Successful American jazz and light music of the 20th century, composed primarily from Broadway musicals, musical theater and Hollywood films.
The Songs of Matt Dennis
Matthew Doveland Dennis (1914-2002)
He was the child of musical parents (father was a singer, mother a violinist) who performed together in Vaudeville shows, and Matt did the same at a young age as a pianist and singer.
In addition to performing with his own trio, he worked as an arranger and vocal coach for the then very popular vocalist Dick Haymes and as an arranger and composer for the Tommy Dorsey band whose vocalist in the early 1940s was Frank Sinatra.
Today, the compositions found in the Great American Songbook!
Will You Still Be Mine – Dakota Staton
The Night We Called It A Day – Diana Kral
Let’s Get Away From It All – Tommy Dorsey / Pied Pipers / Frank Sinatra
Violet For Your Furs – Shirley Horn
Everything Happens To Me – Nancy King
Spring Isn’t Spring Anymore – Mary Foster Conklin
Angel Eyes – Christine Tobin
Love Turns Winter Into Spring – June Christy
Show Me The Way To Get Out Of This World – Matt Dennis
Will You Still Be Mine – Ferdinand Piovel
