Petula Clark – Downtown
An evening pause: Performed live 1965.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Category: The Evening Pause
A nightly pause from the news to give the reader/viewer a bit of classic entertainment.
Charles Berthoud – My Way
An evening pause: Or as the performer labeled this video, “If Sinatra played bass.”
Hat tip Cotour.
Billie Holiday – Fine And Mellow
An evening pause: Hat tip Judd Clark, who gives this background, “Written by Billie Holiday, who first recorded it on April 20, 1939 on the Commodore label. Performed by Billie Holiday in 1957 in a television special, The Sound of Jazz.”
Kazuho Monster – Dance like Octopus
An evening pause: From the youtube page: “I wanna be the best dancer in the world.”
Hat tip Tom Wilson.
Neil Diamond – Solitary Man
An evening pause: One song from a full BBC concert from 1971. If you like it watch the whole concert, from the beginning. It is amazing how young Neil Diamond was when he did this concert.
Hat tip Rex Ridenoure.
Ladyva – Boogie Woogie
An evening pause: How about some hot boogie woogie to take us into the weekend.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
The O’Jays – Love Train
An evening pause: Clearly from 1970s television.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Cascade – Hotel California
An evening pause: Performed live in 2022 in Hanoi, Vietnam. The instruments are called Chapman Sticks.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
Joe Bonamassa – The Last Matador Of Bayonne
An evening pause: Hat tip Alton Blevins.
Salomé’s Dance
An evening pause: Music by Charles Barber. This comes from the 1913 silent film, Salomé, based on an Oscar Wilde play. Rarely seen, the movie represents a very early attempt to do something “edgy”. It succeeds about as well as modern “edgy” films, showing us a very shallow representation of human existence. But the visuals give us a glimpse into that early film world, when sets and costume were usually the only way to show something strange and striking.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Junshatang – Making a Yixing purple clay teapot
An evening pause: Watch a real artist at work.
Hat tip Cotour.
Natalie Imbruglia – Torn
An evening pause: Performed live 1998.
Hat tip Alton Blevins.
John Lee Hooker & Van Morrison – Baby Please Don’t Go
An evening pause: Performed live 1992.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Art Garfunkel – All I Know
An evening pause: Performed live 1996.
Primal Space – The Longest Eclipse Ever
An evening pause: Using a Concorde jet in 1973 to chase the shadow for 74 minutes.
Hat tip Wayne Devette.
Jean Harlow
An evening pause: A look back at early Hollywood, and someone who was then a big star and a great comic actor but who is mostly forgotten today.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
The Doobie Brothers – Long Train Runnin’
An evening pause: Performed live 1981.
Hat tip Doug Johnson.
Little Eva – The LocoMotion
An evening pause: Clearly from early 1960s television.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Bach – Concerto for three harpsichords in D minor
An evening pause: Performed 2017 by the Netherlands Bach Society.
Hat tip Alton Blevins.
Cissie Redgwick – Gimme That Swing
An evening pause: Hat tip Judd Clark.