This arrangement is so simple and delicate. Just piano, bass and bongos are so perfectly understated to leave room for her voice. This recording transports you. The way the director used it with vintage train on the bridge and the pull away shot was brilliant. It set up the reprise in the dance hall. Great storytelling.
I absolutely adore this song done this way. I first heard it as the opener to Biloxi Blues and have loved it ever since. Thanks so much for posting. It's truly a genius version of an already great tune.
This was my fiance's and I song. I hummed it to her one night as we slow danced in my pool. It is just a great song and I will forever keep it in my heart. Unfortunately, my fiance died a couple of months after I proposed to her. Thank you for putting up this song. Means the world to me.
The first time I ever watched "Biloxi Blues" this song captured my attention. It's so damn good it's haunting. Music like this hasn't been made in decades!
This was my first dance wedding song a few months ago, when the song/first dance was over, people at my wedding had tears in there eyes, beautiful song ...
Biloxi Blues was on HBO again today. I, like many others here, first heard this haunting rendition played to a hazy sepia toned railroad tressle tracking shot; in a nostalgic coming-of-age film. Thank God that Biloxi Blues has cemented this melancholic rendition in the souls of a new generation. It's almost spooky when you see it against the imagery of the opening credits. And it gives those opening minutes a gravity and importance; slows you down, takes you to that period.
I like this version of this song a lot better! The sad thing is that I still have not ever seen Biloxi Blues yet! I'm gonna get it on dvd cause from looking at the reviews on that particular movie, it looks like it ought to be pretty good! :)
It's sad that there aren't more Pat videos on youtube. Does anyone have any vids of her singing "I Enjoy Being A Girl" back when she was doing Flower Drum Song?
sometimes i really have to beleve in past lives, i just turned 30 and i feel this song in my heart, in my soul, i think in that way all old music is timeless, Ella fitzgeralds version is great too but the slowed tempo make pats voice so haunting, thankyou for uploading xx
Beautiful! This was the first version of this song i'd ever heard (during the opening of Biloxi Blues) and i was struck by her haunting and beautiful voice, as well as the lovely melody. i've heard other versions since but none can touch this one. Thanks for posting!
This was recorded in 1958 (either April 28th or May 1st) , at Webster Hall in NYC. It's on the back of the original RCA LP. Pat Suzuki was still attending San Jose State around 1953 and wasn't recording anything yet.
Pat Suzuki did an outstanding job here with the vocals, but to be fair: it was Henri René who arranged it as heard and conducted the session. Nice work by Henri René.
I like Park Overall. She is "believeable" in every part I have seen her play on screen and on tv. Unfortunately she has always been cast in strong supporting roles.
She did well in a movie called "House of Cards".
Tommy Lee Jones and Kathleen Turner got the leads.
@honypoboy The first time I heard this song, I mean REALLY heard it was when I watched Biloxi Blues, and the song blew me away. What a haunting and melencholy rendition. This song emotes a lost dream of what once was between two people but what is now only a haunting memory in someones deepest dreams. I couldn't find the artist at first, until Youtube helped me. I love this song but it does something to me.
@honypoboy Ditto! I actually went to the movies to see Biloxi Blues and heard this version in the opening credits. I couldn't believe what I was hearing and wondered if ANYBODY in that audience felt the same way I did. I recognized that it was a slower version of a Les Paul/Mary Ford tune, but I just had to have my hands on it! And the movie turned out great too, didn't it?
@honypoboy Ooh that was her part! I'm a southerner myself and she just knocked it out of the 'park'! In fact, the movie was on here in Atlanta just a couple of days ago and, when she came on the screen, I started wonderin' what the heck happened to her film career because she started off so well...
@ssm3141 RIGHT?! Biloxi Blues was on HBO today and a couple days back... what the hell DID happen to her after "Empty Nest"?! She had so much promise. Come to think of it, so didn't the rest of the cast in that film. Odd that none of them broke out big after it. Anyway...
Thanks so much for posting this masterpiece: a previous version I listened to regularly was removed and I was gutted: where can I buy this track? I have a suspicion ur posting may face the same fate!.
I Love this version and the song is one of my favorites.
thegarden65721 2 weeks ago
great
devtimers 1 month ago
This is my absolute favorite version. Gives you chills. Beautifully done.
MajorAudieMurphy 1 month ago 4
This arrangement is so simple and delicate. Just piano, bass and bongos are so perfectly understated to leave room for her voice. This recording transports you. The way the director used it with vintage train on the bridge and the pull away shot was brilliant. It set up the reprise in the dance hall. Great storytelling.
beautyinbreakdowns2 3 months ago 3
Lush and dreamy...
beautyinbreakdowns2 3 months ago
Gloria Gaynor 's cover was a nice disco version in 1976
poultrykid 3 months ago
Great rendition! Blows all the others away!
TOMATNOSCE 4 months ago
the darkest night would shine
if you would come to me soon
until you will, how still my heart
how high the moon
how high the moon...
FLPD379USCG 5 months ago in playlist AMR LIST 2 3
Absolutely beautiful!!
TheStuffYouLovems 5 months ago
How High The Dude, Listenin to This @ 4:37 a.m........
CelticBadBoyPoet7 6 months ago 2
I Fuckin Dare, Speers, Underwood, or Any of Those Musical Zombie's Try & Cover This Song.......
CelticBadBoyPoet7 6 months ago
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CelticBadBoyPoet7 6 months ago
Recorded when the world had real ears, souls, and VIBE meant something.
WizardsMachine 7 months ago 3
I absolutely adore this song done this way. I first heard it as the opener to Biloxi Blues and have loved it ever since. Thanks so much for posting. It's truly a genius version of an already great tune.
ssm3141 8 months ago 2
This was my fiance's and I song. I hummed it to her one night as we slow danced in my pool. It is just a great song and I will forever keep it in my heart. Unfortunately, my fiance died a couple of months after I proposed to her. Thank you for putting up this song. Means the world to me.
ehalofan 8 months ago in playlist Classic Music 13
@ehalofan My goodness. The song was playing just as I read your post and it hurt my heart. Had a good cry.
hunterlester 3 months ago in playlist test
Was most of the music from the 1940's like this? Slow, moody & haunting?
StarX81 9 months ago
Bingo!! i found the version i was looking for..
TheBruT4L1ty 9 months ago
I've listened to over a dozen versions of this song and this is undoubtedly the best!
minggnim 9 months ago
The first time I ever watched "Biloxi Blues" this song captured my attention. It's so damn good it's haunting. Music like this hasn't been made in decades!
StarX81 9 months ago
love this version....I was born ten years after this was made
irishlass1245 11 months ago
This was my first dance wedding song a few months ago, when the song/first dance was over, people at my wedding had tears in there eyes, beautiful song ...
rocketestates 1 year ago
Biloxi Blues was on HBO again today. I, like many others here, first heard this haunting rendition played to a hazy sepia toned railroad tressle tracking shot; in a nostalgic coming-of-age film. Thank God that Biloxi Blues has cemented this melancholic rendition in the souls of a new generation. It's almost spooky when you see it against the imagery of the opening credits. And it gives those opening minutes a gravity and importance; slows you down, takes you to that period.
hollywoodcritic100 1 year ago 11
I like this version of this song a lot better! The sad thing is that I still have not ever seen Biloxi Blues yet! I'm gonna get it on dvd cause from looking at the reviews on that particular movie, it looks like it ought to be pretty good! :)
califgirl101 1 year ago
This is one of the most hauntingly romantic versions of ANY song ever recorded.
Willysmb44 1 year ago
It's sad that there aren't more Pat videos on youtube. Does anyone have any vids of her singing "I Enjoy Being A Girl" back when she was doing Flower Drum Song?
JoshMich1985 1 year ago
sometimes i really have to beleve in past lives, i just turned 30 and i feel this song in my heart, in my soul, i think in that way all old music is timeless, Ella fitzgeralds version is great too but the slowed tempo make pats voice so haunting, thankyou for uploading xx
rumourNo1 1 year ago
Beautiful and haunting.
Whammer79 1 year ago 2
does anyone know the name of the song they play at the end of the movie?while he mentions the war being over...I would really appreciate it.. thanks
albrtsanchez 1 year ago
the movie Biloxi Blues sorry forgot to say what movie i was talking about
albrtsanchez 1 year ago
OMGSH! been looking for this forever! thanks for sharing, i agree, the best version of 'how high the moon'
ilylizard 1 year ago
buy it on itunes.
rokbarry 1 year ago
Best version ever of this song!
rokbarry 1 year ago
what a wonderful voice..I wish can sing like hers..lol
girlfromcelebes 1 year ago
Beautiful! This was the first version of this song i'd ever heard (during the opening of Biloxi Blues) and i was struck by her haunting and beautiful voice, as well as the lovely melody. i've heard other versions since but none can touch this one. Thanks for posting!
TheChuckmo 1 year ago
This was recorded in 1958 (either April 28th or May 1st) , at Webster Hall in NYC. It's on the back of the original RCA LP. Pat Suzuki was still attending San Jose State around 1953 and wasn't recording anything yet.
retroflow44 1 year ago 4
Pat Suzuki did an outstanding job here with the vocals, but to be fair: it was Henri René who arranged it as heard and conducted the session. Nice work by Henri René.
retroflow44 1 year ago
@retroflow44
Thanks for the additional info!
marc250268 1 year ago
I like Park Overall. She is "believeable" in every part I have seen her play on screen and on tv. Unfortunately she has always been cast in strong supporting roles.
She did well in a movie called "House of Cards".
Tommy Lee Jones and Kathleen Turner got the leads.
honypoboy 1 year ago
Haunting
JosephCa64 1 year ago
Thanks for posting this, marc. I've always loved this version. It's one of my favorite songs.
pjstrupp 1 year ago
Gorgeous song. I want a woman with a voice this silky to sing this at my wedding reception.
goofygoat2009 1 year ago
True story,
I was sitting in my living room
and I popped the vhs tape of Biloxi Blues into my deck.
This song started to play and it blew me away. I had never heard before and that irked me, so I >>to the credits to find out about it.
I wrote it down and << back to the begining
and restarted the tape to hear it again.
Then I went on to watch one of the
best Neil Simon movies to date.
honypoboy 1 year ago 2
@honypoboy The first time I heard this song, I mean REALLY heard it was when I watched Biloxi Blues, and the song blew me away. What a haunting and melencholy rendition. This song emotes a lost dream of what once was between two people but what is now only a haunting memory in someones deepest dreams. I couldn't find the artist at first, until Youtube helped me. I love this song but it does something to me.
PRE1959 1 year ago
@honypoboy Ditto! I actually went to the movies to see Biloxi Blues and heard this version in the opening credits. I couldn't believe what I was hearing and wondered if ANYBODY in that audience felt the same way I did. I recognized that it was a slower version of a Les Paul/Mary Ford tune, but I just had to have my hands on it! And the movie turned out great too, didn't it?
ssm3141 1 year ago
@ssm3141 I agree it was a great movie. Especialy Park Overall's role as "Rowena".
honypoboy 1 year ago
@honypoboy Ooh that was her part! I'm a southerner myself and she just knocked it out of the 'park'! In fact, the movie was on here in Atlanta just a couple of days ago and, when she came on the screen, I started wonderin' what the heck happened to her film career because she started off so well...
ssm3141 1 year ago
@ssm3141 RIGHT?! Biloxi Blues was on HBO today and a couple days back... what the hell DID happen to her after "Empty Nest"?! She had so much promise. Come to think of it, so didn't the rest of the cast in that film. Odd that none of them broke out big after it. Anyway...
hollywoodcritic100 1 year ago
I love it......
ebariana310 1 year ago
A great, great version of this song...beautiful!!!
1FrankFan 1 year ago
Thanks so much for posting this masterpiece: a previous version I listened to regularly was removed and I was gutted: where can I buy this track? I have a suspicion ur posting may face the same fate!.
eaglesonofwill 1 year ago
Beautiful any way you cut it!
AlexDyer 1 year ago
Beautiful. Thanks for sharing :)
rosc2112 2 years ago
Extremely beautiful song....
BobbyHilburn 2 years ago