{"id":16236,"date":"2010-01-23T09:30:33","date_gmt":"2010-01-23T17:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=16236"},"modified":"2024-05-07T10:13:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T17:13:07","slug":"my-baby-whispers-in-my-ear-bring-that-tenor-sax-closer-mmm-sweet-nothins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2010\/my-baby-whispers-in-my-ear-bring-that-tenor-sax-closer-mmm-sweet-nothins\/","title":{"rendered":"My Baby Whispers In My Ear…. Bring That Tenor Sax Closer… Mmm… Sweet Nothin’s"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night we were out to dinner at our favourite restaurant, and they had their satellite radio set to a 50s rock and roll station. One of my favourite songs of all time came on: Brenda Lee’s, Sweet Nothin’s<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Sweet Nothin’s<\/em>, like so many songs of the time, featured a strong sax presence. The sax lines were woven in and around the vocals, and the song also featured a sax solo. According to The Independent<\/em><\/a>, the sax player on that hit song was Boots Randolph.<\/p>\n

In Randolph’s obituary of July 5, 2007, The Independent<\/em> wrote:<\/p>\n

Randolph’s first successes came with the teenage singer Brenda Lee. She loved the interplay between her voice and his saxophone, which is especially apparent on “Sweet Nuthin’s”, “Let’s Jump the Broomstick”, “That’s All You Gotta Do” and “Dum Dum”. Many artists have covered Lee’s seasonal hit “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” (1962) and they invariably copy Randolph’s contribution note for note.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I found this video of Lee performing Sweet Nothin’s<\/em> on YouTube. It would most likely have been broadcast in late ’59 or early ’60.<\/p>\n