Dog Day Afternoon

…hello and welcome to Weekend Liner Notes.

Today a live performance by the legendary cabaret singer Bobby Short.

A fixture at the historic Hotel Carlyle in New York City for nearly four decades, Short was the quintessential entertainer.

Short had a lifelong love affair with what he called, “The Great American Song.” From Ellington to Cole Porter, from Rodgers and Hart to Harold Arlen and Gershwin, he embraced them all.

Our tune from yet another New York icon, Stephen Sondheim, is from the 1971 production of “Follies.”

“Losing My Mind,” whether on stage or in a small club on the Upper East Side, is your basic show stopper.

Introduced by Mary Lee Hoganson in her role as Sally Durant Plummer in the original Broadway musical.

I happen to believe that this is one of the finest, most evocative set of lyrics in “The Great American Songbook.”

And the attached recording is a very special voice in a very special place.

“The sun comes up, I think about you

The coffee cup, I think about you.

I want you so, it’s like I’m losing my mind”.

The attached recording is of a special voice in a very special place.

“The morning ends, I think about you

I talk to friends, and think about you.

And do they know it’s like I’m losing my mind”

Enjoy

(to listen to performance please click below)

https://youtu.be/bGSTWdnkJ78?si=Cb4FE6cv038ppWmc