As I said several days ago, it could be the big splash that performers like Bennett and Gaga have made with their recent album or the PBS special they did together around a week ago, but I've been thinking again of how old songs come back to us, what exactly prompts their recall to us, and an obvious way I haven't precisely mentioned is hearing that song sung by a great singer.
So thanks, Lady Gaga, and maybe especially, thanks, Tony Bennett:
The music by Jimmy McHugh and lyrics by Dorothy Fields were composed in 1928, one year before the "official" beginning of the Great Depression. That likely had something to do with the popularity and sustained appreciation of the song "I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby." And today too?
(Now if you want to watch Tony and Lady do their studio video version of the song, click here.)
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