HCJ’s piano-playing justice! The song missed out on an Academy Award in 1994 when Streets of Philadelphia picked up the award for Best Original Song.
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