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Uploaded by on Jul 19, 2011

There's a Goldmine Of Romantic Music
that is in the process of being LOST
forever. Music written in the first half
of the Last Century offers Romance,
Beauty & Great Lyrics that incorporates
a Happy, Uplifting & Positive Worldview
that is quite rare today.

The Music in this 15 Minute Video offers
you unrealized Romantic Beauty yet with
a Contemporary Story that your mind
composes as it views the High Definition
Photographs and Captivating Videos!

This Elegant & Enticing Music was first
recorded on 33 1/3 Phonographs, transferred
to Cassette Tape, then C.D.s and finally
to my Computer so the quality is not
paradigmatic.

Perhaps one day, others will discover
this Enchanting Treasure and this music
will become more available on the Internet.
Even better would be if new Mantovanis,
Percy Faiths, Norman Luboffs, Arthur
Fiedlers, etc. would discover and record
with a fresh talent true to the original
intent these Romantic and Rapturous
Delights!

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The English rendering of "Choucoune": "Yellow Bird", first appeared on the album Calypso Holiday, a 1957 release by the Norman Luboff Choir, Norman Luboff having arranged the song in the calypso style which had become popular in the English speaking world in the mid-1950s.

The lyrics for "Yellow Bird" by Alan and Marilyn Bergman have no connection with the narrative of the Durand poem other than that poem featuring the words "ti zwazo" (little birds) in its refrain on which account the original Haitian song is sometimes called "Ti Zwazo" or "Ti Zwezo". The song became a minor hit at #70 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the Mills Brothers in 1959; its most successful incarnation came in the summer of 1961 when the Arthur Lyman Group reached #4 with their Hawaiian flavored instrumental version which bested a rival instrumental single release by Lawrence Welk (#61).

"Yellow Bird" has also been recorded by Keely Smith, Roger Whitaker, Roger Williams, and Paul Clayton. The song continues to be popularly associated with calypso and the Caribbean and is often performed by steelpan bands but some versions, such as Chris Isaak's from Baja Sessions, evidence a Hawaiian flavor.

"Yellow Bird" was sung by Vivian Vance on a two-part Here's Lucy episode, "Lucy Goes Hawaiian," which aired February 15 and Feb. 22, 1971. Vance sang it in a high falsetto, with a calypso beat, dressed in yellow and sprouting feathers like a canary (including a long tail feather) perched on a swing decorated as a nest, that lowered her in the beginning of the song and lifted her at the end. A long spoken-word mid-section features Vance riffing on the types of male birds she'd like to hook up with. A clip of this version is on YouTube.

The 23 October 1989 broadcast of the CBS TV series Murphy Brown entitled "Miles Big Adventure" ends with guest star Yeardley Smith serenading her unwilling object of desire Miles Silverberg with a snippet of "Yellow Bird".
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  • Guys Guys, stop the bickering about old and young, enjoy the music and pictures...Superb...

  • @Hoffmanngerhard - Thanks very very much!

  • @w8n4rapture2day - Thank you for your kind words. There's 250 music videos here just like it! I have two YouTube music accounts: When these music videos are posted to YouTube, YouTube reduces the resolution or pixels by 86%. Our plan is to continue posting beautiful music videos on YouTube & Vimeo but to offer for sale DVD's that contain 100% of the beauty of the videos that can be played on either a computer or TV. To Order any Music Video: ILoveProfHowdy (dot) Com
  • How about showing both males and females with a full age range; that is what the world is comprised of, would be more interesting.

  • @amalfi348 - Because love is for the young and the Creator has

    designed that love to last between one man & one woman till death

    do us part...

    These videos are romantic get-aways dedicated to God's lofty

    designs for the human race. He never wanted divorce, death,

    widows, abortion, STDs, jealousy, etc. That all came about when

    man rebelled against his Creator!

    Fortunately God provided a way of escape to any who accept

    His one means of Salvation: Jesus Christ.

    For further details: Read "Mark"!

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  • This song is soul uplifting indeed! and the videos wonderful.Thank you for posting!

  • Love is for people of all ages. To last "between one man and one woman," you need toe participating partners. There are many very young women in theses videos, but again, where are there male counter-parts. Married "older" couples enjoy romantic get-aways; love knows no age restraints.

    The scenery is magnificent, but if we are to envision couples taking part in the "love that lasts till death do us part," how about including some men, & loving couples of all ages. Thanks, from a 45 year old male

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