Numbers 1, 2, and 3 on Yahoo's list are by Stevie Wonder, Pink Floyd, and Michael Jackson, respectively. I repeat: Stevie Wonder, Pink Floyd, and Michael Jackson. Obviously, we need a list for grown-ups. I couldn't think of 20 off the top of my head, however, but I can offer 9. In no particular order:
- Leontyne Price, Arias: Verdi and Puccini (The "Blue" Album)
- Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, Porgy and Bess
- Oscar Peterson Trio, West Side Story
- A wonderful old Tommy Dorsey album. I can't remember the title, and I can't find it on iTunes.
- Jussi Bjorling and Vittoria de los Angeles, La Boheme
- Ray Charles, The Genius of Ray Charles
- Glenn Gould, The Goldberg Variations (the 1955 recording)
- Yo-Yo Ma, Bach: Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello
- Placido Domingo and Julia Migenes, Carmen
Footnote 2. After coming up with my list, I downloaded Oscar Peterson's West Side Story (which I hadn't heard in 50 years) from iTunes. So wonderful in my memory, I have to say it's now just OK. (I also downloaded some stuff by the Modern Jazz Quartet. Fifty years ago I thought it was just OK, but I have to say, it has held up really well.)
1 comment:
I didn't notice the awe inspiring, rhapsodic classic of "Splish Splash, I was Takin a Bath" by Bobby Darin. What are you some kind of pinko wierdo Commie or something ?
Jack
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