@Filmsite : As Maria ( in “The Sound of Music”) prays by her bedside, , three or four noisy peals of lightning and thunder bring in the other children in their pajamas - fearful of the storm. To allay their concerns, she advises them to think of “nice things…daffodils, green meadows, skies full of stars, raindrops on roses, and whiskers on kittens” and breaks into the /richard-rodgers/”>Rodgers and /oscar-hammerstein-ii/”>Hammerstein song : “My Favorite Things” …
@Wikipedia : An episode of Get Smart (the Mel Brooks and Buck Henry series) alluded to the /cole-porter/”>Cole Porter song: Agent 86 (posing as a mentally ill military officer) tells the psychiatrist he’s investigating that he had been working on a space vehicle of his own: “gossamer wings,” but lamented that “it was just one of those things.”
@Time : : Tall, pretty and sinuously graceful, actress Anna May Wong had a smoldering effect on people, especially men; they could be driven to a purple passion trying to describe her beauty. It’s said that her friend Eric Maschwitz wrote the dreamy lyrics to the pop standard These Foolish Things in Wong’s honor.
@Answers.com : Elsie Carlisle who introduced the /cole-porter/”>Cole Porter classic “What Is This Thing Called Love?” had also a way with comic material, especially in tandem with fellow vocalist Sam Browne; the pair worked together in the Ambrose group, popularizing the ditty “Home James And Don’t Spare The Horses”, which originated with a country and western publishing house, and also went on tour on their own.
- Mina - These Foolish Things05.33
- Betty Roché - (It Will Have To Do) Until The Real Thing Comes Along04.16
- Vania Bastos - Tudo o que você é [All the things you are]03.09
- Keely Smith - What Is This Thing Called Love01.57
- Alma Cogan - Little Things Mean A Lot03.17
- Julie London - What Is This Thing Called Love01.46
- Nancy Wilson - If It’s The Last Thing I Do02.08
- Salena Jones - Idon’t want to miss a thing03.52
- Etta James - These Foolish Things05.14
- Barbara Lynn - You’ll Lose A Good Thing02.26
- Sarah Vaughan - Just one of those things02.32
- Billie Holiday - Just One Of Those Things05.34
- Ella Fitzgerald - Just One of Those Things03.33
- Shirley Bassey - All The Things You Are03.10
- My Favorite Things04.40
- Love is the thing03.14
- My Favorite Things02.18
- All The Things you are03.49
- Things Are Looking Up01.10
@WrestlingRevealed.com : The term “things are looking up” could be used to describe a variety of things. It could be the way a wrestler does his entrance or taunt. It could be used to described a wrestler who is tall. The phrase can also be used to describe a wrestler who is moving his way up the ladder.
