STACEY KENT'S ART - a world-class vocalist! LISTEN and you'll see! UTTERLY UNIQUE...

"NEVER LET ME GO"

by Livingston and Evans - 1956

Sung by the amazing Stacey Kent

in her 2009 album

BREAKFAST ON THE MORNING TRAM

(i just discovered her!

after she's been doing world-class singing

for decades!

where have i been?)

the song -- "Never Let Me Go"

with music by Jay Livingston and

lyrics by Ray Evans

was written for the 1956 Paramount Pictures Film

"The Scarlet Hour"

it's always fascinating to me

(that word again!)

how great songs

have a life of their own

continuing on

like buried treasures

for singers to discover

and to breathe-new-life-into

decade-after-decade

generation-after-generation

"Never Let Me Go"

is a perfect example of this happening!

a bit dangerous...

living/loving this way

but if you want the real thing...

you've gotta risk

the real thing

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Chet Baker does a great job (as always)

with a different (but related) song --

"You Don't Know What Love Is"

Here are the beginning lyrics...

You don't know what love is

'Til you've learned the meaning of the blues

Until you've loved a love you've had to lose

You don't know what love is...

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if you're wondering "what love is"

or at least ONE lover's half of it

listen to Stacey Kent sing

"NEVER LET ME GO"

Stacy's done LOTS of beautiful singing

for DECADES

with magical support from MANY

world-class musicians

watch her on YouTube

and/or via Amazon

https://smile.amazon.com/s?k=stacey+kent+cd&crid=3J7DYFCS5OAMS&sprefix=stacey+kent%2Caps%2C190&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_3_11

here's Stacy's version of "Never Let Me Go"

https://www.dropbox.com/s/zngw2z6c1qfugu6/2009%20-%20Never%20Let%20Me%20Go%20-%20sung%20by%20Stacey%20Kent%20--%20from%20her%20album%20BREAKFAST%20ON%20THE%20MORNING%20TRAM%20--%20BlueNote.mp4?dl=0

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and here's

ANOTHER HEART-GRABBINGLY-BEAUTIFUL SONG

sung by Stacey Kent

"I Got Lost in His Arms"

music and lyrics by Irving Berlin

for the 1946 Broadway show --

ANNIE GET YOUR GUN

(this song sung by Ether Merman in that wonderful show)

From Stacy's 2006 album -- THE LYRIC

winner of the "Best Album" at the 2006 BBC Jazz Awards

https://www.dropbox.com/s/yi3dqc6s3pipybu/2006%20-%20I%20Got%20Lost%20in%20His%20Arms%20-%20sung%20by%20Stacey%20Kent%20-%20from%20her%20THE%20LYRIC%20album%20--%20winner%20of%20BBC%20Best%202006%20Album%20--%20M-L%20by%20Irving%20Berlin%20--%20for%20the%201946%20Broadway%20show%20-%20ANNIE%20GET%20YOUR%20GUN.mp4?dl=0

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