“Summertime in Venice” was the theme song from the film “Summertime” where Katharine Hepburn travels to Venice on her own. The song was released as a single by a number of artists including her co-star Rossano Brazzi. The version below is by Connie Francis issued 5 years after the film hit the big screen in …
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“Well if you ever plan to motor west” – Route 66.
“Just take my way that’s the highway that’s the best” Bobby Troup 1946. Each of us will have their own favourite version of this song, but the original lyrics were written 80 years ago, when Booby Troup got the idea for the song on a “cross-country” drive from Pennsylvania to California. That route actually took …
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My girl and I went walking
by the Caribbean sea. So wrote Jimmy Buffett in his track Pre-You. Buffett is multi-talented American singer–songwriter, author, and businessman. His songs often make reference to an “island escapism” lifestyle. I think that many of us could do with some of that right now. His songs are full of references to various Caribbean islands and …
Cyprus is my island
“Cyprus is my island. When the going’s rough I would love to find you Somewhere in a place like that… ” David Bowie once again provides our musical inspiration for our travel destination this week. The lyrics above come from the track “Move On”. Bowie’s first wife Angie was actually born on the island and …