Long Ago & Far Away - 8 Amazing Musicians! (1944) 1080p! Beautiful & Romantic HD! #ProfHowdy

"Long Ago (and Far Away)" is a popular song from the 1944 Technicolor film musical Cover Girl starring Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly and released by Columbia Pictures. The music was written by Jerome Kern, and the lyrics were written by Ira Gershwin. The song was published in 1944 and sold over 600,000 copies in sheet music in a year. In 2004 it finished #92 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema.

In the film it is sung by Rita Hayworth to Gene Kelly, and later briefly reprised by Jinx Falkenburg. Charting versions were recorded almost simultaneously by Dick Haymes and Helen Forrest, Bing Crosby, Jo Stafford and Perry Como.

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SONG LIST:

Long Ago & Far Away - Mantovani Orchestra

Long Ago & Far Away - Percy Faith Orchestra

Long Ago & Far Away - Gene Kelly

Long Ago & Far Away - Romantic Strings

Long Ago & Far Away - Johnny Mathis

Long Ago & Far Away - Carmen Dragon

Long Ago & Far Away - Cyril Ornadel

Long Ago & Far Away - Boston Pops Orchestra

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Let’s Fall In Love - Enoch Light & The Light Brigade

Let’s Fall In Love - Vic Damone

Let’s Fall In Love - Ray Charles Singers

Let’s Fall In Love - The Cascading Voices Of Hugo & Luigi

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Laura - RCA Symphony Orchestra

Laura - Arthur Fiedler

Laura - Morton Gould

Laura - Norman Luboff Choir

Laura - The Melachrino Strings

Laura - The Romantic Strings

Laura - Mantovani

Laura - Hollywood Strings

Laura - Percy Faith Orchestra

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Julia’s Theme

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Which Version Do You Prefer? Why so many versions of each song? Anything to do with lasting quality?

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SONG TIMES:

Long Ago (And Far Away) (from "Cover Girl") - Various Artists
10:01​ - 13:44​

Long Ago and Far Away - Mantovani Orchestra
0:00​ - 3:16​

Long Ago And Far Away (feat. Gene Kelly) - Morris Stoloff
6:42​ - 9:57​

Laura - Percy Faith Orchestra
1:04:43​ - 1:08:48​

Long Ago And Far Away - Cyril Ornadel
21:39​ - 25:30​

Laura - Mantovani And His Orchestra
57:15​ - 59:59​

Laura - Arthur Fiedler
42:05​ - 44:54​

Long Ago And Far Away - Carmen Dragon
17:46​ - 19:59​

Laura: Main Title - National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
39:50​ - 41:55​

Laura - The Hit Band
1:00:53​ - 1:04:35​

Laura - The Melachrino Strings
50:58​ - 53:56​

Long Ago (And Far Away) - Johnny Mathis & Henry Mancini, His Orchestra & Chorus
13:47​ - 17:42​

Laura - Morton Gould
44:58​ - 47:51​

Long Ago and Far Away - John Williams
25:36​ - 28:51​

Let's Fall in Love - Enoch Light
29:51​ - 31:30​

Let's Fall in Love - Vic Damone
31:33​ - 33:28​

Laura - The Norman Luboff Choir
48:02​ - 49:58​

Long Ago and Far Away - Percy Faith
3:26​ - 6:33​

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Easy listening (sometimes known as mood music) is a popular music genre and radio format that was most popular during the 1950s to 1970s. It is related to middle-of-the-road (MOR) music and encompasses instrumental recordings of standards, hit songs and popular non-rock vocals generally hit songs from the previous three decades & enhanced with mostly soft strings & Pops Orchestra. Easy Listening sounds had its origins between the Big Band Era & Rock & Roll. Studies have shown that more than half the population is tone-deaf & unable to distinguish the differences between “Easy Listening” music & “Elevator Music”. The main difference is the depth of instrumentation of the orchestra & PASSION!

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You may have noticed that for the past year I have been posting Romantic Music Videos from my personal collection! Under each video are Lyrics, Song & Artist Information with Links to pertinent & relative info including past music videos that I made:

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MUSIC FROM WHEN LYRICS WERE
BOTH BEAUTIFUL & ROMANTIC!

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It's Very Biblical To Compare Christianity To Romance & Vice Versa! (Analogy Doesn't Work For Other Religions!) - Ephesians 5:22-32
Each one of us needs to look after the good of the people around us, asking ourselves, “How can I help?” That’s exactly what J.e.s.u.s did. He didn’t make it easy for Himself by avoiding people’s troubles but waded right in and helped out.

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