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AND THE GRAMMY AWARD FOR BEST SONG GOES TO - 1966
Winning authors : Paul Francis Webster and Johnny Mandel
Winning song "The Shadow of Your Smile" performed by
Tony Bennett - The other nominees were :
Michel Legrand, Norman Gimbel and Jacques Demy for "I Will Wait for You" performed by Connie Francis
Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn for "The September of My Years" performed by Frank Sinatra
John Lennon and Paul McCartney for "Yesterday" performed by The Beatles
Roger Miller for "King of the Road" performed by Roger Miller
RONNIE ALDRICH
Ronnie Aldrich was a British easy listening and jazz pianist, arranger, conductor, and composer.
He was three years old when he started playing the piano. He was educated at The Harvey Grammar School, Folkestone, and taught violin at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Before World War II, Aldrich went to India to play jazz and first gained fame in the 1940s as leader of The Squadronaires, up until their disbanding in 1964.
He was noteworthy for the recording development of playing two pianos in his recordings (the Decca Phase 4 Stereo series). He recorded for The Decca Record Company Ltd in the 1960s and 1970s, moving to Seaward Ltd (his own company) licensed to EMI in the 1980s. He also regularly broadcast on BBC Radio 2 with his own orchestra as well as with the BBC Radio Orchestra and the BBC Scottish Radio Orchestra, based in BBC Glasgow. He also recorded special tracks that were released by Reader's Digest (using the alias Richard Alden).
He also worked as a musical director for television and was, a.o. responsable for the music of The Benny Hill Show.
COME TO WHERE THE LOVE IS
Track taken from the 1972 album with the same name/title and composed by P. Marc.
MHO
When the name of Ronnie Aldrich is mentioned, music fans will automatically think of three things : twin pianos, romantic music and a brilliant stereo sound. The latter is obviously linked to the legendary Decca "Phase 4" label for which Aldrich recorded numerous albums in the 1960s and 1970s.
Personally, I prefer his later albums - mostly with a large orchestra supporting the piano lead ; his early 1960s albums have a somewhat less exciting sound (only a rhythm section was added in those days) - at least in my view ....
Here we can listen to Aldrich when he was in his 'glory period'; beginning of the 70s decade. The song here is very romantic, well arranged and of course .... wonderfully played by Ronnie and his fellow musicians. Enjoy !
AND THE GRAMMY AWARD FOR BEST SONG GOES TO - 1966
Winning authors : Paul Francis Webster and Johnny Mandel
Winning song "The Shadow of Your Smile" performed by
Tony Bennett - The other nominees were :
Michel Legrand, Norman Gimbel and Jacques Demy for "I Will Wait for You" performed by Connie Francis
Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn for "The September of My Years" performed by Frank Sinatra
John Lennon and Paul McCartney for "Yesterday" performed by The Beatles
Roger Miller for "King of the Road" performed by Roger Miller
RONNIE ALDRICH
Ronnie Aldrich was a British easy listening and jazz pianist, arranger, conductor, and composer.
He was three years old when he started playing the piano. He was educated at The Harvey Grammar School, Folkestone, and taught violin at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Before World War II, Aldrich went to India to play jazz and first gained fame in the 1940s as leader of The Squadronaires, up until their disbanding in 1964.
He was noteworthy for the recording development of playing two pianos in his recordings (the Decca Phase 4 Stereo series). He recorded for The Decca Record Company Ltd in the 1960s and 1970s, moving to Seaward Ltd (his own company) licensed to EMI in the 1980s. He also regularly broadcast on BBC Radio 2 with his own orchestra as well as with the BBC Radio Orchestra and the BBC Scottish Radio Orchestra, based in BBC Glasgow. He also recorded special tracks that were released by Reader's Digest (using the alias Richard Alden).
He also worked as a musical director for television and was, a.o. responsable for the music of The Benny Hill Show.
COME TO WHERE THE LOVE IS
Track taken from the 1972 album with the same name/title and composed by P. Marc.
MHO
When the name of Ronnie Aldrich is mentioned, music fans will automatically think of three things : twin pianos, romantic music and a brilliant stereo sound. The latter is obviously linked to the legendary Decca "Phase 4" label for which Aldrich recorded numerous albums in the 1960s and 1970s.
Personally, I prefer his later albums - mostly with a large orchestra supporting the piano lead ; his early 1960s albums have a somewhat less exciting sound (only a rhythm section was added in those days) - at least in my view ....
Here we can listen to Aldrich when he was in his 'glory period'; beginning of the 70s decade. The song here is very romantic, well arranged and of course .... wonderfully played by Ronnie and his fellow musicians. Enjoy !
