Songs with numbers : "50 Ways to leave your lover" (P Simon) - "Route 66" (N Riddle) "99 Luftballons" (various artists), "76 trombones" (H Mancini), "Pennsylvania 6-5000" (G Miller), .
..... Could you name another 5 titles featuring a number ?....

JOSE MARCELLO
Dutch orchestrator and arranger who worked together with some of the Dutch TV stations, eg the "TROS" (Televisie Radio Omroep Stichting-). He and his Orchestra were mainly active during the mid seventies (1974-1979) and Marcello recorded (estimation) some 20 to 25 albums, all more or less inspired by the "classic" ballroom style music.

EVERYBODY'S TALKIN'
Original score by Fred Neil. Became a huge success in the version as sung by Nillsson for the movie "Midnight Cowboy".

MHO
This is what "arranging music" is all about. It takes a certain "musical courage" to transform a folksong into a well sounding cha-cha-cha. But Marcello and his team realize what no one else could have dreamed : modifying this well known movie ballad and making it sound like a true cha-cha rhythm piece.
Forget the (beautiful, no doubt!) original version for a couple of minutes, make your mind "empty" in a way and listen to this one with "an open mind" .... Maybe you'll end up with a different view on this movie sales buster forever.... (Or : when a melody is "strong enough", a good arranger can put the song "in a different jacket" :-) ...... Have fun discovering this new arrangement !

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