FMM: Join the Company

As usual, yesterday was Throwback Thursday at the creative area.

We were talking about clothing brands that were popular in the 90s and 00s, but are MIA now.

There are a lot, actually.

But the one brand that stuck out was the inspiration for today's Friday Magic Madness song:

"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" is one of the iconic hits of The Andrews Sisters from 1941. It's a song that's more than 80 years old, but if you play it now, people from different generations will easily identify this catchy ditty.

And of course ,this was inspired by the 90s clothing brand - Company B. A brand of cool yet classic clothes that was part of my high school days.

On Fridays, you can't help but miss songs and brands like this.

FMM: French Flashback

In honour of the upcoming opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics, it's time for a French-themed Friday Magic Madness song.

And who better to represent the French but the OG French chanteuse, Edith Piaf!

"La Vie En Rose" was released in 1947, which makes the song 76 years old! 

But listening to it today, it's still as beautiful and haunting as she first sang it.

C'est Magnifique!

FMM: Ella-mentary

For the first FMM song for 2024, we’re going to go back.

Way back.

In 1947, Frank Loesser - a popular and prolific songwriter - wrote this smooth and heartfelt ditty about New Year. It’s a song that proved to be such a classic that musical artists from the 1940s to the 2010s sang this song and had versions of it.

But for today, we’re paying homage to the OG.

Ella Fitzgerald was the first singer to sing “What are you doing New Year’s Eve.” True to her style of singing, this version is sultry and croony, and captures both the romance and celebration of Christmas.

So what am I doing?

Listening to this song over and over and over again, of course.