Merry Christmas In Love

Merry Christmas In Love was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song in a Motion Picture for 2006. Read more about the song from Marva Jan Marrow who wrote the lyrics.

Music by Tony Renis, Lyrics by Marva Jan Marrow, Sung by: Renee Olstead and produced by David Foster and Humberto Gatica

Merry Christmas in Love

Things that tremble tingle like a bubble full of rainbows… then crack
Sizzle, sing and whisper, when the shadows lace the moonlight with black
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Pennies From Heaven With Chris Botti

From Wikipedia:

“Pennies from Heaven” is a 1936 American popular song with music by Arthur Johnston and words by Johnny Burke. It was introduced by Bing Crosby in the 1936 film of the same name. It was recorded in the same year by Billie Holiday, and afterwards performed by Louis Armstrong, Tony Bennett, Clark Terry, Arthur Tracy, Big Joe Turner, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Gene Ammons, The Skyliners (a major hit in 1960), Louis Prima and many other jazz and popular singers.

“Pennies From Heaven”

Arthur Johnston / Johnny Burke

Every time it rains
It rains pennies from heaven (more…)

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Taking A Chance On Love


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Taking a Chance On Love is available on the CD album Renee Olstead.

From Wikepedia:

“Taking a Chance on Love” is a popular song, by Vernon Duke, John Latouche, and Ted Fetter, published in 1940, which has become a standard, recorded by many artists. It was introduced in the 1940 show Cabin in the Sky, a ground-breaking Broadway musical with an all black cast, where it was performed by Ethel Waters and Dooley Wilson. The re-released Benny Goodman version featuring Helen Forrest reached #1 in 1943.

Here’s the Benny Goodman version of Taking A Chance On Love featuring Helen Forrest

Lyrics:

“Taking A Chance On Love”

Here I go again (more…)

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Summertime – Live in Oslo, Norway

July 16th 2004

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Summertime is available on the CD album Renee Olstead.

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David Foster On Tom Green Show With Renee

Renee starts at 23:00 minutes into the video with a performance of Skylark from her soon to be released albumof the same name.

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Someone To Watch Over Me


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Click here to see the video of Renee performing Someone to Watch Over Me.

Someone to Watch Over Me” is a song composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin from the musical Oh Kay! in 1926.

“Someone to Watch Over Me” is available on the CD album Renee Olstead.

Renee performs the refrain:

There’s a somebody I’m longing to see:
I hope that he
Turns out to be
Someone who’ll watch over me. (more…)

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Breaking Up Is Hard To Do – Duet with Peter Cincotti

Here’a a wonderful cover of “Breaking Up Is Hard To Do” as a duet sung by Renee and Peter Cincotti.

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Breaking Up Is Hard To Do is available on the CD album Renee Olstead.

From the Wikipedia article on the song Breaking Up Is Hard To Do.

“Breaking Up Is Hard to Do” is a song recorded by Neil Sedaka and described by Allmusic as “two minutes and sixteen seconds of pure pop magic”.
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Summertime performed Live on the Today Show

Here’s a video that you may have missed. Renee being interviewed by Katie Couric on the Today Show in 2004 shortly after the release of her album Renee Olstead.
The video ends with a live performance of Summertime.


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What A Wonderful World

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What A Wonderful World is available on Renee’s album By Request

From the Wikipedia article What a Wonderful World
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Merry Christmas In Love

Merry Christmas In Love was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song in a Motion Picture for 2006. Read more about the song from Marva Jan Marrow who wrote the lyrics.

Music by Tony Renis, Lyrics by Marva Jan Marrow, Sung by: Renee Olstead and produced by David Foster and Humberto Gatica

Merry Christmas in Love

Things that tremble tingle like a bubble full of rainbows… then crack
Sizzle, sing and whisper, when the shadows lace the moonlight with black
(more…)

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