Volatility

Jimmy van Heusen has always been my favorite composer. Personality, co-written by van Heusen and lyricist/poet Johnny Burke and introduced by Dorothy Lamour in one of the Hope/Crosby Road movies, proved a perfect vehicle for this parody. I recorded it in 1998 at the request of the then-fiancee of finance guru Myron Scholes. If I remember correctly, her name was Francine. She's seen an article about me in the New York Times in which I'd mentioned that I had recently written a song about the Black/Scholes option pricing model. She thought the song would make a nice wedding gift for a guy who had everything. A few months later Scholes' hedge fund, Long Term Capital Management, blew up in public view, but I'd bet ol' Myron and Francine are still doing more than a bit of OK.