Julie Andrews and Gene Kelly
An evening pause: From Julie Andrews 1971-72 television show. Remember, they put this together for a weekly show. No CG. No editing. Just two performers performing, impeccably.
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Tatyana Ryzhkova – Capricho Arabe
An evening pause: Composed in 1892 by Francisco Tárrega.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Santo & Johnny – Sleep Walk
An evening pause: The song should immediately be familiar, though I doubt most people today will know of the performers who wrote it.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace, who writes, “This performance is from 1959, an era when performers wore ties to show respect to their audience. One must wonder how performers show respect to their audience, these days–or even if it’s an issue.”
Jimmy Roberts – A House With Love In It
An evening pause: Granted, it is hokey 1960s television staging, but the song and performance are nice.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Kim Jong-Un Consults With Planned Parenthood To Learn How To Cover Up Atrocities
News you can use! In an effort to improve his brand, Kim Jong-Un came to New York on Friday to learn Planned Parenthood’s techniques for manipulating the media and covering up its human rights atrocities.
The North Korean delegate reportedly met with leaders at Planned Parenthood, where a panel of public relations professionals demonstrated the organization’s advanced methods of squashing any clear evidence of its brutal, callous slaughtering of human babies the moment it arises. “So you just get a judge to pull all the damning videos right away, and charge those trying to expose you with felonies? Amazing. We don’t even have that kind of power over the media back in Pyongyang.”
In other news, from the same source: ISIS lays down arms after Katy Perry’s impassioned plea to ‘Like, just co-exist.’
It is now obvious I have been getting my news information from the wrong sources. Things are much better than I might have supposed.
Doris Day – Young at Heart
An evening pause: From the 1954 film, Young at Heart.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
The Muffs – Don’t Pick on Me
An evening pause: What makes this music video appealing is the cartoon, which recreates the style of Hollywood’s early 1930s black & white cartoons.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
As always, I welcome suggestions for Evening Pauses. If you think you have something and have not emailed me any suggestions previously, mention in a comment that you want to suggest something. Do not post the link to the video. I will contact you myself.
Nat King Cole – But Not For Me
An evening pause: Performed in 1957 on Cole’s short-lived television show. Originally written by George and Ira Gershwin for their 1930 Broadway musical, Girl Crazy, which also made Ginger Rogers a star.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Julie Feeney – Love is a Tricky Thing
An evening pause: Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Patty Loveless – The Boys Are Back In Town
An evening pause: Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Juice Newton – Angel in the Morning
An evening pause: Hat tip Ed Thelen.
Beethoven – Turkish March
An evening pause: Arranged for 8 (!) pianos. From the youtube webpage:
2 successive performances of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Turkish March from “Die Ruinen von Athen”, arranged by Richard Blackford for 8 pianos. Played by Gina Bachauer, Jorge Bolet, Jeanne-Marie Darré, Alicia De Larrocha, John Lill, Radu Lupu, Garrick Ohlsson and Bálint Vázsonyi at a Gargantuan Pianistic Extravaganza in London, 1974.
Please note that the 2nd performance is NOT a shredding video – these great pianists were actually playing what you hear!
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.