![]() ![]() The melodic tenor saxophone of Frank Wess is prominent as well.Įric Dolphy Quintet with Booker Little Eric Dolphy at the Five Spot, Vol. Vaughan is assertively swinging and sly in singing “Like Someone in Love” on this live recording. Sarah Vaughan After Hours at the London House (Dig) Recorded live in Los Angeles, Baker offers a tender, straightforward vocal ballad interpretation of “Like Someone in Love.” Russ Freeman’s elegant piano accompaniment offers the perfect backdrop. McElrath - Musicologist for Ĭlick on any CD for more details at ![]() By turning to C minor, it requires only a simple vi - ii7 - V7 sequence to return to the original key. ![]() “B” starts on the subdominant, then drops a half step (using a tri-tone ii7 embellishment) to G7, resolving to C major. Both versions have the same voice-leading tendencies, however. In either case, a nice sequence is set up the former is harmonically more interesting, whereas a “classical” composer might have chosen the latter. However, he could have chosen to repeat the linear bass pattern in mm. Although Van Heusen uses ii7-V7 embellishments, the continued linear movement of the bass is strongly implied by the overall harmonic structure. Some very nice counterpoint between the melodic line and the bass line, which initially descends by step. Generally, upward leaping motion followed by stepwise descent two descending fifths in “B1.” Musical analysis of “Like Someone in Love” New versions have been released by pianist Jessica Williams, vocalist Rebecca Kilgore, trumpeter Ryan Kisor, guitarist Martin Taylor, and saxophonists Eric Alexander and Joe Lovano. Bassist Charles Mingus, vocalist Blossom Dearie, pianist Ahmad Jamal, saxophonist Bud Shank, guitarist Herb Ellis, and the vocal group Lambert, Hendricks & Ross recorded it. John Coltrane recorded a memorable version in 1957, and both Ella Fitzgerald and Art Blakey used it as the title cut of their respective albums in 19. The song has had a broad range of interpreters. ![]() It can provoke conduct that will “astound” you. As William Zinsser says in his book Easy to Remember: The Great American Songwriters and Their Songs, “.He was the house Mozart for America’s two princes of relaxation, Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra.” And Burke’s lyrics also invite a relaxed mood: “Lately I find myself out gazing at stars, Hearing guitars like someone in love.” Well, that’s love for you, as Burke suggests. “Like Someone in Love” is another one of Van Heusen’s easy-going melodies. It was Bing Crosby who took “Like Someone in Love” to the charts in 1945 where it reached #15 during its one-week stay.Ĭhart information used by permission from Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954Ĭrosby was instrumental in getting the team of composer Jimmy Van Heusen and lyricist Johnny Burke assigned to his motion pictures, requesting them for Road to Zanzibar in 1941 which led to other “Road” pictures and dozens of hit songs. The film did not do well at the box office, but one of the other Van Heusen and Burke songs, “Sleighride in July,” was nominated for an Oscar. The musical comedy/Western, set during the days of the Canadian Gold Rush, also starred Randolph Scott and Gypsy Rose Lee as his girlfriend (the belle of the title). “Like Someone in Love” was introduced in the movie Belle of the Yukon by Dinah Shore who played a dance hall singer in one of her early films. was the house Mozart for America’s two princes of relaxation, Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra.” ![]()
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