All posts in this category tell the stories behind some of the most memorable songs found in Broadway/West End musicals or on Film and/or Television show soundtracks. Enjoy.
As I write these words in the spring of 2025, we are in the midst of a period of heavy soaking rain in my part of the world. It started… Read More »The Stars of Stage and Screen…Song #71/250…Iris by The Goo Goo Dolls from the original Motion Picture Soundtrack of the Film City of Angels
This past week I attended a Remembrance Day service in the town next to where I live. It was a well attended ceremony with several hundred in attendance. The service… Read More »Keepin’ It Classy…Composition #52/52: Fanfare For The Common Man by Aaron Copland (+) the Stars of Stage and Screen…Song #72/250: Hymn For The Fallen by John Williams from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack of the Film Saving Private Ryan
The simple fact of the matter is that Disney’s The Lion King stands as one of the most impactful and successful feature length animated movies ever created anywhere in the… Read More »The Stars of Stage and Screen…Song #70/250: Can You Feel The Love Tonight? By Sir Elton John and Tim Rice from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for the Film The Lion King
When I was finishing high school and preparing to enter the world, I had my heart set on becoming a professional writer. Writing was something that I enjoyed doing as… Read More »The Stars of Stage and Screen….Song #69/250: Stay (I Missed You) by Lisa Loeb from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to the Film Reality Bites
The first four posts in this series can be found here, here, here and here. They shot a movie once In my hometown. Everybody was in it For miles around.… Read More »The Stars of Stage and Screen….Song #68/250: Chi Mi Na Morbheanna by The Rankin Family from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack of the Film Margaret’s Museum….Family Road Trip Edition: Part V
I have always been a history buff. As much as I love a good story in general, I find that there are more than enough real life tales to be… Read More »The Stars of Stage and Screen…Song #67/250: Seize the Day from the Original Cast Recording for the Musical Newsies
There was a time in the history of modern music not too long ago that was called the Age of the Divas. It was the era when the likes of… Read More »The Stars of Stage and Screen…Song #66/250: The Impossible Dream by Richard Kiley from the Original Cast Recording of the Musical The Man of La Mancha
Have you ever been to a dinner party or found yourself in a bar or some other social gathering where you know some of the people but not all of… Read More »The Stars of Stage and Screen…Song #65/250: Sugar Man by Sixto Rodriguez from the Original Soundtrack to the Documentary Searching for Sugar Man.
Music is entertainment. It absolutely is. But, for many of us, music can be far more than that. Music helps us to mark the milestones in our lives. I have… Read More »The Stars of Stage and Screen…Song #64/250: Come and Get Your Love by Redbone from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for the Film Guardians of the Galaxy
One of the great truisms in life is that there is nothing so constant as change. Change tends to come at us in waves. Some waves are bigger than others… Read More »The Stars of Stage and Screen…Song #63/250: Singin’ in the Rain by Gene Kelly from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to the Film Singin’ in the Rain