Pink Martini - What'll I Do

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When I Lost You

Russian Lullaby

Always - Irving Berlin

My grandmother's favourite song, recorded for my father's 70th birthday, December 2014.  Video here.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi2odDI1Cb0

Always (Irving Berlin)

"When I Lost You" is a song with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin. It was written in 1912 after his wife of five months, the former Dorothy Goetz, died of typhoid fever. In it he poured out the grief of his loss; it was the only song that he ever admitted had such a connection to his own life. The song, a ballad, was unlike any of Berlin's previous songs, which were upbeat tunes written to take advantage of the dance craze. The song is in a slow waltz tempo. It became Berlin's first hit ballad.

Berlin had published 130 songs by this point, none of which previously had revealed his ability to write with moving sentiment about his own personal pain.

When I Lost You

Jason Paul

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