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"Waltz for Debby" is a jazz standard composed by pianist Bill Evans. He recorded it as a solo piano piece on his album New Jazz Conceptions (1956). Lyrics were written by Gene Lees. "Debby" in the song title refers to Evans's niece, Debby Evans.
"Waltz for Debby" is known in Swedish by the name "Monicas Vals"; lyrics were written by Beppe Wolgers; and in Finnish by the name "Ankin Valssi"; lyrics were written by Jukka Kuoppamäki.
Scene from: Once Upon a Time in America (Sergio Leone, 1984).
"Waltz for Debby" is a jazz standard composed by pianist Bill Evans. He recorded it as a solo piano piece on his album New Jazz Conceptions (1956). Lyrics were written by Gene Lees. "Debby" in the song title refers to Evans's niece, Debby Evans.
"Waltz for Debby" is known in Swedish by the name "Monicas Vals"; lyrics were written by Beppe Wolgers; and in Finnish by the name "Ankin Valssi"; lyrics were written by Jukka Kuoppamäki.
Scene from: Once Upon a Time in America (Sergio Leone, 1984).
![Leonard Nimoy - Maiden Wine (Star Trek - Platos Stepchildren) [Digitally Enhanced]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GNN57f0hgII/mqdefault.jpg "Leonard Nimoy - Maiden Wine (Star Trek - Platos Stepchildren) [Digitally Enhanced]
The song Maiden Wine was featured in the Star Trek episode, Platos Stepchildren. It is the song sung by Spock while he was being manipulated by the Platonians in 2268 (hence the serenade from the laughing spaceman, as originally named).
Leonard Nimoy wrote three sections, only the first and last were used in the Star Trek episode:
Take care, young ladies, and value your wine.
Be watchful of young men in their velvet prime.
Deeply theyll swallow from your finest kegs,
Then swiftly be gone, leaving bitter dregs.
Ahh-ah-ah-ah, bitter dregs.
Your time hold precious, for youth is your gold.
Your beauty, like silver, will tarnish when old.
Memories and dreams shall comfort you not.
When the flow of your sweetness is gone and forgot.
Ahh-ah-ah-ah, gone and forgot.
With smiling words and tender touch,
Man offers little and asks for so much.
He loves in the breathless excitement of night,
Then leaves with your treasure in cold morning light.
Ahh-ah-ah-ah, in cold morning light.")
![Charles Aznavour - Hier Encore (Yesterday when I was Young - French Version) [Restored]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GftJvYqCzBk/mqdefault.jpg "Charles Aznavour - Hier Encore (Yesterday when I was Young - French Version) [Restored]
Charles Aznavour - Hier Encore (Yesterday when I was Young- French Version) [Restored]
Here is the live English version of the same song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsePtX_7vEk")
![Fred Astaire (Playing Piano) - Im Putting All My Eggs in One Basket [Restored]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HJgCzA0lpEU/mqdefault.jpg "Fred Astaire (Playing Piano) - Im Putting All My Eggs in One Basket [Restored]
Im Putting All My Eggs in One Basket is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the 1936 film Follow the Fleet, where it was introduced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Astaire had a huge hit with the song in 1936 and other popular versions that year were by Jan Garber (vocal by Fritz Heilbron) and by Guy Lombardo.
Follow the Fleet (RKO) is a 1936 Hollywood musical comedy film with a nautical theme starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in their fifth collaboration as dance partners. It also features Randolph Scott, Harriet Hilliard, and Astrid Allwyn, with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin. Lucille Ball and Betty Grable also appear, in supporting roles. The film was directed by Mark Sandrich with script by Allan Scott and Dwight Taylor based on the 1922 play Shore Leave by Hubert Osborne.")
![Pop Tops - Mammy Blue (1971) [Restored]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HKp9e1_YsWk/mqdefault.jpg "Pop Tops - Mammy Blue (1971) [Restored]
Mamy Blue is a 1970 song written by French songwriter Hubert Giraud. Originally written with French lyrics, the song was rendered in English in 1971 to become an international hit for the Pop-Tops, Joël Daydé (fr) and Roger Whittaker.
A hit in Italy in Italian lyrics for Dalida and in France in its original French for Nicoletta, Mamy Blue was also rendered in a number of other languages in cover versions recorded by a good number of local recording artists across continental Europe, while a local cover of the English-language version by Charisma reached #1 in South Africa.
The songs title is generally spelled as Mammy Blue in the English-speaking world.")
![Fred Astaire / Ginger Rogers - Cheek to Cheek (1935) Top Hat [Digitally Enhanced]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HLBIcyuXCDU/mqdefault.jpg "Fred Astaire / Ginger Rogers - Cheek to Cheek (1935) Top Hat [Digitally Enhanced]
Cheek to Cheek is a song written by Irving Berlin in 1935, for the Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers movie Top Hat (1935). In the movie, Astaire sings the song to Rogers as they dance. The song was nominated for the Best Song Academy Award for 1936, which it lost to Lullaby of Broadway. The song spent five weeks at #1 on Your Hit Parade and was named the #1 song of 1935. Astaires 1935 recording with the Leo Reisman Orchestra was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000. In 2004, Astaires version finished at No. 15 on AFIs 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema.")
![The Supremes - Baby Love (TAMI Show 1964) [Restored]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/I7c7ZY3OC8Q/mqdefault.jpg "The Supremes - Baby Love (TAMI Show 1964) [Restored]
Baby Love is a song recorded by the American music group the Supremes in 1964 for their second studio album titled, Where Did Our Love Go. It was written and produced by Motowns main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland. It was released on 17th September 1964.
Baby Love topped the Billboard pop singles chart in the United States from October 25, 1964 through November 21, 1964, and in the United Kingdom pop singles chart concurrently. Beginning with Baby Love, The Supremes became the first Motown act to have more than one American number-one single, and by the end of the decade, would have more number-one singles than any other Motown act (or American pop music group) with 12, a record they continue to hold.")
![Michael Andrews and Gary Jules - Mad World [Restored]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IBscOcU_uY0/mqdefault.jpg "Michael Andrews and Gary Jules - Mad World [Restored]
Mad World is a 1982 song by the British band Tears for Fears. Written by Roland Orzabal and sung by bassist Curt Smith, it was the bands third single release and first chart hit, reaching number 3 on the UK Singles Chart in November 1982. Both Mad World and its B-side, Ideas as Opiates, appeared on the bands debut LP The Hurting (1983).
Mad World achieved a second round of success 20 years after its release, when it was covered by Michael Andrews and Gary Jules for the film Donnie Darko (2001). While the Tears for Fears version featured synthesizers and heavy percussion, the Andrews/Jules
version was stripped down; instead of a full musical backing, it used only a set of piano chords, a mellotron imitating a cello, very light touches of electric piano, and modest use of a vocoder on the chorus.
Their version was originally released on CD in 2002 on the films soundtrack, but an increasing cult-following spawned by the films DVD release finally prompted Jules and Andrews to issue the song as a proper single. It was released through Sanctuary Records on 15 December 2003, in time for the race for the UKs Christmas number one, beating Christmas Time (Dont Let the Bells End) by The Darkness to take the title the following week.")
![The Four Seasons - Lets Hang On (1965) [Digitally Enhanced]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JG1JnZ-eOHg/mqdefault.jpg "The Four Seasons - Lets Hang On (1965) [Digitally Enhanced]
Lets Hang On! is a song composed by Bob Crewe, Sandy Linzer, and Denny Randell that was popularized by The Four Seasons in 1965. The single reached the No. 3 position in the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, the groups highest placement since Rag Doll hit the top spot in July 1964.
This was the last Four Seasons hit to feature bass singer/bassist Nick Massi. The same month Lets Hang On! was released, Massi left the group and was temporarily replaced by the bands arranger Charles Calello before Joe Long came in as Massis full-time replacement.")
![Tavares - Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel (1976) [Restored]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KFJZtU3W4MY/mqdefault.jpg "Tavares - Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel (1976) [Restored]
Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel is a disco song written by Freddie Perren and Keni St. Lewis. It was recorded by the American band Tavares in 1976. It was released as a single from the album Sky High! and was split into two parts: the first part was 3 minutes and 28 seconds in length, while the second part was 3 minutes and 10 seconds. Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel was re-released in February 1986.
Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel reached number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1976. It peaked at number 3 on the Hot Soul Singles chart. Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel, with the track Dont Take Away the Music, spent two weeks at number 1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart. It became the groups only Gold record.")
![Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers - Isnt This a Lovely Day (Top Hat) (1935) [Digitally Enhanced]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KllSjF4uCDY/mqdefault.jpg "Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers - Isnt This a Lovely Day (Top Hat) (1935) [Digitally Enhanced]
Isnt This a Lovely Day? is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the 1935 film Top Hat, where it was introduced by Fred Astaire in the scene where his and Ginger Rogers characters are caught in a gazebo during a rainstorm. The lyric is an example of a song which turns a bad situation into a love song, a common style for Irving Berlin, as in Ive Got My Love to Keep Me Warm and Lets Have Another Cup of Coffee.
His 1935 version was assessed as reaching the No. 3 spot in the charts of the day")
