by NRB | 17 Nov 2017 | The Godfather: Peter Corris |
We have 149 CDs on our shelves (I culled quite a few when we left Newtown for Earlwood; those that I’d tired of or that had become damaged). They are organised thus: 56 male vocal; 23 female vocal; 39 groups; 17 compilations; 14 classical. The male vocal section is...
by NRB | 13 Feb 2015 | The Godfather: Peter Corris |
Some of the very best popular songs depend for their emotional power and resonance on an unspoken backstory. Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer’s ‘One for My Baby’, made memorable by Frank Sinatra, tells us nothing about the broken relationship that has brought the singer...
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