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This diary selects songs whose main title word ends in ‘-ade’. This theme is quite narrow as strictly defined, so let’s open it to any song that can somehow relate to a song that ends in ‘-ade’.
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Wikis: Charade Masquerade Serenade
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"Charade" is a Parisian waltz with music by Henry Mancini and lyrics by Johnny Mercer performed in the 1963 film of the same name. It was nominated that year for the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
Stanley Donen composed the song for Charade. There is a scene in the movie where Audrey returns from a happy winter holiday to her Paris flat to find it stripped of everything of value. Bare floors and the walls are all that remain. Her loutish husband had absconded with all of her worldly goods.
She enters the dimly-lit apartment with her suitcase and surveys the scene. Her feelings are of sadness, loneliness and vulnerability. To me, it translated into a sad little Parisian waltz. With that image of Audrey in my mind, I went to the piano and within less than an hour 'Charade' was written. Johnny Mercer added his poetry, and the song was nominated for an Oscar that year"
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"This Masquerade" is a song written by American singer and musician Leon Russell. It was originally recorded in 1972.
In 1976, "This Masquerade" was a top-ten pop and R&B hit for jazz guitarist George Benson, who recorded it on his 1976 signature album Breezin’. It was his first single release. Benson's rendition is the only charting version of the song in the U.S. In 1977, Benson's version won a Grammy Award for Record Of The Year.
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"Serenade in Blue" is a 1942 big band song composed by Harry Warren. It was introduced in the 1942 film Orchestra Wives by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra.
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra released the song as an RCA Victor 78, 27935-A, which peaked at #2 on the Billboard pop singles chart.
This record was the year's eleventh-best selling recording in the United States according to Billboard magazine, after having spent fifteen weeks on the Billboard charts.
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Charade by Henry Mancini
This Masquerade by The Carpenters
Serenade In Blue by Glenn Miller
