Susie Darlin’

“Susie Darlin,”  a song, written in 1958, named after Robin Luke’s then five-year-old sister, Susie. Robin Luke was discovered by Hawaii entrepreneur Kimo Wilder McVay. Luke was living in Honolulu, Hawaii, attending Punahou School, in 1958 when he wrote and recorded a Billboard #5 hit,  The track also reached #23 in the UK Singles Chart. The record sold over one million copies, earning a gold disc. Continue reading

Sunrise, Sunset屋頂上的提琴手

屋頂上的提琴手”是美國百老匯一齣相當長壽的音樂劇,劇情是描述蘇聯境內一群居住在安納堤夫卡(Anatevka)的猶太家族的故事。1971年,這齣音樂劇被改編搬上銀幕,由大導演諾曼裘維森( Norman Jewison )執導,片中沒有一位大明星,但拍攝成績斐然,票房及奧斯卡提名方面均大有斬獲。 Continue reading

Sunny

“Sunny” is written by Bobby Hebb. It is one of the most covered popular songs, with hundreds of versions released. BMI rates “Sunny” number 25 in its “Top 100 songs of the century.” Hebb’s parents were both blind musicians. Hebb and his older brother Harold performed as a song-and-dance duo in Nashville, beginning when Bobby was three and Harold was nine. Hebb performed on a TV show hosted by country music record producer Owen Bradley. Hebb wrote the song after November 22, 1963, the day U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated and Hebb’s older brother Harold was murdered after a stabbing outside a Nashville nightclub. Continue reading