Crooner Culture

Fellow b5media blogger Dexie Wharton put in a song request yesterday – She said this song is for her mom, and that it’s quite special to her. Personally, I get a little mushy and sentimental whenever I hear this song myself.

I present the music and lyrics to Gershwin’s “Someone To Watch Over Me”… this version is performed by Frank Sinatra.

Someone To Watch Over Me
Gershwin/Gershwin

(There’s a saying old says that love is blind
Still were often told, seek and ye shall find
So I’m going to seek a certain gal I’ve had in mind)

(Looking everywhere, haven’t found her yet
She’s the big affair I cannot forget
Only girl I ever think of with regret)

There’s a somebody I’m longing to see
I hope that she turns out to be
Someone who’ll watch over me

I’m a little lamb who’s lost in the wood
I know I could always be good
To someone who’ll watch over me

(I’d like to add her initial to my monogram
Tell me, where is the shepherd for this lost lamb?
Someone to watch over me)

Although I may not be the man some
Girls think of as handsome
To her heart I’ll carry the key

Won’t you tell her please to put on some speed
Follow my lead, oh, how I need
Someone to watch over me

The cool part about this song is that it’s been done by SO many artists (hence why Sinatra’s version is missing that first clump of lyrics there)… some crooners, some not, but the song itself lends to the crooner style of singing. Here’s a partial list of familiar names:

* Rosemary Clooney
* Sammy Davis, Jr.
* Sheena Easton
* Michael Feinstein
* Ella Fitzgerald
* Lena Horne
* Etta James
* Elton John
* Gladys Knight
* Katharine McPhee
* Willie Nelson
* Sinéad O’Connor
* Della Reese
* Linda Ronstadt
* Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
* Artie Shaw and His Orchestra
* Dinah Shore
* Frank Sinatra
* Rod Stewart
* Sting
* Donna Summer
* Fats Waller
* Lawrence Welk
* Nancy Wilson
* Art Garfunkel

Who sings your favorite version? Personally, I’m dying for Michael Buble to do one!

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