BEGUILING MELODIES #1: I Can’t Give You Anything But Love – Lyrics by Dorothy Fielding, Music by Jimmy McHugh, as heard in Bringing Up Baby “It’s extraordinary how potent cheap music is.” Noel Coward’s Amanda speaks those words in Private Lives and wouldn’t it be difficult or even foolish to deny the truth of them? Although I, being modern (don’t *scoff*, that is RUDE! Tsk, tsk.), feel that no music which moves you in any way could be considered “cheap”. […]

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