Mark Pentleton

A big song today! Cry me a river was written for Ella Fitzgerald to sing in the 1955 film Pete Kelly’s Blues. However, it was dropped from the film and Ella Fitzgerald didn’t record it until 1961. The most famous early recording of the song was by Julie London in 1955, and it has since [...]

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Another jazz standard today: first recorded by Bing Crosby in 1934, this song has been covered by many artists including Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Billie Holiday and the famous Ella Fitzgerald version with the Nelson Riddle orchestra. Hope you enjoy today’s song!
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Today’s song is the wonderful Makin’ Whoopee from 1928, and my performance was inspired by Dave Grusin’s version in the film The Fabulous Baker Boys. I’m afraid Michelle Pfeiffer wasn’t available to drape herself over my piano as I performed this, but I’m sure she would have done so if she had been available!
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