Danny’s Skylight Room Cabaret, 346 W. 46th Street, New York City — February 1993
“Sentimental Journey”
Bob Harned, Jan Manderfield, and Cleve Douglass, with Matthew Ward at the piano, celebrate the multi-faceted character of the songs of the 1940s. Taking the act’s title from the 1944 hit, “Sentimental Journey,” the three song stylists perform over 40 songs, drawn from the Hit Parade, Broadway, and Hollywood. They cover not only romantic ballads, but also many with blues, swing, boogie woogie, latin, and western rhythms (in YouTube order): Sentimental Journey, Chattanooga Choo Choo, My Ship, The Surrey With The Fringe On Top, Route 66, Slow Boat To China, The Trolley Song, I Walk Alone, Take the “A” Train, Comin’ In On A Wing And A Prayer, On The Achison, Topeka And The Santa Fe, A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square, Don’t Get Around Much Anymore, The Nearness Of You, I’ll Never Smile Again, Tangerine, I Remember You, I’m Beginning To See The Light, Serenade In Blue, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, It Had To Be You, Why Don’t You Do Right, You’ll Never Know, It’s Been A Long, Long Time, In The Mood, Stella By Starlight, Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive, Put The Blame On Mame, Jingle Jangle Jingle, Don’t Fence Me In, San Fernando Valley, Ghost Riders In The Sky, Buttons And Bows, South American Way, Tico Tico, You Belong To My Heart, I Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much), Chica Chica Boom Chic, Besame Mucho, Rum And Coca Cola, South America, Take It Away, and Hold Tight, Hold Tight.