Sunday, November 08, 2020

GENE LEES: "Gayly, gladly, madly into love"

            --Frank Sinatra & Tom Jobim (1969)

Gene Lees, who wrote the English lyrics, said, "The melody is one of Antonio Carlos Jobim’s early ones, and the song is, again, very difficult to sing." Music writer Doug Ramsey praised Lees' work on the song: "'This Happy Madness' is one of the finest sets of lyrics to grace a Jobim song in any language.

Yes. And happy Sunday. 


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