#2767: I Only Have Eyes For You

New Sounds | May 24, 2010

It's another Theme and Variations program for this New Sounds. Listen to a series of unusual arrangements of one of the great love songs in American pop music: "I Only Have Eyes For You." Featuring versions by Lester Bowie and his Brass Fantasy, British trip-hop singer Martina Topfley-Bird, downtown New Yorker Phil Kline, and so many more.

PROGRAM #2767, Theme & Variation: I Only Have Eyes for You (First aired on Thursday, 2-14-08)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
The Flamingos	The Best of	I Only Have Eyes for You, excerpt	Rhino Amazon.com* or download from iTunes
Martina Topley-Bird	Sweetheart 2005: Love Songs	I Only Have Eyes for You [5:00]	www.hearmusic.com OR Amazon.com* or download from iTunes
Phil Kline (incl. The Flamingos	After the Fire,The Kitchen New Sounds Live, 12/8/00	Dream (I Only Have Eyes for You) [9:00]	Not commercially available.
Lester Bowie’s Brass Fantasy	I Only Have Eyes for You	I Only Have Eyes for You [9:30]	ECM #1296 www.ecmrecords.com *
Santo And Johnny	More	I Only Have Eyes for You [4:00]	Download from eMusic.com
Mark Eitzel	Music for Courage and Confidence	I Only Have Eyes for You [4:00]	New West Records 6038 Available at Amazon.com* or download from eMusic.com
George Rochberg	Eden, Out of Time & Out of Space	American Bouquet: I Only Have Eyes for You [4:00]	Arabesque 6745 www.chambermusicsociety.org OR download from eMusic.com or cdbaby.com
Guy Klucevsek	Transylvanian Softwear	Duckworth: Slow Dancing in Yugoslavia, excerpt [9:00]	Starkland #207 www.starkland.com
Coleman Hawkins	Coleman Hawkins In Holland	I Only Have Eyes for You, excerpt [1:00]	Avid Records. Download from eMusic.com

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