Please recommend Woody Allen-ish songs

[foray]

Do you know what I mean?

The kind that Woody Allen always has in his films. I mean the Broadway-ey, Robbie-Williams-Swing-When-Youre-Winning-ish, cute-rhymes-ey sort of songs. I have no idea where to start. Blue Eyes?

foray

 

[Screaming Flower]

if you're looking for a great frank cd, i'd recommend the best of the reprise years. it's called frank reprise: the very good years. i love this album. it makes me want to dance.

i will try to think of more fun, swingy type albums.

 

[foray]

Swing? Is that what the genre's called?

Great pick, Screamball, but what about one with a variety of singers, not just Blue Eyes? Who sang that Witchcraft song? And that "do do that voodoo that thing that you do" song?


foray

 

[Screaming Flower]

4a -

i will try to think of more fun swing/big band albums for you. my brain hasn't finished waking up yet this morning.

~screamball

p.s - now that witchcraft song is in my head.

 

[joyfulgirl]

Harry James & His Orchestra
Benny Goodman & His Trio
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
Artie Shaw
Tommy Dorsey
Duke Ellington
Al Jolson
Louis Armstrong
George & Ira Gershwin
Count Basie

 

[Screaming Flower]

here's an amazon list of classic big band albums. there are some good compilations in here:

amazon list

this one looks fun.

frank sings witchcraft although i'm not sure who did the original.

i just don't know about that "do do that voodoo that thing that you do" song.

 

[Danospano]

1) Count Basie's "Take the A Train", which was featured in "Mighty Aphrodite".

2) Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" from "Manhattan".

3) "Love theme from Bananas aka Love Your Lovin'" from "Bananas"

 

[famous rungi]

Thanks for the recommendations. Count Basie seems to be a favourite; I'll check that out first.

 

[Danospano]

"seems like old times" from Annie Hall

 

[Danospano]

...and..."Let's Misbehave" from Bullets over Broadway