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My Funny Valentine

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"My Funny Valentine" is a show tune from the 1937 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart musical Babes in Arms in which it was introduced by former child star Mitzi Green. [1]

48 relations: Alan Young, Anita Ellis (singer), Babes in Arms, Bill T. Jones, Billboard (magazine), Bing Crosby, Boy George, Britain's Got Talent, Broadway theatre, Carpenter Performing Arts Center, Chaka Khan, Chet Baker, Culture Club, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Gentlemen Marry Brunettes, Gerry Mulligan, Great American Songbook, Hal McIntyre, Irony, It's a Miracle (Culture Club song), Jazz, Jazz standard, Jeanne Crain, John Fleck (actor), Karen Finley, Karma Chameleon, Kim Novak, List of 1930s jazz standards, Long Beach, California, Lorenz Hart, Lyrics, Mitzi Green, Mosaic Records, Move Away, Multi-instrumentalist, National Recording Registry, New York City, Pal Joey (film), Phil Pickett, Ray Heatherton, Richard Rodgers, Sharky's Machine (film), Show tune, Shubert Theatre (New York City), The Bing Crosby Show (1954–1956), University of California, Waiting to Exhale (soundtrack).

Alan Young

Alan Young (born Angus Young; November 19, 1919 – May 19, 2016) was a British–American actor, voice actor, comedian and radio and television host/personality who TV Guide called "The Charlie Chaplin of Television".

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Anita Ellis (singer)

Anita Kert Ellis (born Anita Kurt; April 12, 1920) is a Canadian-born American singer and actress.

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Babes in Arms

Babes in Arms is a 1937 musical comedy with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart and book by Rodgers and Hart.

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Bill T. Jones

Bill T. Jones (born February 15, 1952) is an American choreographer, director, author and dancer.

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Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (styled as billboard) is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries.

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Bing Crosby

Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977)Giddins 2001, pp.

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Boy George

Boy George (born George Alan O'Dowd; 14 June 1961) is an English singer, songwriter, DJ and fashion designer.

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Britain's Got Talent

Britain's Got Talent (often abbreviated to BGT) is a British talent show competition, and is part of the ''Got Talent'' franchise created by Simon Cowell.

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Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre,Although theater is the generally preferred spelling in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences), many Broadway venues, performers and trade groups for live dramatic presentations use the spelling theatre.

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Carpenter Performing Arts Center

The Richard and Karen Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach, California is a theater that hosts a variety of events, including films, forums, and musical and theatrical performances.

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Chaka Khan

Chaka Khan (born Yvette Marie Stevens, March 23, 1953) is an American recording artist whose career has spanned five decades, beginning in the 1970s as the lead vocalist and focal point of the funk band Rufus.

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Chet Baker

Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr. (December 23, 1929 – May 13, 1988) was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist.

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Culture Club

Culture Club are an English new wave band that formed in London in 1981.

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Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer sometimes referred to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella.

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Frank Sinatra

Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer, actor, and producer who was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century.

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Gentlemen Marry Brunettes

Gentlemen Marry Brunettes is a 1955 technicolor romantic musical comedy film produced by Russ-Field productions, starring Jane Russell and Jeanne Crain, and released by United Artists.

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Gerry Mulligan

Gerald Joseph Mulligan (April 6, 1927 – January 20, 1996) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, composer and arranger.

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Great American Songbook

The Great American Songbook, also known as "American Standards", is the canon of the most important and influential American popular songs and jazz standards from the early 20th century.

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Hal McIntyre

Hal McIntyre (born Harold William McIntyre; 29 November 1914, Cromwell, Connecticut – 5 May 1959 Los Angeles, California) was an American saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader.

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Irony

Irony, in its broadest sense, is a rhetorical device, literary technique, or event in which what appears, on the surface, to be the case, differs radically from what is actually the case.

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It's a Miracle (Culture Club song)

"It's a Miracle" is the fifth and final single from new wave band Culture Club's 1983 Colour by Numbers album.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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Jazz standard

Jazz standards are musical compositions that are an important part of the musical repertoire of jazz musicians, in that they are widely known, performed, and recorded by jazz musicians, and widely known by listeners.

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Jeanne Crain

Jeanne Elizabeth Crain (May 25, 1925 – December 14, 2003) was an American actress whose career spanned from 1943 to 1975.

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John Fleck (actor)

John Fleck (born May 7, 1951) is an American actor and performance artist.

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Karen Finley

Karen Finley (born 1956) is an American performance artist, musician and poet.

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Karma Chameleon

"Karma Chameleon" is a song by English band Culture Club, featured on the group's 1983 album Colour by Numbers.

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Kim Novak

Marilyn Pauline "Kim" Novak (born February 13, 1933) is a retired American film and television actress.

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List of 1930s jazz standards

Jazz standards are musical compositions that are widely known, performed and recorded by jazz artists as part of the genre's musical repertoire.

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Long Beach, California

Long Beach is a city on the Pacific Coast of the United States, within the Greater Los Angeles area of Southern California.

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Lorenz Hart

Lorenz Milton Hart (May 2, 1895 – November 22, 1943) was the lyricist and librettist half of the Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart.

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Lyrics

Lyrics are words that make up a song usually consisting of verses and choruses.

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Mitzi Green

Mitzi Green (born Elizabeth Keno; October 22, 1920 – May 24, 1969) was an American child actress for Paramount and RKO, in the early talkie era.

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Mosaic Records

Mosaic Records is an American jazz record company and label established in 1982 by Michael Cuscuna and Charlie Lourie.

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Move Away

"Move Away" is a 1986 song by the British band Culture Club.

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Multi-instrumentalist

A multi-instrumentalist is a musician who plays two or more musical instruments at a professional level of proficiency.

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National Recording Registry

The National Recording Registry is a list of sound recordings that "are culturally, historically, or aesthetically important, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States." The registry was established by the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000, which created the National Recording Preservation Board, whose members are appointed by the Librarian of Congress.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Pal Joey (film)

Pal Joey is a 1957 American Technicolor musical film, loosely adapted from the musical play of the same name, and starring Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra, and Kim Novak.

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Phil Pickett

Philip Stuart "Phil" Pickett is a double Ivor Novello Award-winning English composer, musician, vocal arranger, producer and artist manager.

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Ray Heatherton

Ray Heatherton (June 1, 1909 – August 15, 1997) was an American singer, Broadway musical theatre performer, and a popular New York television personality in the early days of the medium.

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Richard Rodgers

Richard Charles Rodgers (June 28, 1902 – December 30, 1979) was an American composer of music, with over 900 songs and 43 Broadway musicals, leaving a legacy as one of the most significant composers of 20th century American music.

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Sharky's Machine (film)

Sharky's Machine is a 1981 American drama thriller film directed by Burt Reynolds, who stars in the title role.

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Show tune

A show tune is a popular song originally written as part of the score of a “show” (or stage musical), especially if the piece in question has become a standard, more or less detached in most people's minds from the original context.

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Shubert Theatre (New York City)

The Shubert Theatre is a Broadway theatre located at 225 West 44th Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

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The Bing Crosby Show (1954–1956)

The Bing Crosby Show was broadcast daily Mondays to Fridays and was of 15 minutes duration with Bing Crosby talking about all manner of different subjects and usually including three songs around the dialogue.

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University of California

The University of California (UC) is a public university system in the US state of California.

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Waiting to Exhale (soundtrack)

Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album is a soundtrack for the film of the same name, released on November 14, 1995 by Arista Records.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Funny_Valentine

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