If I Were A Bell-Nancy Harms
Series: Minnesota Voices- Certain Standards with Arne Fogel
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Though never a major hit single or theme song for any particular singer, Frank Loesser’s “If I Were A Bell” has stood the test of time, and now, well into the 21st Century, it well may be considered the most enduring of all the songs Loesser wrote for his masterpiece “Guys and Dolls” in 1950. “Luck Be A Lady” has more flash, “Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ The Boat” is the show-stopper, but “If I Were A Bell” is more universal, and perhaps more universally sung, than any of the others. A favorite of jazz instrumentalists and singers, nightclub crooners and show-tune mavens, it certainly possesses that peculiar Frank Loesser chromatic quality that only Frank, originally a lyricist only, was able to create. His early composer-collaborators, people like Burton Lane, Hoagy Carmichael and Jule Styne had influenced him, but he imitated none of them. With “Guys & Dolls”, he topped them all. And as the classiest tune from the “Guys & Dolls” score, “If I Were A Bell” may just be his crowning achievement. Here to sing it is Minnesota’s Voice, Nancy Harms…
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Though never a major hit single or theme song for any particular singer, Frank Loesser’s “If I Were A Bell” has stood the test of time, and now, well into the 21st Century, it well may be considered the most enduring of all the songs Loesser wrote for his masterpiece “Guys and Dolls” in 1950. “Luck Be A Lady” has more flash, “Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ The Boat” is the show-stopper, but “If I Were A Bell” is more universal, and perhaps more universally sung, than any of the others. A favorite of jazz instrumentalists and singers, nightclub crooners and show-tune mavens, it certainly possesses that peculiar Frank Loesser chromatic quality that only Frank, originally a lyricist only, was able to create. His early composer-collaborators, people like Burton Lane, Hoagy Carmichael and Jule Styne had influenced him, but he imitated none of them. With “Guys & Dolls”, he topped them all. And as the classiest tune from the “Guys & Dolls” score, “If I Were A Bell” may just be his crowning achievement. Here to sing it is Minnesota’s Voice, Nancy Harms…
