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Thread #33272   Message #3157586
Posted By: MW (music)
20-May-11 - 11:21 AM
Thread Name: Lyr/Chords Req: Always (Irving Berlin)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Always (Irving Berlin)
YouTube: Just by the by, have found a lovely couple of versions of this song (sadly sound only for of the old performances, no 'video' of course) at YouTube.

My singing tutor always said to Make A Song Your Own - well, here's a number of performers who truly did ! ,-)

1. Here's a languorous rendition by Frankie The Sinatra:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLh-m1Z_feY&playnext=1&list=PL70F1FEFA7048FE0E

2. And an interesting version due to variations in tempo - by Ella F.:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSsfeqNbs1Q&feature=BFp&list=WL7229BC893E04A5A8&index=19

3. Billie Holiday's version is (IMHO!) more in the line of a pure 'jazz'-style:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQPdnqDAJE4&feature=BFa&list=WL7229BC893E04A5A8&index=21

4. Richard Tauber does a more operatic - needless to say! - version at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biEoQNKCnyc&feature=BFa&list=WL7229BC893E04A5A8&index=18

5. And finally - a surprising version by, of all people, Phil Collins! :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugSci-speNM&feature=BFp&list=WL7229BC893E04A5A8&index=21

:-)