“Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” is a show tune written by American composer Jerome Kern and lyricist Otto Harbach for the 1933 musical comedy Roberta. The song was sung in the Broadway show by Tamara Drasin. It was first recorded by Gertrude Niesen, with orchestral direction from Ray Sinatra, Frank Sinatra’s second cousin, on October […]
The Pink Panther Theme
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Milord
“Milord” or “Ombre de la Rue” (“Shadow of the Street”) is a 1959 song with lyrics by Georges Moustaki, and music by Marguerite Monnot), famously sung by Edith Piaf. It is a chanson that recounts the feelings of a lower-class “girl of the port” who develops a crush on an elegantly attired apparent upper-class British […]
Chopin – Nocturnes Opus 9
The Nocturnes, Op. 9 are a set of three nocturnes for solo piano written by Frederic Chopin between 1831 and 1832, published in 1832, and dedicated to Madame Marie Pleyel. These were Chopin’s first published set of nocturnes. The second nocturne of the work is often regarded as Chopin’s most famous piece. Nocturne in B-flat […]
Rock Follies
Rock Follies (together with its sequel, Rock Follies of ’77) is a musical drama that was shown on British television in the 1970s. The storyline follows the ups and downs of a fictional female rock band called the Little Ladies, as they struggle for recognition and success. The series was made on a small budget […]
Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei is a Japanese indie rock band from Wakkanai, Hokkaido. They were formed in 2007 by singer and guitarist Yuki Ozaki, guitarist Sōhei Funaya, bassist Hitoshi Sakō, and drummer Kazuki Ozaki. They debuted in 2008 after winning the teenage audition festival “Senkou Riot”. In 2009, The band signed with SME Records and released their […]