Jo Stafford & Tommy Dorsey Orch. - Manhattan Serenade

[Kramnosnits]

Shut up and listen to perfection, ya bunch of blabbermouths.

[joysticky83]

Well, let me tell you something, my kraut-mick friend, I'm gonna make so much trouble for you, you won't know what hit you!

[UNDERTAKER890]

Makes me cry, I thank Tom and Jerry for introducing this song to me :3

[2agray]

Oh it's so nice to hear this song without that crappy fake echo they used in the 50's reissues that lasted for decades. I sure played this record to death and dreamed and romanced.  There will never be music like this again.

[TijmenLeone]

It can't be impossible to get the tom and jerry version of the manhattan serenade. Maybe someone can ask WB for it, or maybe someone can use pieces of the song in this clip and reconstruct it or so. Plz put it online if it works. Or contact me

[Harryhoodz]

Is this the actual version that is used in The Godfather though? For some reason I remember the melody being played with more brass instruments

[waltandrus]

@Harryhoodz The movie recording version was re-done. There was no vocal either...VERY clever to use a Tommy Dorsey tune to accent the Johnny Fontaine character...While historically, there is NO connection to Sinatra getting the part in "From Here To Eternity" THAT way! FS actually remained friends with Tommmy Dorsey and even worked together in 1956 at The Paramount Theatre in NY!

[Harryhoodz]

@waltandrus Thanks for the info!

[The37Max]

I think I'm correct in saying Jo Stafford was barely in her 20's!!! when she recorded this. And that wonderful Dorsey trombone!!! Thank You very much.

[NathanEarlsMusic]

"I don't care how many dago, guinea, wop, greaseball, goombas come out of the woodwork!" "I'm German Irish."

[TomthatiscalledTom]

@NathanEarlsMusic Well lemme tell ya somethin' my Kraut Mick friend. I'm gonna make so trouble for you, you won't know what's hit you!

Mr Woltz I am a lawyer, I am not threatening you..

I know almost every big lawyer in Noo Yawk..who da Hell are you?

I have a special practice. I only handle one client

[Henriqueoi]

foda de mais, pena que hoje em dia a musica nao e mais assim :s

[edwardconway27]

I wish I live in 1940s, I just can't fucking believe that I was born in 1989 :(

[KASTOREL]

MOUSE IN MANHATTAN.

[danslatente]

@KASTOREL YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!! And looked for it for ages

[waynebrasler]

Everyone and his brother and sister recorded this gem but it's inexplicably little known today. Dinah Shore had the hit record, I believe. I love her recording, and certainly love the great Jo Stafford's version, but I think Helen Forrest did the definitive version. The melody and lyrics are SO evocative of Manhattan in the 1930s and 1940s. But just try to sing it! The range involved is Olympian!

[randyandy1960]

ONE OF THE BEST OLD SONGS out there.....LOVE IT!!!!!

[svendiamond]

this is NOT the version used in the movie. it's clearly a better/different recording used in the movie. and i can't freaking find it. anywhere. fuck.

[wpl955g]

@svendiamond Chill, bro/sis. It's on spotify under Jo Stafford's name. And yes, indeed, the Dorsey ver is umpteen times better that the Godfather ver - lord knows why they didn't use it outright, but even the bloody syncopation is wrong. But then, 'I AIN'T NO BANDLEADER!'.

[svendiamond]

@wpl955g this is also Tommy Dorsey... I'm just saying the version in the movie is much better quality then this

[wpl955g]

@svendiamond Sorry, misread yr 3rd line. Movie version is certainly newer, clearer, and there are differences (no strings), but (despite what IMDB says) I have never thought moviewas TD's band - he recorded Manhattan Serenade in '43 and I don't think he revisited it- either it's a TD tribute band (like under Sam Donahue, who took it on in the mid-50s after TD's death) or a studio orchestra playing Dorsey's arrangement. It isn't on the soundtrack album, since it was just a tag, wh is annoying.

[svendiamond]

@wpl955g Ah, yes... it must be a studio orchestra playing it. Sucks that it's not on the soundtrack... oh well, we have this recording. I've been jamming to it for a few days now! ha!

[wpl955g]

@svendiamond Funny you should say that, I've just transcribed the chords (more or less) - from G in the instrumental to C# in the vocal, with that 3 bar turnaround between where the rhythm section drops out... Now if I can just arrange the damned thing for the swing band I'm in...

[chrisdogan]

just to show you that I'm not a hard-hearted man, that it's not all dollars and cents... She was beautiful, she was innocent... SHE WAS THE GREATEST PIECE OF ASS I'VE EVER HAD... AND I'VE HAD IT ALL OVER THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!

[525wireman]

@chrisdogan

"THAN JOHNNY FONTANE COMES ALONG WITH HIS OLIVE OIL VOICE AND GUINEA CHARM,,,,AND SHE RUNS OFF!,,,,,"

[wpl955g]

@chrisdogan She threw it all away just to make me look ridiculous. And a man in my position can't afford to be made to look ridiculous!!!

[bigcity233]

@bkMatelot The "Godfather" had a lot of great period stuff - the art director of that movie really captured the feeling of the period (40's) very well - the music, decor, locations, manner of dress, attitudes, etc. He took advantage of a number of real NYC locations (restaurants, hotels) that were very much of the 40s period that had survived into the early 70's.

[DavitosanX]

Now THIS is what I call music!

[randyandy1960]

nah man....godfather when he goes to california....this is it...this is the song they just do the intro boys....this is it....you gotta watch the movie.

[MissElanyS]

Great song from the classic Tom and Jerry cartoon Mouse In Manhattan too!

[lambbroadway]

@MissElanyS

And thats how I know this tune. Anytime I listen to it, it makes me feel like getting on a plane to NY...

[TomthatiscalledTom]

Your gonna have some union troubles, my client can make them disapear. Also one of your top stars has moved from marijuana to heroin

Are you tryin' to muscle me?

Absolutely not!

OK lemme lay it on da line for you and your boss, whoever he is,Johnny Fontaine never that part! I don't care how many dago-ginny-wop-goomba-greaseba­lls come outta da woodwork!

I'm German Irish

Well lemme tell ya somethin my Kraut Mick friend, I'm gonna make so much trouble for you, you won't know what's hit you!

[ajy2805]

Gran canción yo la escuché por primera vez en el episodio de Tom y Jerry Mouse in Manhattan me hace acordar mucho a mi niñez, muy lindo, nunca he estado en Manhattan pero si algun dia voy lo primero que voy a hacer es ponerme los auriculares y escuchar esta canción.

[TrollinOnMyFace]

@bkMatelot Where can I find the godfather take of this? i uploaded it from the movie so you can listen on my page

[TrollinOnMyFace]

@666DILLINGER no, i've been looking for the godfather version for a while but was reminded today that i'm gonna seriously look this weekend. if i find it i'll email you it. same for anyone else on here :)

[rdr555]

@TrollinOnMyFace  Have spent hours and hours trying to locate authentic Godfather swing version but so far to no avail. Help !

[greaserman44]

such a beautiful piece. this is truly the one song i could listen to over and over again. the beginning intro/instrumental, such a beautiful piece of music followed by the singing of a beautiful voice and woman.

[levanyzzuf]

I've been wanting to find this tune ever since I heard it in The Godfather as a child! Wonderful!

[lesengir]

@bwmcmaste This it's the first time i meet someone else who listens to the wonderful KCEA, the home of the big bands,

Yes i heard it there too, and among other beatiful songs i never knew before.

[TomthatiscalledTom]

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Now you listen to me ya smooth talkin' son of a bitch! Lemme lay it on da line for you and your boss whoever he is, Johnny Fontaine never gets that part! I don't care how many dago-guinea-wop-greaseball-goo­mbas come outta da woodwork!

I'm German Irish

Well lemme tell ya something my Kraut-Mick friend I'm gonna make so much trouble for you, you won't know what's hit you!

Mr Woltz I am a lawyer, I am not threatening you

I know almost every big lawyer in Noo Yawk, who da Hell are you?!

[d0dgeball]

@TomthatiscalledTom I'm special practice. I handle one client.

[ZXC5000]

It describes Manhattan perfectly

[Mastophales]

Wonderful Song ! Close your eyes and you can see Mr. Woltz, telling Tom, "Ok, my Kraut Mick friend, You tell your Goomba Boss, I aint no bandleader, yeah I heard that Story !!!' Beautiful !!!!

[vHumboldt77]

so true!!!! - each time I listen to this song, I can't help replay it again and again...

[kidavid77]

Great song, but not the same recording as from the movie. No strings and no trumpet hesitation as in the wonderful recording used in the film. I've been unable to track down the exact recording yet, so I'm still in therapy, bkMatelot! No arguments about the Quality of THIS recording from me; it's still great!

[delrioa]

That's music!

[seerider45]

never heard that song before......it's so sweet and romantic !