Alan Jay Lerner and Burton Lane:  Too Late Now

Alan Jay Lerner and Burton Lane: Too Late Now

Today’s song is one of my favorite ballads. It’s from the 1951 movie musical Royal Wedding, which is not a great film.  Lerner later said his own contributions made him cringe. But a score that has “Too Late Now,” “You’re All the World to Me” (to which Fred Astaire...
Eileen Farrell sings “Ten Cents a Dance”

Eileen Farrell sings “Ten Cents a Dance”

About two months ago I told Claire I would finally do Song of the Day and she proposed the weeks of December 12–16 and 19–23.  So you’ve got me for the next two weeks, or maybe that should be, I’ve got you. These blogs have really represented NYFOS’s motto, No Song Is...