No. 1 in a new series, ‘fascinating pop links’: Nelson Riddle’s justly revered arrangement of ‘I’ve Got You Under My Skin’ was influenced by Ravel’s ‘Bolero’. It’s there in the dramatic ‘slow-build’ general approach but it’s also clearly present in the chromaticism in ‘I said to myself: this affair never will go so well‘.

[NB: I didn’t spot this. Proper respect to David Roberts in ‘1001 Songs…’ for pointing it out.]