A House Is Not A Home - Sarah Vaughan video free download

with The Jimmy Rowles Quintet

"Sarah Lois Vaughan (March 27, 1924 -- April 3, 1990) was an American jazz singer, described by Scott Yanow as having "one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century". She had a contralto vocal range.

Nicknamed "Sailor" (for her salty speech), "Sassy" and "The Divine One", Sarah Vaughan was a Grammy Award winner. The National Endowment for the Arts bestowed upon her its "highest honor in jazz", the NEA Jazz Masters Award, in 1989." more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Vaughan

About Jimmy Rowles:

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Lyrics: http://www.lyrics.com/house-is-not-a-home-lyrics-burt-bacharach.html

About this song:

"A House Is Not a Home" is a 1964 song recorded by American singer Dionne Warwick. Written by the team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David, the song was a modest hit in the U.S. for Warwick, peaking at #71 on the pop singles chart as the B-side of the top 40 single, "You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)". Two weeks earlier, a competing version by Brook Benton had debuted on the Billboard Hot 100. Benton's version split airplay with Warwick's, and ultimately peaked at number seventy-five. The Brook Benton version of the tune was used as the theme for the film of the same name.

Warwick's version of "A House Is Not a Home" fared better in Canada, where it was a top 40 hit, peaking at #37. The song made the R&B top 10 in Cashbox by both Warwick and Benton, with neither artist specified as best seller.

Cover versions:

Dusty Springfield would perform the song with Bacharach on a television special (a performance she was "quite proud of").

The song was an outtake in the sessions that produced the 1968 album Diana Ross & the Supremes Join the Temptations. It is available on the compilation Joined Together: The Complete Studio Duets, a 2004 Motown CD.

Barbra Streisand recorded a medley of the song with "One Less Bell to Answer" (the 5th Dimension hit) for her 1971 album Barbra Joan Streisand. Sonny Rollins recorded a version at the 1974 Montreux Jazz Festival released on The Cutting Edge.

The song was covered by R&B singer Luther Vandross, whose version became an R&B hit in 1981. His performance of the song at the NAACP Awards telecast would bring Warwick to tears. Vandross' version would be sampled two decades after that by Kanye West on his, Jamie Foxx's and Twista's hit, "Slow Jamz", in 2004.

The song has also been frequently featured on the popular television show American Idol, with performances by Tamyra Gray, Ruben Studdard, Anwar Robinson, and Elliott Yamin.

Bill Evans and other notable jazz musicians like Sonny Rollins have performed and recorded the song—it has thus acquired the status of a jazz standard. In 1993, pianist Joe Sample did a cover of this song on the album Invitation.

Stevie Wonder covered the song on his album Eivets Rednow. Ronald Isley would record his own version with Bacharach, using essentially the same template as Luther Vandross.

In 2005, Aretha Franklin covered the song for the tribute album So Amazing: An All-Star Tribute to Luther Vandross.

On the television series Half & Half, Adam sings the song while the doorbell rings on the final season 4 episode "The Big Young & Restless episode" aired October 17, 2005. Perry Como, Shirley Bassey, Ella Fitzgerald and Georgie Fame also recorded the song. more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_House_Is_Not_a_Home_(song)

This album was originally released: September 12, 1974

Record Label: Mainstream Records