Mr. Sandman is a popular song written by Pat Ballard and published in 1954. It was first recorded in May of that year by Vaughn Monroe and his orchestra and later that year by The Chordettes and the Four Aces.


The Chordettes' single reached nº 1 on all three of Billboard's popular music charts and was ranked nº 9 in Cash Box's ranking of "1955's Top Pop Records". In 2002, the 1954 recording of the song by The Chordettes was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

The song's lyrics convey a request to "Mr. Sandman" to "bring me a dream", the traditional association of the folkloric figure originating in Germanic and Scandinavian folklore. Sandman visits children in the evening, sprinkles sleep-inducing sand into their eyes and brings dreams. In the morning, the sleep sand is rubbed from the corner of the eyes...

Emmylou Harris's recording of the song was a hit in multiple countries in 1981. Other versions of the song have been produced by Chet Atkins (1954) and Bert Kaempfert (1968).

More recently, SYML - which is the solo venture of Brian Fennell, an American musician - recorded it's own interpretation cover of that same song which is consider to be an amazing rendition of "Mr. Sandman", full of feeling, beautiful sadness and loneliness vibe.

This last one really is a beautiful edition of the song, really hits inside hard... Someone made an one hour long video of it even, if you want to listen to it non-stop! I know I did...

Robert William Gary Moore (4 April 1952 ~ 6 February 2011) was a Irish musician, born in Belfast. Over the course of his career, he played in various groups and performed a range of music including blues, blues rock, hard rock, heavy metal and jazz fusion.

Influenced by Peter Green and Eric Clapton, Gary Moore began his career in the late 1960s when he joined Skid Row, with whom he released two albums. After Moore left the group, he joined Thin Lizzy, featuring his former Skid Row bandmate and friend Phil Lynott.


Gary Moore began his solo career in the 1970s and achieved major success with 1979's "Parisienne Walkways", which is considered his signature song. In 1990, he returned to his roots with "Still Got the Blues", which became the most successful album of his career. Moore continued to release new music throughout his later career, collaborating with other artists from time to time.

He died on 6 February 2011 from a heart attack while on holiday in Spain.

Moore has been described as a virtuoso by numerous publications. Don Airey described him as a genius, while guitarist Bernie Marsden said that "Gary could play literally any style".

source and more info at: Wikipedia ~ Gary Moore


He was one of the worlds best, a self-taught guitar player. I'm adding bellow part of one of his concerts, with all greatest guitar solos and what I consider to be one of his - many - great moments, when soloing with the great, late B.B. King! May they both R.I.P...

And to start, one that may not be the most eclectic of all performances but that I really enjoy nonetheless.. Those are great interpretations of great songs done by none other than... The Simpsons! Yes, those from the TV cartoon series, that's right.

The Simpsons sing the Blues is the first album released as an offshoot of The Simpsons. The album contained originally recorded music that were first launched as singles and were a huge success all over! The full album was released in September 1990 and, of course, was instant success also, getting at least 2 platinum in the USA and Gold in the UK!

There were a number of notable musicians who appeared on the album, including the great B. B. King, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Dr. John and Marcy Levy.

If you have the opportunity, do hear the recordings as it really is worthwhile to.


The list of tracks in the album: (and a few movies from it down bellow)

• - Do the Bartman
  
• - School Days
  
• - Born Under a Bad Sign
  
• - Moanin' Lisa Blues
  
• - Deep, Deep Trouble
  
• - God Bless the Child
  
• - I Love to See You Smile
  
• - Springfield Soul Stew
  
• - Look at All Those Idiots
  
• - Sibling Rivalry

And, of course, the album's cover




.. so, let's hear it from the Simpsons, folks!! (enjoy!)













Great, ain't it?