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Panorama Jazz Band - Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You

from Song-of-the-Month Club: Good Music For You by Panorama Jazz Band and Panorama Brass Band plus special guests

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Back in June we sent you a lovely melody, "Ave Maria", that we had learned for a wedding processional in March. At the time I also promised you the first dance from that wedding and here it is!

Written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio, "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You" was a hit record for Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons in 1967, eventually reaching the number 2 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 (behind the song "Windy," by The Association. Which we will not be recording).

Our March bride requested this one as their first dance and I made an arrangement, giving the lead vocal part to Charlie Halloran's trombone and setting it in a cha-cha groove. Since it sounded so good (and since we're always scrambling to come up with more good music for you) we decided to record it on our next session. We hope it brings you joy!

A funny side note about "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You." Many years ago (I think it was in 2000) I was on tour with Panorama's "Banjo Emeritus" Patrick Mackey and the New Orleans folk dance company, Komenka Ethnic Dance and Music Ensemble. We spent a week or 10 days in Northern Hungary and as the bus was pulling into the town of Tokaj, famous for it's wine, we saw a concert band playing in the village square. Patrick and I got excited and wondered what they were playing. Czardas? Bartok? Something Hungarian? Nope. You guessed it, "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You."

Thanks for listening and for your continued support.
At your service,
Ben Schenck
Clarinetist / Leader
Panorama Jazz Band
Panorama BRASS Band
New Orleans, LA

lyrics

This one is an instrumental but, if you want to sing along, here are the lyrics to the original version by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. Words and music by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio.

Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You

You're just too good to be true
Can't take my eyes off you
You'd be like heaven to touch
I wanna hold you so much

At long last love has arrived
And I thank God I'm alive
You're just too good to be true
Can't take my eyes off you

Pardon the way that I stare
There's nothing else to compare
The sight of you leaves me weak
There are no words left to speak

But if you feel like I feel
Please let me know that it's real
You're just too good to be true
Can't take my eyes off you

I love you, baby
And if it's quite alright, I need you, baby
To warm a lonely night, I love you, baby
Trust in me when I say

Oh, pretty baby
Don't bring me down, I pray, oh pretty baby
Now that I found you, stay
And let me love you, baby
Let me love you

You're just too good to be true
Can't take my eyes off you
You'd be like heaven to touch
I wanna hold you so much

At long last love has arrived
And I thank God I'm alive
You're just too good to be true
Can't take my eyes off you

I love you, baby
And if it's quite alright I need you, baby
To warm a lonely night, I love you, baby
Trust in me when I say

Oh, pretty baby
Don't bring me down, I pray, oh pretty baby
Now that I found you, stay, oh pretty baby
Trust in me when I say

credits

from Song-of-the-Month Club: Good Music For You, track released August 1, 2021
Credits
Panorama Jazz Band
Ben Schenck - Clarinet, Shaker
Aurora Nealand - Alto Saxophone
Charlie Halloran - Trombone
Michael Ward-Bergeman - Accordion
Mark Rubin - Tenor Banjo
Matt Perrine - Tuba
Doug Garrison - Drums Set, Bongos
Songwriters - Bob Gaudio / Bob Crewe
Arranger - Ben Schenck
Publisher - Snack Daddy Music
Recorded by Rick Nelson Apr 16, 2021, at Marigny Recording Studios, New Orleans, LA
Mixed and mastered by Lu Rojas
Photo by Kate Gegenheimer
El Cucuy taco truck mural by @FlashyKen
Graphic design by Ben Schenck

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"New Orleans' genre fluid jazz band"

The Panorama Jazz Band and the Panorama Brass Band have been working steadily in New Orleans and beyond since 1995. Many hundreds of nightclub gigs, festivals, weddings, crawfish boils and Mardi Gras parades have added to this community of musicians' collective experience, all of which they bring to each of their recordings. ... more

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