Music from A to Z

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Donna (Lady)

From Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto 1851...

Luciano Pavarotti performing La donna è mobile (The Lady is Fickle) in 1983.

But is she also deceitful, deceptive, duplicitous (duplice), and disingenuous..?

 

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Dorma (sleep)

From Giacomo Puccini three act opera, Turandot 1924...

Nessun Dorma (No One Sleeps) performed by Luciano Pavarotti

 

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Didn't We by Jimmy Webb, 1968

One of my favorite songwriter/composers of all time.

 

 

 

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Didn't We by Jimmy Webb, 1968...Again.

 

Edited April 4 by vallam2222
Barbra Streisand performing Webb's song in 1971

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Didn't We by Jimmy Webb, 1968. One more time, I promise...? I think it's such a beautiful musical composition.

Glenn Campbell recorded many songs written by Jimmy Webb which we'll cover in future.

Here they are performing the song together in 1969 and 1975.

 

 

Edited April 4 by vallam2222

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Dylan, Bob

Dystopia/Dystopian future

Recorded in 1963...

Talkin' World War III Blue 

 

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Duets, plenty of these to chose from.

 

 

 

Edited April 4 by ElfredNox

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Duo; Savage Garden was an Australian pop duo consisting of Darren Hayes and Daniel Jones. They were active from 1993, though their debut single was not released until 1996, to 2001. Savage Garden released two studio albums, both achieving multi platinum status in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and had several worldwide hits, notably Truly Madly Deeply, I Knew I Loved You, and I Want You. Hayes has continued as a solo artist, releasing 5 studio albums to-date, while Jones briefly worked as a producer but ultimately left the music industry and became a real estate agent.

 

 

 

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Digger, Gold

Kanye West w/ Jamie Foxx

 

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Drake

 

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Dalmane "Dolls" (benzodiazepines)

Jacqueline Suzanne's 1966 novel "Valley of the Dolls" was described by many as "trashy" but admitted it was difficult to put the book down.

Many that knew Suzanne realized that the novel was quasi-autobiographical.

Made into a motion picture the following year, here is Dionne Warwick singing the 1967 theme song by André and Dory Previn

 

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Dionne Warwick

We forgot Burt Bacharach on "B" day (shame!) so let's listen to some songs he wrote that were recorded by the incomparable DW

 

 

 

Edited April 4 by vallam2222

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Dory Previn

I always considered her to be quite an under-rated songwriter

 

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E      Elvis

 

 

 

 

 

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E    Edith  Piaf

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Edelweiss & Evergreen

 

 

 

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Everlasting Love

These three songs share a title but are different songs entirely.

 

 

 

 

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Edgar, Giacomo Puccini, 1899

Kristine Opolais singing Fidelia's aria ''Addio, mio dolce amor''

 

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E    Etta James

 

 

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E        Elis Regina

 

 

 

 

 

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Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, and Linda Ronstadt

Performing on Dolly, Parton's 1976-1977 country/variety show.

 

 

 

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Emmylou Harris and The Band performing

Evangeline in Robert Altman's 1978 film The Last Waltz

 

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Emmanuelle 1974

Pierre Bachelet wrote/composed and sung the theme from the motion picture as well as provided the score along with Hervé Roy.

 

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Since I've been blocked from accessing this site for the past several days; I'm going to offer up my "D" selection first. . .

 

The Doors - Light My Fire

And now for my "E" offerings. . .

 

 

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East of Eden

The 1955 motion picture starring James Dean and directed by Elia Kazan was scored by Dean's friend, composer Leonard Rosenman. Dean introduced him to Kazan and Rosenman was hired for the silver screen adaptation of the John Steinbeck novel, 1952.