Magic music

[Dan.Strassberg]

Why is it that most people who mentioned the Cole Porter standard,
"That Old Black Magic" referred to the Louis Prima-Keely Smith
rendition? I'm sure that particular recording rose higher on the
charts than most others--maybe even higher than the Frank Sinatra
rendition that somebody did mention, but I would be surprised if fewer
than 50 versions of the song achieved some degree of success. I mean
it's a Cole Porter song, for heavens' sake. As they say on Tin Pan
alley, "that's not exctly chopped liver." And BTW, nobody on this list
bothered to give credit to the composer/lyricist. I mean, the
Prima-Smith version deserves credit for being a "droll sendup" of a
classic popular song, but it was the genius of Cole Porter that made
the whole thing possible.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donna Halper" <dlh@donnahalper.com>
To: "Bill Smith" <brscomm@yahoo.com>;
<boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 1:12 AM
Subject: Re: Magic music


> Magic Town, by the Vogues
> This Magic Moment, by Jay & the Americans
> Magic Power, by Triumph
> and I assume we got That Old Black Magic by Louis Prima and Keely
> Smith