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  1. "Are You Havin' Any Fun?" is a song with lyrics by #JackYellen and music by #SammyFain. It featured in the Broadway #revue series #GeorgeWhitesScandals in 1939. A popular recording in 1939 was by #TommyDorsey and His Orchestra with vocals by #EdytheWright.
    youtube.com/watch?v=pDFu73HRu6A

  2. "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" is a #popular song with music by #HarryWarren and lyrics by #JohnnyMercer, written in 1938 for the #WarnerBrothers movie #HardToGet, released November 1938, in which it was sung by #DickPowell. The biggest-selling hit version was recorded by #BingCrosby, with #BobCrosby and his orchestra while other contemporaneous hit versions included recordings by #TommyDorsey (with vocal by #EdytheWright) and #RussMorgan.
    youtube.com/watch?v=hLYkAL_ow0E

  3. "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" is a #popular song with music by #HarryWarren and lyrics by #JohnnyMercer, written in 1938 for the #WarnerBrothers movie #HardToGet, released November 1938, in which it was sung by #DickPowell. The biggest-selling hit version was recorded by #BingCrosby, with #BobCrosby and his orchestra while other contemporaneous hit versions included recordings by #TommyDorsey (with vocal by #EdytheWright) and #RussMorgan.
    youtube.com/watch?v=hLYkAL_ow0E

  4. "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" is a #popular song with music by #HarryWarren and lyrics by #JohnnyMercer, written in 1938 for the #WarnerBrothers movie #HardToGet, released November 1938, in which it was sung by #DickPowell. The biggest-selling hit version was recorded by #BingCrosby, with #BobCrosby and his orchestra while other contemporaneous hit versions included recordings by #TommyDorsey (with vocal by #EdytheWright) and #RussMorgan.
    youtube.com/watch?v=hLYkAL_ow0E

  5. "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" is a #popular song with music by #HarryWarren and lyrics by #JohnnyMercer, written in 1938 for the #WarnerBrothers movie #HardToGet, released November 1938, in which it was sung by #DickPowell. The biggest-selling hit version was recorded by #BingCrosby, with #BobCrosby and his orchestra while other contemporaneous hit versions included recordings by #TommyDorsey (with vocal by #EdytheWright) and #RussMorgan.
    youtube.com/watch?v=hLYkAL_ow0E

  6. "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" is a #popular song with music by #HarryWarren and lyrics by #JohnnyMercer, written in 1938 for the #WarnerBrothers movie #HardToGet, released November 1938, in which it was sung by #DickPowell. The biggest-selling hit version was recorded by #BingCrosby, with #BobCrosby and his orchestra while other contemporaneous hit versions included recordings by #TommyDorsey (with vocal by #EdytheWright) and #RussMorgan.
    youtube.com/watch?v=hLYkAL_ow0E

  7. #FortnightFridayMusic
    Feb 27 2026

    We were recently #Purple but this week we’re specifically #Violet.

    Archie Shepp Quartet, “Violets for Your Furs” from True Ballads (1997)

    I’ve recently become somewhat obsessed with saxophonist Archie Shepp.
    I cannot get enough of his soulful breathy style and penchant for playing ballads rather than the uptempo bebop favored by so many jazz greats, that neither my intellect nor attention span can handle. Shepp’s playing has a mournful tone that somehow soothes.

    As luck would have it, I was listening to his album True Ballads yesterday, with final track “Violets for Your Furs.” The song was composed by Matt Dennis with words by Tom Adair in 1941 and first recorded by Frank Sinatra singing with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, and been recorded numerous times since, including renditions by folks with names like Coltrane and Holiday.

    Like many jazz tracks, it’s longer than your standard pop tune, so settle in and give it a listen - it’s gorgeous, man.

    youtube.com/watch?v=2_-qLcANv9Q

    #jazz #saxophone #ArchieShepp #FrankSinatra #Sinatra #TommyDorsey #TommyDorseyOrchestra

  8. #FortnightFridayMusic
    March 6, 2026

    We were recently #Purple but this week we’re specifically #Violet.

    Archie Shepp Quartet, “Violets for Your Furs” from True Ballads (1997)

    I’ve recently become somewhat obsessed with saxophonist Archie Shepp. I cannot get enough of his soulful breathy style and penchant for playing ballads rather than the uptempo bebop favored by so many jazz greats, that neither my intellect nor attention span can handle. Shepp’s playing has a mournful tone that somehow soothes.

    As luck would have it, I was listening to his album True Ballads yesterday, with final track “Violets for Your Furs.” The song was composed by Matt Dennis with words by Tom Adair in 1941 and first recorded by Frank Sinatra singing with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, and been recorded numerous times since, including renditions by folks with names like Coltrane and Holiday.

    Like many jazz tracks, it’s longer than your standard pop tune, so settle in and give it a listen - it’s gorgeous, man.

    youtube.com/watch?v=2_-qLcANv9Q

    #jazz #saxophone #ArchieShepp #FrankSinatra #Sinatra #TommyDorsey #TommyDorseyOrchestra

  9. #FortnightFridayMusic
    March 6, 2026

    We were recently #Purple but this week we’re specifically #Violet.

    Archie Shepp Quartet, “Violets for Your Furs” from True Ballads (1997)

    I’ve recently become somewhat obsessed with saxophonist Archie Shepp. I cannot get enough of his soulful breathy style and penchant for playing ballads rather than the uptempo bebop favored by so many jazz greats, that neither my intellect nor attention span can handle. Shepp’s playing has a mournful tone that somehow soothes.

    As luck would have it, I was listening to his album True Ballads yesterday, with final track “Violets for Your Furs.” The song was composed by Matt Dennis with words by Tom Adair in 1941 and first recorded by Frank Sinatra singing with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, and been recorded numerous times since, including renditions by folks with names like Coltrane and Holiday.

    Like many jazz tracks, it’s longer than your standard pop tune, so settle in and give it a listen - it’s gorgeous, man.

    youtube.com/watch?v=2_-qLcANv9Q

    #jazz #saxophone #ArchieShepp #FrankSinatra #Sinatra #TommyDorsey #TommyDorseyOrchestra

  10. #FortnightFridayMusic
    March 6, 2026

    We were recently #Purple but this week we’re specifically #Violet.

    Archie Shepp Quartet, “Violets for Your Furs” from True Ballads (1997)

    I’ve recently become somewhat obsessed with saxophonist Archie Shepp. I cannot get enough of his soulful breathy style and penchant for playing ballads rather than the uptempo bebop favored by so many jazz greats, that neither my intellect nor attention span can handle. Shepp’s playing has a mournful tone that somehow soothes.

    As luck would have it, I was listening to his album True Ballads yesterday, with final track “Violets for Your Furs.” The song was composed by Matt Dennis with words by Tom Adair in 1941 and first recorded by Frank Sinatra singing with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, and been recorded numerous times since, including renditions by folks with names like Coltrane and Holiday.

    Like many jazz tracks, it’s longer than your standard pop tune, so settle in and give it a listen - it’s gorgeous, man.

    youtube.com/watch?v=2_-qLcANv9Q

    #jazz #saxophone #ArchieShepp #FrankSinatra #Sinatra #TommyDorsey #TommyDorseyOrchestra

  11. #FortnightFridayMusic
    March 6, 2026

    We were recently #Purple but this week we’re specifically #Violet.

    Archie Shepp Quartet, “Violets for Your Furs” from True Ballads (1997)

    I’ve recently become somewhat obsessed with saxophonist Archie Shepp. I cannot get enough of his soulful breathy style and penchant for playing ballads rather than the uptempo bebop favored by so many jazz greats, that neither my intellect nor attention span can handle. Shepp’s playing has a mournful tone that somehow soothes.

    As luck would have it, I was listening to his album True Ballads yesterday, with final track “Violets for Your Furs.” The song was composed by Matt Dennis with words by Tom Adair in 1941 and first recorded by Frank Sinatra singing with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, and been recorded numerous times since, including renditions by folks with names like Coltrane and Holiday.

    Like many jazz tracks, it’s longer than your standard pop tune, so settle in and give it a listen - it’s gorgeous, man.

    youtube.com/watch?v=2_-qLcANv9Q

    #jazz #saxophone #ArchieShepp #FrankSinatra #Sinatra #TommyDorsey #TommyDorseyOrchestra

  12. 85 years ago today, #FrankSinatra & #TommyDorsey orchestra record "Everything Happens to Me".

  13. On 2 February 1940: #FrankSinatra performs at the Lyric Theater in Indianapolis, Indiana, his first as featured singer with the #TommyDorsey Orchestra.

  14. "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" is a #popular song with music by #HarryWarren and lyrics by #JohnnyMercer, written in 1938 for the #WarnerBrothers movie #HardToGet, released November 1938, in which it was sung by #DickPowell. The biggest-selling hit version was recorded by #BingCrosby, with #BobCrosby and his orchestra while other contemporaneous hit versions included recordings by #TommyDorsey (with vocal by #EdytheWright) and #RussMorgan.
    youtube.com/watch?v=KQGu08cECug

  15. "Are You Havin' Any Fun?" is a song with lyrics by #JackYellen and music by #SammyFain. It featured in the Broadway #revue series #GeorgeWhitesScandals in 1939. A popular recording in 1939 was by #TommyDorsey and His Orchestra with vocals by #EdytheWright.
    youtube.com/watch?v=ie-LVs3Rj1M

  16. #OnThisDay in 1956, #TommyDorsey, American trombonist and big band bandleader ("Opus No. 1"; "I'll Never Smile Again"; "Yes, Indeed!"), died at 51.
    #RIP 🥀🪦⚰️

  17. When Swing was King – und eine Punktlandung in Deutschland, 2025 #Swing #Jazz #Music #Musik #MusicMania #MusicHistory #DukeEllington #BennyGoodman #CountBasie #GlennMiller #TommyDorsey #WoodyHerman #ChickWebb #ArtieShaw #EllaFitzgerald #FrankSinatra

    https://derw ahlberliner.com/2025/11/21/when-swing-was-king-und-eine-punktlandung-in-deutschland-2025/

  18. When Swing was King – und eine Punktlandung in Deutschland, 2025 #Swing #Jazz #Music #Musik #MusicMania #MusicHistory #DukeEllington #BennyGoodman #CountBasie #GlennMiller #TommyDorsey #WoodyHerman #ChickWebb #ArtieShaw #EllaFitzgerald #FrankSinatra

    https://derw ahlberliner.com/2025/11/21/when-swing-was-king-und-eine-punktlandung-in-deutschland-2025/

  19. When Swing was King – und eine Punktlandung in Deutschland, 2025 #Swing #Jazz #Music #Musik #MusicMania #MusicHistory #DukeEllington #BennyGoodman #CountBasie #GlennMiller #TommyDorsey #WoodyHerman #ChickWebb #ArtieShaw #EllaFitzgerald #FrankSinatra

    https://derw ahlberliner.com/2025/11/21/when-swing-was-king-und-eine-punktlandung-in-deutschland-2025/

  20. #OnThisDay in 1905, #TommyDorsey, American trombonist and big band bandleader ("Opus No. 1"; "I'll Never Smile Again"), born in Mahanoy Plane, Pennsylvania (d. 1956).
    #HappyBirthday #RIP 🪦

  21. "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" is a #popular song with music by #HarryWarren and lyrics by #JohnnyMercer, written in 1938 for the #WarnerBrothers movie #HardToGet, released November 1938, in which it was sung by #DickPowell. The biggest-selling hit version was recorded by #BingCrosby, with #BobCrosby and his orchestra while other contemporaneous hit versions included recordings by #TommyDorsey (with vocal by #EdytheWright) and #RussMorgan.
    youtube.com/watch?v=KQGu08cECug

  22. #OnThisDay in 1940, Billboard publishes its first singles record chart; "I'll Never Smile Again" by #TommyDorsey, with vocals by #FrankSinatra, is number 1.

  23. "Are You Havin' Any Fun?" is a song with lyrics by #JackYellen and music by #SammyFain. It featured in the Broadway #revue series #GeorgeWhitesScandals in 1939. A popular recording in 1939 was by #TommyDorsey and His Orchestra with vocals by #EdytheWright.
    youtube.com/watch?v=ie-LVs3Rj1M

  24. #OnThisDay in 1940, Billboard publishes its first singles record chart; "I'll Never Smile Again" by #TommyDorsey, with vocals by #FrankSinatra, is number 1.

  25. "I'm In a Dancing Mood" è un ottimo esempio di musica scritta e suonata prevalentemente per il ballo. Lo spazio per l'improvvisazione è poco, ma molti tra i più grandi jazzisti hanno fatto esperienza in orchestre come queste.

    Leggi di più 👉 go.leoravera.it/4frfl6F

    #TommyDorsey #Jazz
    go.leoravera.it/4frfl6F

  26. "Are You Havin' Any Fun?" is a song with lyrics by #JackYellen and music by #SammyFain. It featured in the Broadway review series #GeorgeWhitesScandals in 1939. A popular recording in 1939 was by #TommyDorsey and His Orchestra with vocals by #EdytheWright.
    youtu.be/-P-Lz36TaXo