This article about Connie Francis’ enchanting version of My Happiness contains extracts from the two Wikipedia references at the end of this post: Connie Francis – whose favourite song at the age of eight had been the Jon and Sondra Steele version…
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I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues (1983) – Elton John
But more than ever, I simply love youMore than I love life itself When Elton sings the above lines in today’s featured track, it sends chills down my spine. It’s simply devine and one of my favourite romantic songs from…
Envidia (2024) – Nathy Peluso
the queen of self-assured experimentation Nathy Peluso is a genuine Latin Pop polymath in the modern Latina music world; a sort of Jekyll and Hyde figure battling between herself and her bold pop star persona. She opens her latest album…
Morning Starship (2019) – Morrissey
Morning Starship is a recent Morrissey track and entails a Sci-Fi love story which blends cosmic themes and introspective lyricism. Like a lot of his tunes including with The Smiths it can take a little time for my ears to…
My Back Pages (1964) – Bob Dylan
The song’s title evokes both the “back pages” of a book – its end – and the “pages” of life that lay behind a person as they proceed onward from start to finish. As Dylan turns the page on his past…
Man! I Feel Like A Woman (1997) – Shania Twain
Oh-oh-oh, go totally crazyForget I’m a ladyMen’s shirts, short skirtsOh-oh-oh, really go wild, yeahDoin’ it in styleOh-oh-oh, get in the actionFeel the attractionColor my hair, do what I dare Above is the chorus of arguably Shania Twain’s most recognised song…
Runaround Sue (1961) – Dion
It really is about a girl who was kind of loose in the neighbourhood. The word Sue just fit for the song – you couldn’t use Roberta, or Alice, or whatever. I’m not going to mention who it’s really about,…
Signore, Ascolta! (Turandot) 1924 – Giacomo Puccini
Pieces of music from the Italian composer Giacomo Puccini have featured here from his Operas: La Bohème and Tosca, but nothing from Turandot or Madame Butterfly. But hold your hats because today we have an exquisite soprano aria from act one of the opera Turandot called…
Cúlpame a Mí (2022) – Kenia Os
Cúlpame a Mí (Eng: Blame Me) by Mexican singer-songwriter Kenia Os came onto my random music player yesterday when I was getting ready to go out. I thought it was beautiful and had it on repeat until I left the…
Siege of a Nation (1982) – The Fureys
When I was a preadolescent I bought the album by The Furey’s called ‘When You Were Sweet Sixteen‘. Today’s featured track, Siege of a Nation, is the fourth song I’ve highlighted from my favourite Celtic album, which I consider a…
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