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…)
“My Baby Just Cares for Me” is a jazz standard written by Walter Donaldson with lyrics by Gus Kahn. It was written for the 1928 Ziegfeld musical comedy Whoopee!, starring Eddie Cantor. It is known as the signature tune of singer and pianist Nina Simone. – Wikipedia
this one’s in San Remo, Italy. And the programs name is “Ti Lascio Una Cancion,” something like “I leave you a song.”It’s not a concert. It’s like a sort of American Idol in Italy and this one’s the junior for kids. And they also like to invite international guest stars to sing with the kids special songs. But there’s really a singing contest among the kids and one also gets a trophy for winning….
“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…)
“Through the Fire” is a song from Chaka Khan’s 1984 album, I Feel for You. The David Foster-produced track was the second single from the album, which set a record (which has since been broken) for spending the most consecutive weeks on the Billboard Top 100.
Lyrics:
“Through the Fire”
I look in your eyes and I can see
We’ve loved so dangerously (more…)
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.