After hearing strains of this song over and over in the background during the Macy's Day Parade, I had to post it tonight.
The movie, New York, New York, came out in 1977 at the beginning of the great movie musical drought. For some strange reason, I've never seen the movie, even though I've always loved the jazzy soundtrack. This song has been covered by many singers, including an excellent version by Frank Sinatra, but, to me, there's no version as wonderful as Liza Minnelli's. That being said, the first time I've actually seen this clip is tonight when I found it on YouTube.
The title song was written by John Kander and Fred Ebb (who also wrote Chicago and Cabaret). Kander and Ebb grudgingly rewrote "New York, New York" because Robert DeNiro (the other star of the film) insisted that they do so because the first version was too weak. After it became one of the most recorded songs in history, they concluded that they were glad he insisted.
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