Talk:Laura (1945 song)

Similarity with "It's A Blue World" written 5 years earlier
I don't want to violate any guidelines by posting this observation in the body of the article, but I think this would be of interest to a general audience: the melody of this song is very similar to the melody of "It's A Blue World" written 5 years earlier (1940).

Both songs start with a minor 9th chord with the the ninth of the chord in melody, then the melody recapitulates, descending. The difference is that Laura maintains the relationship between melody note as the minor ninth of the harmony as it descends, whereas "It's a Blue World" harmony uses the same basic melody with different harmony.

My mother was named Laura and loved this song so now I am studying it in depth. [My favorite version is Earl Klugh's solo guitar arrangement, in which he takes many liberties with the melody...]

I just happened to notice this similarity between songs while listening to Barney Kessel - live at Montreux, 1973 concert - in which Barney played both "Laura" and "It's a Blue World" - then it hit me like a brick: same song idea, different harmony!

I am a guitarist and often discover such similarities between songs - which often barely skirt copyright violations - and I love to play these similar arrangements back to back as a medley - so I understand what Barney Kessel was thinking in Montreux, 1973!

Not to mention that Barney had a close partnership with Julie London, who also recorded BOTH SONGS! Vonuan (talk) 08:11, 17 July 2021 (UTC)

Untitled
I never understand how "Notable Recordings" can exist on a website that says it doesn't want bias. Unless you copied the "notable recordings" of "Laura" from the Encyclopedia Brittanica or a noted music critic, the "notable recordings" would have to be from your own bias ridden mind? 70.125.135.72 (talk) 03:39, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

Spike Jones
Should mention the Spike Jones version... AnonMoos (talk) 18:36, 2 January 2012 (UTC)