I used to walk in the shade, with those blues on parade

Yes. Back to work again, dammit!

Another weekend gone too soon... Never mind, eh? Here (in the estimable company of Mr Nat King Cole) on this Tacky Music Monday is the faboo Tony Martin (who departed for Fabulon @adecadeago today) to cheer things up very nicely indeed!

Nat King Cole and Tony Martin - On The Sunny Side Of The Street [Ed Sullivan Show, 1956]

Have a good week, peeps.

Heavenly

Born (yesterday) on Xmas Day: Sir Isaac Newton, Lew Grade, Helena Rubinstein, Quentin Crisp, Cab Calloway, Kitty Kallen, Sissy Spacek, Humphrey Bogart, Kenny Everett, Dido, Annie Lennox and (of course) Noele Gordon...

...and centenarian, the late Tony Martin!

Here he is in a magnificently camp Hollywood scenario full of cheap tarts glittering "angels" - it's Heavenly Days:

Tony Martin - Heavenly Days

Read my tribute to "Mr Cyd Charisse" on his death in 2012.

Tony Martin on Wikipedia

The dearest things I know are what you are

A double whammy of sad news today - that master of the acerbic waspish put-downs, intelligent political analyst, cynic and author, one of my icons Gore Vidal is dead at 86.

I adored the man - and featured him here, here and here.

The world of entertainment has also suffered another sad loss, as the great crooner (former Mr Cyd Charisse and former Mr Alice Faye) Tony Martin has passed away, aged 98.

Two long-lived and exceptionally talented men, whose loss is massive.

Here is Mr Martin singing a most appropriate number for this sad occasion (and one of my favourite Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein songs), All The Things You Are:

Tony Martin - All The Things You Are

RIP.

Twice.

Tony Martin on Wikipedia