This week, I’ve had Stacey Kent’s version of “The Very Thought of You” #OnRepeat. I heard her album, Tenderly, at work the other day and ever since, I can’t stop singing this song.
Stacey Kent is a Grammy-nominated Jazz singer and guitarist. She has recorded nine albums and has received several awards in France for her creative contributions. Kent also sings in Portuguese and French. Some of her well-known songs are “Postcard Lovers,” “The Ice Hotel,” and “Tenderly.”
“The Very Thought of You” is a Jazz standard written in the 1930s by Ray Noble and is a song about how the very thought of someone makes you not act normal because of how in love you are with that other person. The song has been performed by many different vocalists, but Kent brings a new level of intimacy to the song. What Kent’s voice lacks in vibrato and power, she makes up for in performance style. It’s always refreshing to listen to different types of voices and I’m glad that I happened to come across Stacey Kent.
Take a listen below:
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