Music from times gone by.
Songwriter Bobby Troup sounding charmingly under the weather ‘That Darn Cat’.
Frank Sinatra performing ‘Makin’ Whoopee’ from the album ‘Songs for Swingin’ Lovers’; its arranger, Nelson Riddle, playing ‘Walkin’; and a song Sinatra’s daughter Nancy and Dean Martin once made waves with, ‘Things’, performed by Sinatra clone Robbie Williams, with Jane Horrocks.
From the yodeling universe, The Delmore Brothers with ‘Lonesome Yodel Blues’.
Obscure cabaret singer Jaap Dubbelboer with a beautiful song that somewhat became an evergreen, ‘Een afscheid zonder meer’.
Vocal phenomenon Tiny Tim, also known as a ‘musical archivist’, blessed with an unusual voice, singing ‘Love, You Funny Thing!’
Special attention to a remarkable yet forgotten trumpeter, Tony Fruscella—a man with a melancholic tone, credited with pointing the way to ‘cool jazz’ for Miles Davis and Chet Baker. However, while they found success, he remained stuck in obscurity.
Comedian Fons Janssen with a humorous take on what someone’s speaking style can reveal about them.
Also featured: the creep from Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’, Tony Perkins, who could actually carry a tune under bandleader Marty Paich, along with Judy Garland, Chet Atkins, and Jimmie Lunceford.
