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Suggestion: Diabloson - Gracias A La Vida, ( Thanks To Life ).

Welcome to the Salsa Addiction Emergency Room!

We are all in critical condition here!

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Friday Night Salsa for 05-26-2017 for the TROOPS and their supporters everywhere!

Here is a list of the songs in the Jukebox:
Artist/s - Song Names:
Alazan - Ave Nocturna
Antonio Cartagena - Apaga La Luz
Arrancando - Mi Vecina
Arrancando - Suena Sabroso
Cache - Descarga Cache
Celia Cruz Y Oscar D'Leon - El Son De Celia
Cheo Feliciano - Experto En Ti
Cheo Feliciano - Recordando A Louie
Cheo Feliciano Y Pete El Conde Rodriguez - Soneros De Bailadores
Chino Espinoza Y Los Duenos Del Son - Secreto Escondido
Cumbia Mix - Colombian
Cumbia Mix
Diabloson - Cuidate
Diabloson - Descarga
Diabloson - Gracias A La Vida
Eddie Palmieri - Pa' Huele
Hector Lavoe - Mi Gente
Ismael Rivera - No Soy Para Ti
La India Y Marc Anthony - Vivir Lo Nuestro
Luis Enrique - La Manana
Orquesta De La Luz - Somos Diferentes
Orquesta Guayacan - Alabio, Alabao
Pancho Cataneo - Amore Con Salsa
Ray Barreto - Acid
Rubén Blades - Pedro Navaja
Salsa Con Clase, Johnny Y Ray - No Vale La Pena
Siempre Salsa All - Stars - Salsa Para Siempre
The Best Of Latin Tiempo-2 - Alejate Viento De Agua
The Best Of Latin Tiempo-2 - Cantando Vivire
The Best Of Latin Tiempo-2 - El Cielo, El Mar Y El Sol

THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK

GEORGE GERSHWIN

GIRL CRAZY

This musical produced three songs that achieved immortality. I covered one of them last week, and tonight I will cover another.

GEORGE GERSHWIN: “I GOT RHYTHM”

George wrote this song in D-flat (5 flats) using the notes of the pentatonic scale, and he syncopated the phrases so that the tune lies just behind the pulse. It’s a 34 bar classic in AABA format.

Ira found it difficult to write lyrics for it, and he spent two weeks spinning his wheels. Ira: The insistence on rhyming “seemed at best to give a pleasant and Mother Goose quality to a tune which should throw its weight around more.” He gave up rhyming the lyrics. “This approach felt stronger, and I finally arrived at the present refrain, with only ‘more-door’ and ‘mind him-find him’ the rhymes.” The approach “was a bit daring for me who usually depended on rhyme insurance.” It was tempting for Ira to take the phrase “Who could ask for anything more?” and turn it into the title, but he decided that “somehow the first line of the refrain sounded more arresting and provocative.”

The songwriter’s art is not an easy one.

This is a restored film of George himself playing piano at the Manhattan Theater in August 1931.

George Gershwin: “I Got Rhythm”