The 2001 film Ghost World opens with the female protagonist dancing along with this scene as she watches it on TV. The scene is originally from the 1966 Bollywood movie Gumnaam. Mohammed Rafi was one of India's most famous playback singers, a singer whose voice is prerecorded for use in the movies. His voice graced over 70 Bollywood films including this clip. … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day – “Jaan Pehechaan Ho” by Mohammed Rafi
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Song Of The Day – “Easy To Be Hard” by Lynn Kellogg
Most rock fans know this song by Three Dog Night’s hit version, but here’s the original recording from the 1968 Broadway Cast of the musical Hair - The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical. The show introduced the hits "Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In," "Good Morning Starshine" and the title song which were brought to the charts by the likes of The Fifth Dimension, Oliver and The … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day – “Easy To Be Hard” by Lynn Kellogg
Song Of The Day – “Dance At The Gym” from the Original Soundtrack of “West Side Story” – Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Sondheim
Broadway musicals don’t get any better than this! You can keep your Andrew Lloyd Webber with his one song per musical, Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim were the real deal! And their musical, West Side Story, has never been bettered. West Side Story was one of the first musicals where dance played as important a role … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day – “Dance At The Gym” from the Original Soundtrack of “West Side Story” – Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Sondheim
Song Of The Day – “Aquarium” by Van Dyke Parks
Van Dyke Parks has essentially been making the same album since 1968, and fortunately for his fans, that album is a great one. Parks’ fascination with Tin Pan Alley sounds and Depression-Era songwriting has infused his work since the mid-1960s, resulting in albums that sound like original cast recordings from musicals that don’t exist. Over the last two years, Parks … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day – “Aquarium” by Van Dyke Parks
Song Of The Day – “Brooklyn Roads” by Neil Diamond
This was Neil Diamond’s first single after signing with MCA records back in 1968. Diamond had already scored numerous hits for Bert Burn’s Bang record label and was now ready to debut on the MCA distributed UNI label. The song highlighted a far more personal side of Neil Diamond with its autobiographical lyrics and adult oriented orchestral arrangements. It appeared on the … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day – “Brooklyn Roads” by Neil Diamond