Sarah Vaughan - Lush Life download song

a pink drink in a blue glass,or, pearls that twirl beneath the shimmer and glimmer of lights that glow,as the music flows, and a candle flame blows in a subtle, silent wind as love ebbs within hearts afire.

Sassy's register is to right for this song.  You just can't sing this song "pretty."  It's after hours music.  Down and out music.  Someone here has been there, done that.  So it calls for a smokey, dark brown contralto to take us there.  Anita O'Day comes to mind, also.  This is not a song for someone who sings "pretty."  Kay Davis comes to mind.  Her voice is just not right for this song.  After all, the lyric tells of life at the margins.

The writer of this was only about 16 when he wrote this!

Forever the master.

Amazing song and an amazing singer. Can't get enough. I wish Amy Winehouse had sung this too :(

i have this album. i took it to her concert at Piedmont Park 6 months before she passed. I will always remember she said to the audience "please don't take any pictures, I'm not feeling well today". Two large fans on her right & left blew during that hot summer day. She performed flawlessly. Afterwards, I was not going to attempt making my way to get her autograph out of respect. But I did get her drummer's... thanks sassy...

Whoever thumbs down this musical genius has absolutely no idea of what they heard . They are musically challenged ( to put it mildly).

I love this song. Johnny Hartmann and John Coltrane do a great version too.

Sarah, The Divine One, indeed !

Lyric: I used to visit all the very gay places Those come what may places Where one relaxes on the axis of the wheel of life To get the feel of life from jazz and cocktails The girls I knew had sad and sullen gray faces With distingué traces, that used to be there You could see where they'd been washed away By too many through the day, twelve o'clock tales Then you came along with your Siren song to tempt me to madness I thought for awhile that your poignant smile Was tinged with the sadness of a great love for me Ah yes, I was wrong, again, I was wrong Life is lonely again and only last year Everything seemed so sure, now life is awful again A trough full of hearts could only be a bore A week in Paris will ease the bite of it All I care is to smile in spite of it I'll forget you, I will, while yet you are still Burning inside my brain Romance is mush, stifling those who strive I'll live a lush life in some small dive And there I'll be, while I rot with the rest Of those whose lives are lonely too

Sings this Purr-fectly!!!!

Definitive Perfection! When I get a chance to make a request at a jazz club I always ask for this. A true test for any jazz singer...and the opportunity for her to really have an opportunity to be vunerable but be transcendent! So far so good....

this is very good. modern popular songbirds would struggle to get all the right notes and smooth delivery

Well done , great but she has to make some effort at the highest pitch. Check the easiness : Queen Latifah and Ella Fitzgerald with Duke Ellington'

Phenomenal version of this. Both the orchestration and the vocals by Ms. Sarah. She was amazing. Closest I ever got to her was being at Capitol Records recording in one studio while she was in the next one down the hall. I was so young, I had no idea what the big deal was! She was one of the best all time vocalists in the jazz genre.

The song itself is great ,and when any great singer starts it, it's a whole story about colours of life and the subtlety of the singer painting the scenes.Thks.

Simply a great great singer. The best we ever had.