PERSONAL FAVORITES. I’ve been singing many songs over the last few years — all of which I find beautiful. I’ve put together the following sampler of my "20 personal favorites", that gives a feeling for the very wide variety of songs and singing styles I’ve been exploring — from the semi-operatic (The Sound of Music), to pop/rock duets (The Time of My Life and Somewhere Out There), to Latin (Sway), to R&B (On the Wings of Love), to songs with great harmonies (Who Loves You and Scarborough Fair), to songs from the Great American Songbook (The Way You Look Tonight and Once Upon a Time), to the Beatles (I Want To Hold Your Hand), to songs from a wide range of artists, including the Bee Gees (How Deep Is Your Love), Huey Lewis (The Power of Love), Jim Croce (I‘ll Have To Say I Love You In A Song), Neil Diamond (Play Me), the Bay City Rollers (I Only Want to Be With You), Richard Marx (Right Here Waiting), Petula Clark (My Love), Fred Astaire (The Way You Look Tonight), and Tony Bennett (I Left My Heart in San Francisco).

For an amusing way of seeing just how diverse these songs/singing styles are, I've listed the songs with the singers who made them famous below. So here's the humorous exercise: pick a singer's name in the left column, and try to imagine them singing particular songs in the second column! (I'll start you off. . . Julie Andrews singing The Power of Love, Jim Croce singing Sway, Huey Lewis singing The Sound of Music, etc.)

1. Dean Martin / Michael Bublé		Sway
2. The Bee Gees		How Deep Is Your Love
3. Bill Medley (Righteous Brothers) & Jennifer Warnes		The Time of My Life (duet)
4. Simon and Garfunkel		Scarborough Fair
5. Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons		Who Loves You
6. Neil Diamond		Play Me
7. Bay City Rollers / Dusty Springfield		I Only Want To Be With You
8. Julie Andrews		The Sound of Music
9. Richard Marx		Right Here Waiting
10. The Beatles		I Want To Hold Your Hand
11. Tony Bennett		I Left My Heart In San Francisco
12. Jim Croce		I'll Have to Say I Love You In a Song
13. Frank Sinatra		Fly Me To The Moon
14. Huey Lewis & the News		The Power of Love
15. Linda Rondstadt & James Ingram		Somewhere Out There (duet)
16. Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane		Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
17. Fred Astaire		The Way You Look Tonight
18. Frank Sinatra		Once Upon a Time
19. Jeffrey Osborne		On the Wings of Love
20. Petula Clark		My Love

APRIL 10, 2024: 200,000 VIEWS! I’ve been singing and posting songs — my own and covers — on my YouTube music channel since the end of 2020. I’m delighted to say that my YouTube music channel just passed 200,000 VIEWS! Thanks so much for listening.

MAESTRO. Whatever you might think of Bradley Cooper's new movie, Maestro, Leonard Bernstein certainly wrote some beautiful music! Here‘s my cover of one of my favorites of his, from West Side Story (which deservedly re-entered the spotlight again in Steven Spielberg's recent movie version). It’s dedicated to my intimate partner, whose name "Mary" is the English translation of her Hungarian birth name, Maria.

As we close out 2023, and welcome 2024, I'm delighted to say that last year was a great year for my music: 113K listens on YouTube! Bringing our total to date up to: 150K listens. A big THANK YOU to everyone who enjoyed my music last year. I rather suspect that 2024 will send interesting, new adventures in music my way.

If dance is part of your celebration, here’s a little New Year’s Eve dance music I've put together for you. . .

NEW YEAR'S EVE DANCE PLAYLIST:
YOUTUBE PLAYLIST (7 SONGS, 24:48)
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OCTOBER 4, 2023: 100K YOUTUBE VIEWS/LISTENS!

I’m delighted to say my YouTube music channel has just passed 100K views/listens! Thanks so much for listening.