Keith Wallin (@onefortheroad)
Oct 15th 2020, 6:05 pm
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"One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" is a hit song written by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer for the movie musical The Sky's the Limit (1943) and first performed in the film by Fred Astaire. It was further popularized by Frank Sinatra.

Harold Arlen described the song as "another typical Arlen tapeworm" – a "tapeworm" being the trade slang for any song which went over the conventional 32 bar length. He called it "a wandering song. [Lyricist] Johnny [Mercer] took it and wrote it exactly the way it fell. Not only is it long – forty-eight bars – but it also changes key. Johnny made it work." In the opinion of Arlen's biographer, Edward Jablonski, the song is "musically inevitable, rhythmically insistent, and in that mood of 'metropolitan melancholic beauty' that writer John O'Hara finds in all of Arlen's music."

Sinatra recorded the song several times during his career: In 1947 with Columbia Records, in 1954 for the film soundtrack album Young at Heart, in 1958 for Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely, in 1962 for Sinatra & Sextet: Live in Paris, in 1966 for Sinatra at the Sands and finally, in 1993, for his Duets album. At a Johnny Carson-hosted Rat Pack concert at the Kiel Opera House in St. Louis in 1965, Sammy Davis Jr., backed by Quincy Jones conducting the Count Basie Orchestra, performed the song imitating the styles of successively Fred Astaire, Nat King Cole, Billy Eckstine, Vaughn Monroe, Tony Bennett, Mel Tormé, Frankie Laine, Louis Armstrong, an inebriated Dean Martin, and Jerry Lewis.

admin: @onefortheroad Oooh so classy and wonderful. Love listening to you and enjoyed this lots ♥
Oct 15th 2020, 6:10 pm Report
Dee Fontaine: @onefortheroad Oh, yeah Keith. Now this sounds splendid as well as provacative indeed. I am loving this one my friend. You are one of a kind my friend. Ooo lala this sounds most excellent. Loved and adored my listen. Love, Dee xox
Oct 15th 2020, 6:46 pm Report
Bev: @onefortheroad Hi Keith. You did a fantastic job singing this. Loved my listen here this morning. ♥♫
Oct 16th 2020, 2:33 am Report
Cash: @onefortheroad ,,, awesome Keith,, a great sing,,, been a bit since I heard this one,, takes me back ,, had a great listen
Oct 16th 2020, 2:36 am Report
Ian: @onefortheroad Always a pleasure To listen to your music very well sang and very much enjoyed
Oct 16th 2020, 3:30 am Report
Joe Huber: @onefortheroad Hi Keith enjoyed thanksfor sharing.
Oct 16th 2020, 7:43 am Report
Jay Dotson: jay455Great song and performance loved my listen today
Oct 16th 2020, 10:31 am Report
Josee Boivin: Josée06 Congratulations,Keith,Super wonderful voice and super wonderful song,You did a great job on this song ,Adored my listening Have an excellent weekend,Take care of yourself,my friend,Kisses xxx
Oct 16th 2020, 1:12 pm Report
Keith Wallin: @admin Hi, Kelly! Thank you very much! I appreciate you grabbing a front row seat! I really like singing this song! So glad you enjoyed my rendition! Have an awesome week....:-)
Oct 26th 2020, 5:26 pm Report
Keith Wallin: @dee1 Hey, Dee! Great to see ya! Thank you so very much for dropping in to listen and I truly appreciate the wonderful comments. You are the BEST! Have a terrific week, my friend....:-)
Oct 26th 2020, 5:27 pm Report
Keith Wallin: @bevb Thanks, Bev! Love this song! Glad you enjoyed my take on it. Have a great night....:-)
Oct 26th 2020, 5:28 pm Report
Keith Wallin: @cash That's what is so cool about karaoke, Cash! Being able to take people on a trip down memory lane. Glad you enjoyed my performance! Have a great week, my friend...:-)
Oct 26th 2020, 5:31 pm Report
Keith Wallin: @sirsnapalot Thanks, Ian! I am truly grateful for your wonderful response to my cover. I really appreciate the listen and the props a lot! Have a smashing week, my friend...:-)
Oct 26th 2020, 5:33 pm Report
Keith Wallin: @joehuber Thank you very much, Joe! Glad you enjoyed this one. Have a great week, buddy...:-)
Oct 26th 2020, 5:34 pm Report
Keith Wallin: @jay455 Thanks, Jay! Glad you enjoyed my take on this classic. Have a terrific week, my friend...:-)
Oct 26th 2020, 5:35 pm Report
Keith Wallin: @josee06 Thank you so much, Josée! Glad you enjoyed this one. Appreciate the listen and the terrific comments very much! Have a super week, my friend...:-)
Oct 26th 2020, 5:36 pm Report
Josee Boivin: @onefortheroad You're welcome,Keith, It's always a great pleasure for me to come and listen, your videos and thank you for everything, Very appreciated, Kisses xxx
Oct 27th 2020, 1:49 am Report