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Monthly Archives: June 2010
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, Easy on the Ears
It seems to me that the 1958 hit record by The Platters was the only version of Jerome Kern’s beautiful classic Smoke Gets in Your Eyes that played in my mind for many years. The Platters’ singing style was defined … Continue reading →
All the Things You Are: A Jazz Classic Despite the Composer’s Desire
This post begins my series featuring the music of composer Jerome Kern (1885-1945). Kern’s career spanned four decades and included a catalog of more than 700 songs, used in better than 100 musicals and films. Perhaps due in part to … Continue reading →
