One of my favorite Broadway-type performers, Brian Stokes Mitchell, performs at the memorial service for Ted Kennedy. At some point, this song became something of a joke among musical comedy folks — not that there was anything wrong with it but every male vocalist was singing it, especially on auditions. Performed in that context — in any context without the proper emotional setting — it seems pretentious and overly melodramatic…and a lot of folks who thought they had the chops for it clearly did not.
However, every so often, you get the perfect match of singer and context. Here is one such match…