“Me and My Shadow” was written in 1927. It is credited to Al Jolson, Billy Rose, and Dave Dreyer, but was probably music by Dreyer and lyrics by Rose. In the Sinatra/Davis version above, the lyrics “as close as Bobby to JFK” were added for the famous Summit at the Sands with the Rat Pack who were in Vegas filming the original “Oceans Eleven”.
From the same era, one of the most beautiful songs ever written for a soap opera of a movie whose only redeeming virtue was the scenery both natural and human: The Shadow of Your Smile
For those looking for one of nature’s more beautiful drives, you are seeking Highway one through Big Sur. It is a rugged and mountainous section of the California Central Coast between the Carmel Highlands and San Simeon. The Santa Lucia mountains rise from the Pacific Ocean. It is frequently praised for its dramatic scenery. Big Sur has been called the “longest and most scenic stretch of undeveloped coastline in the United States, a “national treasure that demands extraordinary procedures to protect it from development”, and “one of the most beautiful coastlines anywhere in the world, an isolated stretch of road, mythic in reputation”.
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