But after a few minutes she looked directly at me, smiled and said, "do you happen to know an old song called 'Lovely To Look At'?"

(Please complete or pause one An American jazzman and his buddy woo a Russian princess and a fake countess in Paris. Lucky approaches the soprano sax with an equal amount of lyricism; LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING is particularly good. but, if you're in a rush, the portion concerning the writing of the lyric for "Lovely To Look At," as told by Fields herself, begins at 8:15 and continues through 11:33. "Tender, moving and engrossing in the ballads, thrilling in the uptempo numbers. This is the first recording of the complete score with its original orchestrations by Kern's orchestrator-of-choice, Robert Russell Bennett (album recorded New World Records, 2014). First recording *Some confusion as to which Shilkret brother's (Nat's or Jack's ) orchestra accompanies Irene Dunne on the original Brunswick (7420) recording of "Lovely To Look At." So just moments ago I googled to learn Bill Withers coincidentally wrote both and recently passed. Three Broadway producers struggling to get backing for their show hope one's sudden inheritance of a half interest in a Parisian fashion house is the answer. This song was every bit as sentimental as "Lovely To Look At," yet had jazz artists signing up right and left to record the song. video before starting another. "Lovely To Look At," the A side of the Elman record, wasn't included in the Broadway show at all because it didn't exist then, more or less. ), the song was played (and sung) by the fashion show orchestra led by Huck Haines (Fred Astaire), where it served Berman's other purpose as an accompaniment for the lovely-to-look-at models. The version of "Lovely To Look At" on this album can be heard on the Main Stage, The clip just above from the 1935 RKO movie, Turner Layton performs "Lovely To Look At", (date of original Layton recording currently unknown to us). The lyric for "Lovely To Look At" was finally written two years later by Dorothy Fields, who had been hired to write lyrics for new music by Kern for songs to be added to the score of the 1935 movie version of Roberta. Borrowed material (images): Images of CD, DVD, book and similar product covers are used courtesy of either Amazon.com or iTunes/LinkShare with which CafeSongbook.com maintains an affiliate status. From the album Complete Norman Granz Sessions, December, 1952 (See notes below video for complete personnel). There had been a hesitance to use the song at all because it was only sixteen bars long and somewhat difficult to sing, but both films did.

Al is one of the heirs of a dress salon in Paris, but this is almost bankrupt.

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The same track of "Lovely To Look At" appears on a later anthology album, "The Special Magic of Dick Haymes," in 1978 but even that year, two years before Haymes died and the year of his very last recording session, is far too late for this recording, given the recording itself reveals that it is a transcription of a radio show performance.