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>>>This diary features songs with the word ‘street’ in the title
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Wikis: Easy Street Baker Street Street Where You Live
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September song themes for Thursdays: 4th: Alley, 11th: Lane, 18th: Street, 25th: Road
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"Easy Street" is a jazz standard with lyrics and music written by Alan Rankin Jones in 1940. It was first recorded by 'Jimmy Lunceford and his Orchestra.' ]
The term 'easy street' originated in the late 1800s and is slang for "a state in which everything is going well and one is comfortable.” It's usually meant momentarily.
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"Baker Street" is a single by the Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty, released in February 1978. It reached the top three in the UK, US and elsewhere. The song is known for its saxophone riff, performed by Raphael Ravenscroft, played as a break between verses. Billboard described it as "the most recognizable sax riff in pop music history". It is said to have been responsible for a resurgence in the sales of saxophones and their use in mainstream pop music and television advertising.
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"On the Street Where You Live" is a song from the 1956 Broadway musical My Fair Lady. It is sung in the musical by the character Freddy Eynsford-Hill.
The most popular single of the song was recorded by Vic Damone in 1956. It reached No. 4 on the Billboard chart.
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Easy Street by Julie London
Baker Street by Jerry Rafferty
On The Street Where You Live by Vic Damone
