Doris May Lessing. Under My Skin. Songs [Unter der Haut. Autobiographie 1919 - 1949] – Links

Erwähnt sind Popsongs, meist mit ihrer ersten Nennung in Under my Skin. Da viele davon als Standards unzählige Male aufgenommen wurden, habe ich nur die Erstaufnahme (soweit mir bekannt) und die wichtigsten Interpretationen genannt.

Seite	Titel	Aufnahmedaten, Bemerkungen
36	And When They Ask Us	Radioprogramm mit World War One Songs; aus Oh What a Lovely War Musical von Joan Littlewood, 1963. Film 1969, Regie: Richard Attenborough
37	The Road to Mandalay	Gedicht von Rudyard Kipling : "On the road to Mandalay" aus dem Band Barrack Room Ballads. The Road to Mandalay. MGM-Film von 1926; Regie: Tod Browning; nach einer Erzählung von Tod Browning und Herman J. Mankiewicz "On the Road to Mandalay" (Oley Speaks - Rudyard Kipling): Jack Teagarden; Frank Sinatra, mit Billy May, Capitol 1957, Robbie Williams.
99	Campdown Races	Irish traditional: Johnny O'Leary (Akkordion). Frank Sinatra & Lawrence Tibbett (Medley: Campdown Races / Beuatiful Dreamer); Kenneth Spencer
99	Shenandoah	Traditional; beispielsweise von Harry Belafonte, Bob Dylan; Shenandoah
118	Song of the Volga Boatmen	Russian traditional. War's Enrico Caruso? Es gibt Aufnahmen mit 19 ? Fedor Schaljapin, Bass; 1917 von Igor Stravinsky in Orchesterfassung 1926 The Volga Boatmen; Kurzfilm 1926, Regie: Cecil B. DeMille, nach einem Roman von Konrad Bercovici 1939 Nelson Eddy, aus dem Film Balalaika 7.12.1940 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
118	The Waltz of the Toreadors	Enrico Caruso?: March of the Toreadors (Carmen)
122	Blue Skies	Blue Skies (Irving Berlin); Al Jolson 1927; im Musical Blue Skies, 1946, wiederverwendet. Frank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey, Victor 15.7.1941; Frank Sinatra Columbia 30.07.1946. Bing Crosby
122	Red Sails in the Sunset	Red Sails in the Sunset (Kennedy - Williams). Aufnahmen mit Grace Fields; Bing Crosby; Guy Lombardo; Mantovani; Jack Jackson; alle 1935. Louis Armstrong, 13.12.1935; Nat King Cole, 1951; Tab Hunter 1957.
204	I've Got You Under My Skin	Motto des Buches; Buchtitel; I've Got You Under My Skin
205	Cheek to Cheek	Cheek to Cheek (Irving Berlin), aus dem Film Top Hat, 1935 mit Fred Astaire und Ginger Rogers. Frank Sinatra, voc; Billy May, orch.; Capitol, 22.12.1958 Heaven, I’m in heaven And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak And I seem to find the happiness I seek When we’re out together dancing cheek to cheek
211	Swinging on a Star	Hier verwechselt Doris Lessing die Zeilen. Swinging on a Star (Johnny Burke - Jimmy Van Heusen) beginnt mit Would you like to swing on a star Carry moonbeams home in a jar And be better off than you are Or would you rather be a mule? Die beiden Zeilen kommen noch mehrmals genau in dieser Reihenfolge vor; Text. Aus Going My Way; Aufnahme mit Bing Crosby mit den Williams Brothers (darunter der 13-jährige Andy Williams) 7.2.1944
223	Night and Day	Night and Day (Cole Porter). Fred Astaire 1932; Billie Holiday 1939; Frank Sinatra 1943; Coleman Hawkins 17.2.1944; Teddy Wilson 20.7.1944; Bing Crosby 1944; Frank Sinatra, Columbia 19.10.1947 Auch Buchtitel von Virginia Woolf.
272	Dancing with Tears in my Eyes	Dancing with Tears in my Eyes (Al Dubin - Joe Burke) aus dem Film Dancing Sweeties, 1930. "I'm dancing with tears in my eyes 'cause the girl in my arms isn't you" Aufnahmen: Ruth Etting, 2.6.1930; Ernie Golden & His Orchestra 12.6.1930; Harry Prime mit Ralph Flanagan
273	It's A Sin To Tell A Lie	It's A Sin To Tell A Lie (Billy Mayhew; von Fats Waller übernommen) Fats Waller and His Rhythm, 5.6.1936; Ruth Etting 1936; Billie Holiday 1942; "I love you, yes I do, I love you If you break my heart I'll die So be sure it's true when you say »I love you« It's a sin to tell a lie"
273	Goodbye ... don't cry, wipe the tears from your eye	Nicht identifiziert; wird in Gedichten wie "At the End of a Rainbow" verwendet; dafür keine Aufnahme bekannt.
273	We'll Meet Again	We'll Meet Again (Ross Parker - Hughie Charles ) "We'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when ..." The Ink Spots; 1941 Kay Kyser; 1941 Guy Lombardo; 1942 Benny Goodman; 1954 Vera Lynn; wurde 1964 in der letzten Szene im Film "Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" verwendet. Perry Como; Frank Sinatra – Links
283	Brother, Can You Spare a Dime	Brother, Can You Spare a Dime (Yip Harburg - Gorney Harburg), 1931. Once I built a railroad, I made it run, made it race against time. Once I built a railroad; now it's done. Brother, can you spare a dime? Once I built a tower, up to the sun, brick, and rivet, and lime; Once I built a tower, now it's done. Brother, can you spare a dime? Bing Crosby, 1932
303	The Man I Love	The Man I Love (George & Ira Gershwin). Unzählige Aufnahmen: Art Tatum, 1935; Benny Goodman Quartet, 2.12.1936; Billie Holiday; Edmond Hall, 1943; Coleman Hawkins 1943; Nat King Cole, voc, Lester Young, ts, 1946
322	Run Rabbit Run	Run Rabbit Run (Noel Gay & Ralph Butler; Noel Gay), gesungen von Flanagan & Allen aus der Show The Little Dog Laughed von Noel Gay, 1939. Abgeänderter Text: "Run Adolf, Run Adolf, Run, Run, Run........". – Links
322	The Siegfried Line	The Siegfried Line (Jimmy Kennedy, Michael Carr), gesungen von Flanagan & Allen; "We're going to hang out the washing on the Siegfried Line". – Links
322	Lili Marlene	Doris Lessing: Lilli Marlene; in englischen Kontexten ist sowohl das ursprüngliche "Lili Marleen" als auch "Lillie Marlene" gebräuchlich. Original Text: Hans Leip, 1915; Musik: Norbert Schultze, 1937), gesungen von Lale Andersen 1939; englische Version von Tommy Connor, gesungen 1944 von Anne Shelton (Patricia Sibley * 10.11.1924 Dulwich, England); Vera Lynn, Marlene Dietrich. – Links
322	White Cliffs Of Dover	White Cliffs Of Dover (Nat Burton, Walter Kent); gesungen von Vera Lynn (Vera Welch * 20.3.1917 London) 1942; Kay Kyser and His Orchestra (Harry Babbitt, voc); Glenn Miller (Ray Eberle, voc) 24.11.1941; Kate Smith; Sammy Kaye; Jimmy Dorsey "There'll be bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover, Tomorrow, just you wait and see". – Links
359	Somebody Loves Me	Somebody Loves Me (Ballard MacDonald, B.G. DeSylva - George Gershwin). Interpretationen u.a. von Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald; Dinah Washington, 4.12.1956 "Somebody loves me, I wonder who, I wonder who she can be?"
359	Smoke Gets in your Eyes	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Jerome Kern - Otto Harbach) aus dem Musical "Roberta", 1933. Paul Whitman, Leo Reisman; Emil Coleman; Ruth Etting; Irene Dunne; alle 1934. Artie Shaw, 1941. Dinah Washington, 10.11.1955; The Platters, 1958.
366	Nobody Knows You When You’re Down	"I had hundreds of friends, they didn't mind drinking my champagne and coming to my parties, then this happened and I found I only had two real friends". Hier gibt es nur eine assoziative Verbindung zu Nobody Knows You when You’re Down (Jimmie Cox, 1923); unzählige Interpretationen, beginnend mit Bessie Smith, 1929 Nobody Knows You when You're Down and Out; B.B. King; LaVern Baker 271.1958; Rod Stewart; Janis Joplin, Nina Simone, Peter, Paul, and Mary; Bobby Womack. I once lived the life of a millionaire Spending my money I didn't care Always taking my friends out for a good time Buying champagne, gin and wine But just as soon as my dough got low I couldn't find a friend, no place I go If I ever get my hands on a dollar again I'm gonna squeeze it, and squeeze it Till the eagle grins Nobody knows you when you're down and out In your pocket, not one penny And your friends, you haven't any And as soon as you get on your feet again Everybody is your long lost friend It's mighty strange, without a doubt, but Nobody wants you when you're down and out.
376	There's A Small Hotel	There's A Small Hotel (Lorenz Hart - Richard Rodgers). Der Song wurde bereits 1933 geschrieben, inspiriert vom Stockton Inn, , Stockton, NJ 08559. Er wurde bekannt durch das Broadway Musical "On Your Toes", 1936, und wieder verwendet im Film Pal Joey, 1957; gesungen von Frank Sinatra, arrangiert von Nelson Riddle; Capitol 1957. There's a small hotel With a wishing well I wish that we were there together There's a bridal suite One room bright and neat Complete for us to share together Weitere Aufnahmen: 14.4.1949 The Benny Goodman Quartet
376	Love Walked In	Love Walked In (Ira & George Gershwin) Fünf Versionen in 1938: Sammy Kaye; Jimmy Dorsey; Jan Garber; Kenny Baker und Louis Armstrong, 18.5.1938. Spätere Versionen von Tony Bennett; The Hilltoppers, 1953; Dinah Washington; The Flamingos. Sammy Kaye - Love Walked In Lyrics Aus dem Film "Goldwyn Follies" 1938 mit Edgar Bergen und Adolph Menjou.
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Links The 1940s Sound Library – British War and Cockney Songs – Frank Sinatra

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