Manhattan Serenade

[Yoankeebzz]

wonderful

[trbdave4850]

This kicks ass

[chuecan2007]

holy crap the singer is spot on amazing

[OldMrMemories]

"Johnny Fontaine will never get that part! It would make him a star!"

[teemell19]

Amazing

[IansOnKeys]

That's funny. Who'd of thought such an easy going tune like this would end up in a Tom & Jerry cartoon and The Godfather! On one hand you've got this cartoon for kids, (so violent!), and on the other hand you have this movie... Whoops, sorry to steer away from the review... Great performance of the song. Beautiful singing!

[EdGomide]

I love this song! Fine perform!

After Tommy Dorsey and Harry James, it seems no one record it or even sing it!!!

[Harlan346]

What a lovely song. This is a great definitive version. YouTube IS thee best site on the internet for moi. And yes, I recall this song as the scene transition song in The Godfather where the New York mob goes to Los Angeles to convince another crook to be good. And so his horse literally loses his head. Oof-Dah.

[IansOnKeys]

Stumbled across this video while looking for Godfather soundtrack stuff, and what a treat! Nice job, guys! A real pleasure hearing all five of you. Nice easy-going vibe. I wish you all great success!

[robotlordoftokyo]

Beautiful!

[tubite2]

... and Heather Masse, what a talent, she is a reincarnation of those wonderful female singers of half a century ago.

[Ulitawo]

Classic Piece! Loved the relaxed "jam-session" atmosphere. Made me feel like gabbing my Bass and play along.

[Godson19091]

this was in a tom&jerry cartoon

[antdanygirl]

yes it was :D but it's lovely

[Xelrebrus]

@Godson19091 Yep, Tom and Jerry - Mouse in Manhattan

[AwaTu]

@Godson19091 That would be "Mouse in Manhattan" —That remembrance and association of Louis Alter's 1928 composed melody notwithstanding, Manhattan Serenade is probably best known as the theme to the William Powell-Carole Lombard 1936 screwball comedy —"My Man Godfrey"...

[OldBittyBates]

Wow... Wish I had a CD album by these people. They are the best.

[OldBittyBates]

I like this Manhattan Serenade video so much, I keep its Internet address posted in my MS Word notes (so that I can visit this YOU TUBE site whenever in the mood to hear it). Wish I had one of their CD albums. What's the name of the band?

[Raffyleonhart]

happy birthday :)

[asimrida]

i heard this in the godfather and i like, fell in love with it :)

[TheSwingShift]

Lovely arrangement. "Manhattan Serenade" is such a classy old number and this version has a wonderful swingy backbeat and a nice vocal. Loved it!

[nicodemusd]

The more I watch this the more I enjoy it. The orchestrated version was one of my late father's all time favorites.

[BaLLiNLiKeCrAzzzY]

im lookin everywhere, cds i tunes, limewire, and i cannot find the arrangement of the godfather versiom anyone please help

[Raffyleonhart]

jo stafford manhattan serenade shearch nd you find it on limewire

[competicione]

what a beatiful song!! its a classic!!

and heather you simply the best!!!!!!!

kisses from mexico you beatiful lady :)

[simpleTele]

does anyone have a link for louis alter's [tom&jerry] version of manhattan serenade?

[nicodemusd]

Just type in 'Mouse in Manhattan' in the search box above. Enjoy it!

[hec1086]

well it took me a good seven months to find the name of this song, until somebody gave me tha name. it was a pleasant experiance to finally hear the song complete.

[thedougmeister]

brrr.. some parts of the singing sound kinda bad though..don't overdo it! that's not the character of this song!

[istgone]

Five star performance!!

[enrico141802]

This is terrific!

[steve344301]

My son was watching Tom and Jerry this morning and I woke up hearing this song from the cartoon. It stuck in my head and I had to hunt it down. What a search, but I'm glad to have finally figured out the song name and finally found it here. Thanks.

[thedougmeister]

My story is kind of similar. I watched the Godfather a couple of years ago, and suddenly got a flashback to watching tom and jerry cartoons as a little kid 15 years earlier. I had always liked the cartoon (but more or less forgotten about it) and when that song came up in the godfather I realised I also had to hunt it down.

That cartoon has created an image of a perfect manhattan which will last forever in my mind.

[schef99]

and no one got upset about the maid then like the GD libs would today, what did we let happen?

[BoxCompanyInTustin]

Nice take on the "We're off to see the horse-head" scene!

[schef99]

Mr Corleone prefers to hear bad news right away.

[Ulitawo]

I have been searching for this song title for decades. In the late 50's thru the early 60's I heard this music in its orchestral (not big band) and symphonic composition and the music has stuck in my mind. I loved it and I have been looking for that record since then. Last night I discovered the title after watching a tape of The Godfather". Can anyone help?

[primeralives]

Wow! Very nice!

[dagvald]

My Dad would play this slowly on the piano when I was a boy upstairs in bed. Lovely song, thanks so much!

[thecomishiner]

She did a great job

[cicociccio78]

this video is very beautiful

[littlelordfauntleroy]

wow ive been looking for this tune.... i would love to find the original recording of this from the the film the godfather

[primeralives]

The original recording was from Tommy Dorsey. Hope it helps.

Tony

[thedougmeister]

Yeah, the "Tommy Dorsey Orchestra" and the "Tommy Dorsey and Jo Stafford" versions are excellent!!

[naoto84]

Bravi! :) Love this song.