My Favorite Things (song) My Favorite Things (song) "My Favorite Things" is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The Sound of Music." In the original Broadway production, this song was introduced by Mary Martin playing Maria and Patricia Neway playing Mother Abbess. Julie Andrews, who played Maria in the 1965 film version of the musical, had previously sung the song on the Christmas special for "The Garry Moore Show". In the musical, the lyrics to the song are a reference to things Maria loves, such as "whiskers on kittens, bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens". These are the things
Song for My Father (song) Song for My Father (song) "Song for My Father" is a composition by Horace Silver. The original version, by Silver's quintet, was recorded on October 26, 1964. It has become a jazz standard and is probably Silver's best-known composition. "Song for My Father" has a 24-bar AAB construction and is in 4/4 time. It was composed in F minor. It has a bossa nova feel and features a bass ostinato. "It contains only four chords: Fm - E - D - C. The piece uses even eighth notes throughout, not swing eighths." The original version featured Silver on piano, with