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...song rises and falls with the mood (first mopey, then insistently desperate) of a lovelorn swain. It was a #1 hit for Paul Whiteman and had five other top-12 renditions in 1924. Twenty-four years later the song went to #22 for Nat Cole and #23 for Frank Sinatra. It was also a minor charter for Johnny Tillotson in 1962 - 38 years later...
...Crosby's hit was just the legendary beginning. His version returned to #1 in 1945 and 1947 and made it a top-30 charter in 14 subsequent Decembers. Sinatra?s rendition also had repeat visits to the top ten (#7 in 1944, #5 in 1945, #6 in 1946). The song worked for girl singers (Jo Stafford, #9 in 1946), for Nashville cats (Ernest Tubb, a #7 country charter in 1949) and for black artists. The Ravens had a #9 R&B hit in 1949, and Clyde McPhatter?s Drifters climbed to #2 R&B in 1954; this version, reissued...
...Rishikesh. George contributed four songs, including the anticarnivore screed Piggies and the gorgeous Here Comes the Sun and Something. With more than 150 versions recorded, Something is the second-most-covered Beatles song after Yesterday, but a measure of Harrison's obscurity within the band is that Frank Sinatra used to introduce Something as his favorite Lennon-McCartney tune...
Scarecrow (Capitol), his 14th, and, he says, final release, is a reminder that Brooks is a man with a significant gift. Like Elvis and Sinatra, Brooks isn't just a singer but an interpreter. He has an uncanny vocal ability to make his material convincing, from the weary amazement of Why Ain't I Running to the matter-of-fact Wrapped Up in You to the bad-boy exuberance of Beer Run. The problem is he never stops selling. He invests as much in trifles like The Storm ("She's drowning in emotions, and she cannot reach the shore...
...Rishikesh. George contributed four songs, including the anticarnivore screed Piggies and the gorgeous Here Comes the Sun and Something. With more than 150 versions recorded, Something is the second-most-covered Beatles song after Yesterday, but a measure of Harrison's obscurity within the band is that Frank Sinatra used to introduce Something as his favorite Lennon-McCartney tune...