09-16-2016, 10:33 PM
(09-16-2016, 10:51 AM)Eric the Green Wrote: From Carousel, 1945, "If I Loved You"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_I_Loved_You
The sixties version I knew was by Chad and Jeremy.
Meh. I would not have picked this song for one of the best songs of the mid-century. Certainly not one of the best Rodgers and Hammerstein songs.
BTW, I too was taught to appreciate classical music from a fairly early age. I was 6 when my dad bought me my first classical record, Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf. And though I was half joking when I first posted it, there is nothing wrong with Gene Autry's "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer," it is a nice children's song with a good message about understanding that sometimes what might at first seem like your weakness can actually be your strength, and to not let bullies get you down.