Sylvia was a friend of my parents, and mine. I adored her, off stage and on. She is older here, but still has no problem selling this. A lovely woman, and a great talent. Im sure they are all performing in heaven now. Loved her.
So you see, youngsters, the pains of love can and do still afflict us, no matter our age! What a wonderful, heartfelt rendition. Thank you for posting it.
Sylvia Syms was a favorite of Frank Sinatra who would go see her show when he was in town....he conducted an album for her which i have and sadly i never saw her in person...but now and then i put that album on....and it is sweet indeed...................
A great artist with a long career and rightly so. It's hard to select a favorite album but I guess mine is her "Torch Song" album on Columbia with "Orchids in the Moonlight." She was a jazz singer, a pop singer, a cabaret singer and a hit record maker all in one. Her dearest friends included Frank Sinatra and Peggy Lee (ever heard of them?).
Whatever happened to the cabarets and piano bars of the 80s and early 90s? The late night bohemian places where broken hearts and dreamers of all walks of life would converge late at night to have a crooner sing out a piece of your life, have a drink and maybe find comfort in each other... Please don't mention the great 5 star hotel!
My first and only connection with Syms was with her rendition of "Dancing chandelier," which I can't seem to find anywhere. I liked what I heard. With this evergreen, "Mad about the boy," I enjoyed hearing it as done by Lena Horne.
Probably couldn’t find it because it was selling for as much as $100 due to the other side “Each Day” being played on the R&B scene in the UK and the Popcorn scene in Belgium and Europe
(Cont'd) I suspect Syms' voice is best suited to the Broadway musical of the 50s. For example, I do think she'd have done a slam dunk with a song from Leonard Sillmans' "New Faces of '52," entitled "Guess who I saw today." By the way, the Sillman format made stars of many, including Henry Fonda (fact check, please). Anyone?
never heard about this woman before, and hopefully never will again. sorry, but this is not 'singing'. more winging. as i said, sorry. dont want to hurt that womans feeling, but no thanks
We'll always be in the minority on this and it puts me on the "not cool" list, but I agree with you, this is not singing. The idea that anybody can open his/her mouth and whatever comes out is singing is one I cannot subscribe to. Critics praised her and Sinatra endorsed her as a great "saloon singer" but when you get down to it, we're expected to disbelieve our ears. We're told about Sylvia's wonderful phrasing... okay. But I would rather hear Ella, Anita O'Day, or many other ladies who mastered the art of phrasing lyrics, and who could really sing, whose voices were joyous treats to the ear... so why settle for talking, albeit well-phrased? Prediction: someone will reply with the f-word or some other insult, and the topic will be me, not Miss Syms. To that I say that when it comes to singing, my opinion carries no more weight than any other viewpoint, but also no less weight. There's no right or wrong. But as I said earlier, I wouldn't remotely call what is heard here singing.
@@akrenwinkle ...What would you have said about Mabel Mercer, then? You see, Syms is a stylist as opposed to a singer, e.g., Ella Fitzgerald. Martha Raye could be considered a stylist more than a singer. Raye's "Feeling the way I do" is eternally memorable. I like Syms, by the way.
@@ccaammiinniiito2 Kay Thompson was called a song stylist, but she could actually sing. Martha was called an underrated singer by no less than Mel Torme. I'd call Mabel Mercer a mesmerizing story-teller, which is what I would call Sinatra after he lost his voice. Recently, I saw Danny Aiello on TV, promoting himself as a singer. He was lousy. I cannot alter my opinion on this: not everybody who opens his/her mouth can sing. The ability to sing is a talent, a gift, a craft, whatever you want to call it, and not everyone possesses it.
This is pathetic, this is sad. It is totally self-absorbed. She has indeed a marvellous smokers voice but that is not enough. She is a great jazz singer, but not in this. She would appear to be more mad about her next plate of pasta. She is totally not involved in this masterpiece of a song, but her performance comes across as a cheap exploitation piece. Compared to Diana Washington, Eartha Kitt, Judy Garland, and a host of others version, this is an embarrassing washout.
Deborah Kane Gay, yes, singer, no. I don't wannabe anything other than I am - perhaps just richer! IF there are prizes involved here, where do I collect? Cheers.
+Deborah Kane Well, I think I owe you an apology. I played Syliva Syms rendition many times and have played her other songs many times. You are right and I am quite, quite, quite wrong. Maybe I am going deaf, an idiot I will give you. (Would like to pretend I was plastered, but no, I was not. ( It was an interpretation I was not familiar with). So Miss Deborah. have completely changed my mind, and will think twice before making another nasty, hasty and unfeeling remark about a great performer. Ms. Syms is quite right the song written by a man for another man being a kind of confession. P.S. I believe Noel Coward wrote the song for Douglas Fairbanks - Mr. Coward had good taste! Cheers.
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Sylvia was a friend of my parents, and mine. I adored her, off stage and on. She is older here, but still has no problem selling this. A lovely woman, and a great talent. Im sure they are all performing in heaven now. Loved her.
Mad about Sylvia. What an song stylist she was! This is a rare and wonderful clip. Thank you for sharing!
This is gorgeous and heartfelt and perfection, to my ear. She was something. And, may I remind you, this is AFTER she had one lung removed.
I saw her the last time in the 1980’s at Michael’s a Resto cabaret on the eastside
Of Manhattan. Wonderful
Amazing. The power of the story behind a song. Sylvia Syms was a beast of interpretation and storytelling.
She was a Singers Singer Absolutely Wonderful phrasing. I use to see her in little Cabaret in Paris in the 1970's
and NY and LA a real club singer
She was fabulous. x
So you see, youngsters, the pains of love can and do still afflict us, no matter our age! What a wonderful, heartfelt rendition. Thank you for posting it.
This is amazing. How have I missed her in all my years?
...ho le lacrime agli occhi!!!!!! grazie Sylvia
Sylvia Syms was a favorite of Frank Sinatra who would go see her show when he was in town....he conducted an album for her which i have and sadly i never saw her in person...but now and then i put that album on....and it is sweet indeed...................
A song becomes a novel in her hands.
superb. and oh! the pianist! thank you.
Sensational - blown away. Many thx for posting.
chills and tears .peace
wonderful !
SUPER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow! Just, wow.
i'm back again .. thank you sylvia ..she understood
Wow!!!! That's a way to tell the song ballad!!!!!!
how touching -- how sad.
A great artist with a long career and rightly so. It's hard to select a favorite album but I guess mine is her "Torch Song" album on Columbia with "Orchids in the Moonlight." She was a jazz singer, a pop singer, a cabaret singer and a hit record maker all in one. Her dearest friends included Frank Sinatra and Peggy Lee (ever heard of them?).
Whatever happened to the cabarets and piano bars of the 80s and early 90s? The late night bohemian places where broken hearts and dreamers of all walks of life would converge late at night to have a crooner sing out a piece of your life, have a drink and maybe find comfort in each other... Please don't mention the great 5 star hotel!
i LOVE Sylvia , please play Boston!
It is all about the phrasing
My first and only connection with Syms was with her rendition of "Dancing chandelier," which I can't seem to find anywhere. I liked what I heard. With this evergreen, "Mad about the boy," I enjoyed hearing it as done by Lena Horne.
Probably couldn’t find it because it was selling for as much as $100 due to the other side “Each Day” being played on the R&B scene in the UK and the Popcorn scene in Belgium and Europe
me too!
☆ Sylvia Syms era considerada por Frank Sinatra como " la vocalista más grande del mundo " ☆
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equal rights .. 2012
(Cont'd) I suspect Syms' voice is best suited to the Broadway musical of the 50s. For example, I do think she'd have done a slam dunk with a song from Leonard Sillmans' "New Faces of '52," entitled "Guess who I saw today." By the way, the Sillman format made stars of many, including Henry Fonda (fact check, please). Anyone?
Meh. I fast forwarded it to skip over her boring talking intro, but her “singing” sounded no different.
never heard about this woman before, and hopefully never will again. sorry, but this is not 'singing'. more winging. as i said, sorry. dont want to hurt that womans feeling, but no thanks
We'll always be in the minority on this and it puts me on the "not cool" list, but I agree with you, this is not singing. The idea that anybody can open his/her mouth and whatever comes out is singing is one I cannot subscribe to. Critics praised her and Sinatra endorsed her as a great "saloon singer" but when you get down to it, we're expected to disbelieve our ears. We're told about Sylvia's wonderful phrasing... okay. But I would rather hear Ella, Anita O'Day, or many other ladies who mastered the art of phrasing lyrics, and who could really sing, whose voices were joyous treats to the ear... so why settle for talking, albeit well-phrased? Prediction: someone will reply with the f-word or some other insult, and the topic will be me, not Miss Syms. To that I say that when it comes to singing, my opinion carries no more weight than any other viewpoint, but also no less weight. There's no right or wrong. But as I said earlier, I wouldn't remotely call what is heard here singing.
Keep in mind she was in her 70s here in 1991 and she passed away in 1992
@@akrenwinkle ...What would you have said about Mabel Mercer, then? You see, Syms is a stylist as opposed to a singer, e.g., Ella Fitzgerald. Martha Raye could be considered a stylist more than a singer. Raye's "Feeling the way I do" is eternally memorable. I like Syms, by the way.
@@ccaammiinniiito2 Kay Thompson was called a song stylist, but she could actually sing. Martha was called an underrated singer by no less than Mel Torme. I'd call Mabel Mercer a mesmerizing story-teller, which is what I would call Sinatra after he lost his voice. Recently, I saw Danny Aiello on TV, promoting himself as a singer. He was lousy. I cannot alter my opinion on this: not everybody who opens his/her mouth can sing. The ability to sing is a talent, a gift, a craft, whatever you want to call it, and not everyone possesses it.
She was a actress who sang it as if she
Wrote. Brilliant Cabaret
This is pathetic, this is sad. It is totally self-absorbed. She has indeed a marvellous smokers voice but that is not enough. She is a great jazz singer, but not in this. She would appear to be more mad about her next plate of pasta. She is totally not involved in this masterpiece of a song, but her performance comes across as a cheap exploitation piece. Compared to Diana Washington, Eartha Kitt, Judy Garland, and a host of others version, this is an embarrassing washout.
+mark prescott you are a jealous jerk..don't know a good sound you are DEAF idiot
Deborah Kane Don't be so belligerent dear, it doesn't become you.
Beligerant HA ,,,you win th prize catty meow,, Are you a gay "singer " perchance or just a wanna be ?
Deborah Kane Gay, yes, singer, no. I don't wannabe anything other than I am - perhaps just richer! IF there are prizes involved here, where do I collect? Cheers.
+Deborah Kane Well, I think I owe you an apology. I played Syliva Syms rendition many times and have played her other songs many times. You are right and I am quite, quite, quite wrong. Maybe I am going deaf, an idiot I will give you. (Would like to pretend I was plastered, but no, I was not. ( It was an interpretation I was not familiar with). So Miss Deborah. have completely changed my mind, and will think twice before making another nasty, hasty and unfeeling remark about a great performer. Ms. Syms is quite right the song written by a man for another man being a kind of confession. P.S. I believe Noel Coward wrote the song for Douglas Fairbanks - Mr. Coward had good taste! Cheers.