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September Songs

• Stephanie - Buckingham Nicks; composer - Lindsey Buckingham; album - Buckingham Nicks
• Someone To Lay Down Beside Me - Linda Ronstadt; composer - Karla Bonoff; album - Hasten Down The Wind
• Summertime (Film Version from 'Rhapsody In Blue', 1945) - Anne Brow & The Warner Bros. Studio Orchestra; composer - George & Ira Gershwin; album - George And Ira Gershwin In Hollywood
• Anything For You - Michael Feinstein; composer - George Gershwin; album - Nice Work If You Can Get It
• That's Entertainment - Fred Astaire, Nanette Fabray, Oscar Levant, Jack Buchanan & Cyd Charisse; composer - H. Dietz/A. Schwartz; album - Best Of Broadway (from The Band Wagon, 1931)
• The Boxer - Simon & Garfunkel; composer - Paul Simon; album - Bridge Over Troubled Water
• Adieu False Heart - Linda Ronstadt & Ann Savoy; composer - Arthur Smith; album - Adieu False Heart
• You Can't Do That - The Beatles; composer - John Lennon & Paul McCartney; album - A Hard Day's Night
• Hi-De-Ho (That Old Sweet Roll) - Blood, Sweat & Tears; composer - G. Goffin & C. King; album - Greatest Hits
• From Here To Eternity - Frank Sinatra; composer - Jones/Karger/Wells; album - The Capitol Years
• The Road And The Sky - Jackson Browne; composer - Jackson Browne; album - Late For The Sky

Credits/memories: Thanks to Scott for sending me a copy of the Buckingham Nicks album on CD. I went to see the film "It's a Hard Day's Night" with my mother, who was a fan of the band. There are about a zillion versions of "Summertime," and it's hard to select one as a favorite; Anne Brow has a very pure soprano voice, though. Michael Feinstein started out as a pianist and became a music archivist for Ira Gershwin; he knows as much about the brothers' music as anyone alive. As far as I can tell this 1931 version of "That's Entertainment" was the earliest; it's appeared on numerous television specials. As well as singing the theme, Sinatra won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in the film "From Here to Eternity."