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What’s in a Song: Begin the Beguine (2)
[This is another in an occasional series on popular songs with long histories. Part 1 -- which focused on the song's composition and lyrics -- appeared on Wednesday.] How many times and by which performers has “Begin the Beguine” been covered? It is to laugh. The most comprehensive list I’ve seen was on the page [...]
Surprises in Store
From whiskey river: For My Young Friends Who Are Afraid There is a country to cross you will find in the corner of your eye, in the quick slip of your foot — air far down, a snap that might have caught. And maybe for you, for me, a high, passing voice that finds its [...]
What’s in a Song: Begin the Beguine (1)
[Cole Porter at the piano, sometime in the 1930s. For me, it's easy to see in him, from this photo, the song "Begin the Beguine" -- but not the beguine itself.] [This is another in an occasional series on popular songs with appeal across the generations. This post will be broken into two parts; Part [...]
