世 纪 最 佳 歌 曲
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又一个具有历史意义的时刻到来了。怀着千年情结,美国词曲作家和出版商协会及专门调查演出情况的权威音乐组织恭恭敬敬的精心挑选出25首20世纪最优秀歌曲。
用不着费心去猜首选歌曲,这首歌你唱了千百遍,而且将每年都继续唱下去。从Ramones到Marilyn Monroe再到Barney的每位歌手都曾演唱过它,它就是《生日快乐》(Happy Birthday to You)。这首不起眼的歌曲于19世纪90年代写成,修女Mildred 和Patty Hill最初给它起的名字是《早上好》(Good Morning to You)。后来,Warner-Chappell在1935年获得其版权并给它填上新歌词。从公开演出中抽取版税的该歌曲的所有者公司ASCAP深信,他们这首被低声吟唱过千百万遍的歌曲肯定早已把别的候选歌曲远远抛在后面。
George Gershwin是唯一一位有多首歌曲上榜的专业音乐家,他获选的歌曲是《蓝色狂想曲》(Rhapsody in Blue)以及与他的弟弟Ira合作写成的的《发现节奏》(I Got Rhythm)。ASCAP由Berlin, George M. Cohan 和 Jerome Kern创建于1914年,是美国最古老的音乐组织。因此,榜上的重要歌曲大多是以60年代以前的标准选出的,最新的一首歌曲也就是写于70年代初的《我们的路》(The Way We Were)。这与另一家主要的演出版权组织BMI两周前发布的过去100年中在广播和电视中播放最频繁的歌曲榜形成了鲜明的对比。在那张以Righteous Brothers的经典歌曲《你已失去爱的感觉》(You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin)打头的榜中,充斥了六,七十年代创作和灌制的摇滚歌曲。
下面就是ASCAP公司评选的以播放次数排序的25首歌曲榜:
《生日快乐》(Happy Birthday to You)Mildred J. Hill, Patty Hill
《两人喝茶》(Tea for Two)Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans
《月亮河》(Moon River) Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
《跨越彩虹》(Over the Rainbow)Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg
《白色圣诞节》(White Christmas)Irving Berlin
《你好,杜丽》(Hello, Dolly!)Jerry Herman
《当时光流逝》(As Time Goes By)Herman Hupfeld
《蓝月亮》(Blue Moon)Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
《蓝色狂想曲》(Rhapsody in Blue)George Gershwin
《夜与昼》(Night and Day)Cole Porter
《圣诞老人来到小镇上》(Santa Claus Is Coming to Town) J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
《薄雾》(Misty)Erroll Garner, Johnny Burke
《雨点不住地落到我头上》(Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head)Burt Bacharach, Hal David
《三便士戏剧的主题》[Theme from the Three Penny Opera (Mack the Knife)]Kurt Weill, Berthold Brecht, Marc Blitzstein
《挥不去的忧郁》(Unchained Melody)Alex North, Hy Zaret
《圣诞歌曲》(The Christmas Song)Mel Torme, Robert Wells
《甜甜的乔吉亚·布朗》(Sweet Georgia Brown) Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard
《冬天的幻境》(Winter Wonderland)Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith
《把心留在旧金山》(I Left My Heart in San Francisco)Douglass Cross, George C. Corey Jr.
《我的眼中只有你》(I Only Have Eyes for You)Harry Warren, Al Dubin
《发现节奏》(I Got Rhythm)George and Ira Gershwin
《我们的路》(The Way We Were) Marvin Hamlisch, Alan & Marilyn Bergman
《星尘》(Stardust)Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
《我跳了一夜舞》(I Could Have Danced All Night) Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner
《古老的黑魔法》(That Old Black Magic)Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
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Happy birthday to you
(生日快乐)
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday Happy birthday
Happy birthday to you
The melody of "Happy Birthday to You" was written by American sisters Patty Hill and Mildred J. Hill in 1893
这首《Happy Birthday to You》的旋律出自1893年由美国Patty Hill and Mildred J. Hill 姐妹创作的《Good Morning to All》(早上好),后来不知谁把它的歌词改成《Happy Birthday to You》就一直在全世界流行,成为传统的生日歌。
Frank Sinatra - Happy Birthday To You
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Tea for Two (两人喝茶)
欣赏《Tea For Two》(两人喝茶),那非听Doris Day唱的不可了,那因它是1950年由Doris Day与Gordon Macrae主演的同名音乐浪漫喜剧影片《Tea For Two》里的主题曲,更何况Day是位大歌星,大影星,后来由Bourvil 主演的一部法国很有名的喜剧战争片《苦口脱险》(La Grande Vadrouille)里也采用了这首乐曲。
Tea for Two
Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans
IPicture me upon your knee
With tea for two
And two for tea
Just me for you
And you for me alone
Nobody near us to see us or hear us,
No friends or relations
On weekend vacations,
We won't have it known, dear,
That we own a telephone, dear...
Day will break and I'll wake,
And start to bake a sugar cake
For you to take for all the boys to see.
We'll raise a family
A boy for you
And a girl for me
Oh, can't you see how happy we would be...
Listen:
Doris Day - Tea For Two
Moon River (月亮河)
这是由Audrey Hepburn 、George Peppard 主演的好莱坞喜剧片中《Breakfast at Tiffany's》(1961)(蒂凡尼的早餐) 的插曲,原唱者当然是Audrey Hepburn,但她并非歌星,人们很少听到她唱歌,而历来公认这首《Moon River》以Andy Williams唱得最好,以下请欣赏他的录音。
Moon River
Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
Moon river, wider than a mile
I'm crossing you in style some day
Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker
Wherever you're goin', I'm goin' your way
Two drifters, off to see the world
There's such a lot of world to see
We're after the same rainbow's end, waitin' 'round the bend
My huckleberry friend, Moon River, and me
(Moon river, wider than a mile)
(I'm crossin' you in style some day)
Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker
Wherever you're goin', I'm goin' your way
Two drifters, off to see the world
There's such a lot of world to see
We're after that same rainbow's end, waitin' 'round the bend
My huckleberry friend, Moon River, and me
Andy Williams - Moon River
假如你要欣赏Audrey Hepburn的演唱,请点击这里:奥黛丽·赫本的歌(Song of Audrey Hepburn) ,这里有Hepburn在影片中唱《Moon River》的录像。
影片《Breakfast at Tiffany's》及《Moon River》获1962年奥斯卡最佳音乐配乐、最佳原创歌曲奖。
Over the Rainbow (跨越彩虹)
Over the Rainbow
Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg
Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high
There's a land that I heard of once in a lullaby
Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true
Someday I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Away above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me
Somewhere over the rainbow, bluebirds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why then, oh why can't I?
If happy little bluebirds fly
Beyond the rainbow
Why, oh why can't I?
Over the rainbow(跨越彩虹)是电影The Wizard Of Oz《绿野仙踪》中的插曲,由饰演主角的Judy Garland 朱迪·加兰德演唱的当然是原唱版本,何况她出身于好莱坞童星也是著名歌星,在众多的版本中实在是不二的选择,以下的录音更是电影原声。
Listen:
Judy Garland — Over the rainbow