The Pink Panther Theme” is a jazz composition by Henry Mancini written as the theme for the 1963 film The Pink Panther and subsequently nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score at the 37th Academy Awards but lost to the Sherman Brothers for Mary Poppins. The eponymous cartoon character created for the film’s […]
Robb Wilton
Robert Wilton Smith, better known as Robb Wilton, was an English comedian and actor. He was best known for his filmed monologues during the 1930s and 1940s, in which he played incompetent authority figures. His trademark was to put his hand over part of his face at the punchline. Wilton had a dry Lancashire accent, […]
Blues In The Night
“Blues in the Night” is a popular blues song which has become a pop standard and is generally considered to be part of the Great American Songbook. The music was written by Harold Arlen, the lyrics by Johnny Mercer, for a 1941 film begun with the working title Hot Nocturne, but finally released as Blues […]
I Don’t Want To Set The World On Fire
“I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire” is a song written by Bennie Benjamin, Eddie Durham, Sol Marcus and Eddie Seiler. Originally written in 1938, the song was first recorded three years later by Harlan Leonard and His Rockets. It was covered by several musicians and groups, most successfully by Horace Heidt on […]
Meglio Stasera
“Meglio stasera” (known in English as “It Had Better Be Tonight“) is a 1963 song in samba rhythm with music by Henry Mancini, Italian lyrics by Franco Migliacci and English lyrics by Johnny Mercer. It was composed for the 1963 film The Pink Panther, in which it was performed by Fran Jeffries. In addition to […]
Tine Thing Helseth
Since the beginning of her career, Norwegian trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth has championed the trumpet repertoire amongst audiences on all six continents, meriting the highest critical praise for her soulful, lyrical sound and collaborative approach to music-making. An artist who challenges the boundaries of genre with an intensely creative, open-minded philosophy, Tine’s ever-expanding repertoire ranges […]
Isn’t She Lovely
“Isn’t She Lovely” is a song by Stevie Wonder from his 1976 album, Songs in the Key of Life. The lyrics celebrate the birth of his daughter, Aisha Morris. Wonder collaborated on the song with Harlem songwriter and studio owner Burnetta “Bunny” Jones. The song opens side 3 of Songs in the Key of Life, […]
Un Bel Di, Vedremo
“Un Bel dì, Vedremo” (“One fine day we’ll see”) is a soprano aria from the opera Madame Butterfly (1904) by Giacomo Puccini, set to a libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It is sung by Cio-Cio San (Butterfly) on stage with Suzuki, as she imagines the return of her absent love, Pinkerton. It is […]
Sous Le Ciel De Paris
“Sous le Ciel de Paris” is a song initially written for the 1951 French film Sous le Ciel de Paris, directed by Julian Duvivier. In the film it was sung by Jean Bretonniere.The song was written for the film by Hubert Giraud (music) and Jean Drejac (lyrics). “Sous le Ciel de Paris” (Under the Sky […]