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Kevin Fischer is an award-winning veteran broadcaster who has been seen and heard on Milwaukee TV and radio stations for nearly three decades.
Kevin, who is a legislative aide to state Sen. Mary Lazich (R-New Berlin), can be seen offering his views on the news on the public affairs program, “INTERchange,” on Milwaukee Public Television Channel 10. He lives with his wife, Jennifer, in Franklin.
Greatest Love Songs of All-Time: #9
By Kevin Fischer
Wednesday, Feb 6 2008, 08:10 PM
IN ANTICIPATION OF VALENTINE’S DAY, HERE’S MY LIST OF THE 10 GREATEST LOVE SONGS OF ALL TIME. I’LL POST A SONG EVERY DAY THROUGH VALENTINE’S DAY.
They don’t write them, or sing them, like they used to.
Can you go wrong with George and Ira Gershwin?
They collaborated on “Embraceable You" eighty years ago, in 1928 , a song featured
in the Broadway musical Girl Crazy, and performed by Ginger Rogers in a song and dance number choreographed by Fred Astaire.
A side note: When producers of the film “Romance on the High Seas” were looking for a female lead, Judy Garland was unavailable and Betty Hutton read the script and didn’t like it. The next choice was Doris Day.
Sammy Kahn arranged an interview for Day with director Michael Curtiz. Day wound up singing “Embraceable You” for Curtiz.
When Day was finished, she broke into tears.
Day was still upset about her recent divorce from George Weidler. She did compose herself, got the part, and her movie career was born (Source: The American Songbook).
My guess is most often, “Embraceable You” does not lead to depression.
Here are a couple renditions of this classic. First, The Manhattan Transfer from a late 80’s special on the Disney Channel.
And a little less romantic, but still very nice, the Manhattan Jazz Orchestra.
You have about a week until VD (Valentine's Day).
TOP TEN LOVE SONGS
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8) 9) EMBRACEABLE YOU
10) THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT
