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#26

Your Favorite Versions of Standards

Posted: 9/11/12 at 7:46pm

My absolute favorite version (sorry, Elvis)

Ingrid Michaelson - Can't Help Falling in Love

Updated On: 9/11/12 at 07:46 PM

#27

Your Favorite Versions of Standards

Posted: 9/11/12 at 8:01pm

wtf...no love for Julie London?

Julie London performing 'Cry Me a River'

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#28

Your Favorite Versions of Standards

Posted: 9/11/12 at 8:06pm

Wynbish, I think you and I have similar tastes in vocalists, because Madeleine Peyroux and Ingrid Michaelson are excellent choices.

To add to Madeleine Peyroux, I love her cover of "Dance Me To the End of Love" (not sure if that really counts as a standard): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqpOFQvMM1A

The Wailin' Jennys cover of "Summertime" has a great three-part vocal harmony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddDgLs6-3IY

I like pretty much everything Julie London's ever touched, but her rendition of "As Time Goes By" is a stand-out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoRgOAosMjA

The entire Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald album of Porgy and Bess covers is great.

Also not quite a standard, but the Trojans' version of Stand By Me is great: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgdkKm2xe_Q

Edited to add: Right, javero? I posted before before I saw yours, but yeah, she's great.

Updated On: 9/11/12 at 08:06 PM

#29

Your Favorite Versions of Standards

Posted: 9/11/12 at 8:09pm

Thanks, Michelle.

U r the bestest person in the whole world!

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#30

Your Favorite Versions of Standards

Posted: 9/11/12 at 8:12pm

I adore Jo Stafford, but I can't really narrow down which of hers is my favorite

#31

Your Favorite Versions of Standards

Posted: 9/11/12 at 8:15pm

That's so sweet of you, javero! And to think they say that everyone on these boards is a big meanie...

#32

Your Favorite Versions of Standards

Posted: 9/11/12 at 9:17pm

I love Phranc's "I Enjoy Being a Girl."

Belle Linda Halpern sang a version of "Lost in the Stars" at a friend's memorial service in the early '90s and just typing the phrase "Belle Linda Halpern sang a version of 'Lost in the Stars'..." gave me goosebumps and brought tears to my eyes. I hadn't forgotten all about it until I saw this thread. I don't see a version of it online anywhere (the Phranc song either), but I did find a recording of "If I Can Dream," made famous by the Elvis.
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#33

Your Favorite Versions of Standards

Posted: 9/11/12 at 10:56pm

Javero, I always assumed Julie London's Cry me a River *was* the first major released version. It's the one I always go to, and an absolute fave of mine (there was a 90s version I kinda liked by UK one hit wonder JAI, who had a big hit here with I Believe. It sounds kinda dated now with its commercialized take on Portishead production, but I still kinda like it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH86E17fNrk ).

#34

Your Favorite Versions of Standards

Posted: 9/11/12 at 10:58pm

*edited* I guess nobody ever said that you couldn't choose the first version of a song as the fave--I misread the question. Julie's Cry Me a River was the first one released, accoring to Wiki but it was written first for Ella, but she didn't end up recording it till 6 years after Julie.

#35

Your Favorite Versions of Standards

Posted: 9/11/12 at 11:19pm

oooooh weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpuJ-fkf4Hs

#36

Your Favorite Versions of Standards

Posted: 9/12/12 at 12:31am

Michelle, you along with a few others will probably change your opinion of me after I reveal that neither the voice of Sinatra nor Ella nor Streisand nor Diahann Carroll ever did anything for me.

For me, among the great crooners of the past Perry Como reined supreme followed closely by Vic Damone, Andy Williams and Nat King Cole . My starting lineup on the distaff side is made up Julie London, Sarah Vaughan, Dusty Springfield, Dame Shirley Bassey and Dionne Warwick (before too many Newport Menthols).

#FactsMatter...your feelings not so much.

Updated On: 9/12/12 at 12:31 AM

#37

Your Favorite Versions of Standards

Posted: 9/12/12 at 2:59am

Dionne Warwick is my favorite 60s vocalist--aside from so many great singles, all of her albums with Bacharach as arranger are pretty great. I admit, it was thrilling to finally see her live, but it's so utterly ridiculous how she still proclaims at every chance she has, with no sense of irony, that her smoking has never remotely affected her voice, and if it ever started to she would stop immediately. Of course voices often change with age--but her range and delivery in the 60s and into the 70s was, IMHO honestly up there with the greats like Ella--20 years later, the range anyway was largely gone.

#38

Your Favorite Versions of Standards

Posted: 9/12/12 at 5:48am

Speaking of Dionne, two of her covers of Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley standards recorded in 1965 that I love, both arranged and conducted by Burt Bacharach.

Who Can I Turn To? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUtZp9VARO4

Once in a Lifetime http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WGa5gGdIcs

And somewhat different, and while nothing can replace Nina Simone's definitive take on Bricusse/Newley's Feeling Good, I admit, I *love* Muse's cover: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmwRQqJsegw

#39

Your Favorite Versions of Standards

Posted: 9/19/12 at 6:10pm

Marilyn Monroe - My Heart Belongs to Daddy
http://vimeo.com/m/11971652

"The gods who nurse this universe think little of mortals' cares. They sit in crowds on exclusive clouds and laugh at our love affairs. I might have had a real romance if they'd given me a chance. I loved him, but he didn't love me. I wanted him, but he didn't want me. Then the gods had a spree and indulged in another whim. Now he loves me, but I don't love him." - Cole Porter

#40

Your Favorite Versions of Standards

Posted: 9/19/12 at 8:53pm

The Doors- "Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS8y-7B2pEk

I loved Ingrid's take on Elvis. Here's another Elvis cover in a similar tone, "Suspicious Minds"- My Morning Jacket
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsBqs6BVk4s

"Dearest"- The Black Keys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haTEd4Vn7OA

#41

Your Favorite Versions of Standards

Posted: 9/19/12 at 9:49pm

Department of Eagles - Love Me

#42

Your Favorite Versions of Standards

Posted: 9/19/12 at 10:26pm

Cyndi Lauper's album At Last is pretty great.

As is -
Annie Lennox - Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye

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#43

Your Favorite Versions of Standards

Posted: 9/19/12 at 11:31pm

Ella- Let's Do It
http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?v=YNZKOh3oXSU

Stephanie J Block- Funny Girl medley
http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?v=0lRlZMpS8kA

Audra- Being Green
http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?v=gffJQYw1VP0

Ann Hathaway- Moon River (30 seconds of animated bliss)
http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?v=DcFdqoXdkVw

Laura Benanti & Gavin Creel- The Nearness of You
http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?v=M05oHtsNiXI

Barbra- I Loves You, Porgy
http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?v=mlusyagVzAU

#44

Your Favorite Versions of Standards

Posted: 9/19/12 at 11:32pm

Annie is good but Ella owns it.

Ella: Every Time We Say Goodbye

#45

Your Favorite Versions of Standards

Posted: 9/20/12 at 12:19am

Sara Ramirez doing a Madlibs version of "The Man I Love"

#46

Your Favorite Versions of Standards

Posted: 9/20/12 at 12:23am

Frank Sinatra singing "I Concentrate on You" takes a slight edge over Ella's version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nir7Yw6mTxM

Sophie Milman's "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" is fun to me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25woWChzucs

#47

Your Favorite Versions of Standards

Posted: 9/20/12 at 12:31am

For me it's all Sarah Vaughan all the time.

I'm Glad There Is You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU6O601qFvA

Tenderly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIOxDaWpJ78

Her voice just makes my heart melt!

#48

Your Favorite Versions of Standards

Posted: 9/20/12 at 12:40am

Gene Kelly singing "I've Got a Crush on You"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaBPYTGZrlk&feature=related

#49

Your Favorite Versions of Standards

Posted: 9/20/12 at 4:29pm

Sinead O'Connor double whammy, worth a click...

Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MrlQ-8Ri_s

I Wanna Be Loved By You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oF-r3VJhMm4

Beyoncé is not an ally. Actions speak louder than words, Mrs. Carter. #Dubai #$$$

#50

Your Favorite Versions of Standards

Posted: 10/1/12 at 1:49pm

Rufus Wainwright - Stairway to Paradise

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