Member Since: 11/2/2005
Band Website: melissamarquais.com
Band Members: PLEASE SEE THE MUSICIAN BIOGRAPHIES ON MY BLOG FOR MORE INFORMATION.
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Influences: One of my greatest and most valuable experiences making this record has been that I had no influence from anyone so I have really been able to make this music my own. These songs have been lost for over fifty years. They have never been recorded. The only thing I had to work with were the original lead sheets, most of which were my grandfathers handwritten scores. Finding his music was so special to me and I chose to only be influenced by what he had written on those lead sheets to create something unique, like his writing, that he would have been proud of.
Sounds Like: This music was written during the era of Frank Sinatra (who I LOVE), Billie Holliday, Guy Lombardo, Sammy Davis Jr, Dinah Shore etc. The superb writing talents of Ernest G. Schweikert and Frank Reardon make these beautiful songs timeless!
IN LOVING MEMORY OF AHMET ERTEGUN
July 31, 1923 - December 14, 2006
Ahmet Ertegun was the most important figure in the record industry of the 20th century. When he started Atlantic Records in 1947 with a $10,000 loan from his dentist, Vahdi Sabit, and $2,500 from his partner Herb Abramson, the three of them had no idea that the label would shape popular music over the next six decades.
In the Fifties and early Sixties, Atlantic became the leading US independent label for jazz and rhythm 'n'blues, recording Ruth Brown, Ray Charles, LaVern Baker, the Drifters, John Coltrane, Charlie Mingus, Ornette Coleman and Roland Kirk, before achieving mainstream success with Bobby Darin, Nino Tempo and April Stevens. (For the full story please go to my blog)p
Type of Label: Indie