MORE ON THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK....
I GOT THIS FROM WIKIPEDIA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_American_Songbook
The Great American Songbook is an informal term referring to a period of American popular music songwriting that took place between the 1930s and 1950s. It is considered by many to be the peak of the popular songwriting craft.
Songwriters considered part of this group include:
* Harold Arlen ("Somewhere Over the Rainbow", "Stormy Weather")
* Irving Berlin ("White Christmas", "Unforgettable")
* Hoagy Carmichael ("Stardust", "Georgia On My Mind", "The Nearness Of You")
* Duke Ellington ("In A Sentimental Mood", "It Don’t Mean A Thing", "Satin Doll", "Mood Indigo", "Take the A Train")
* George and Ira Gershwin ("Someone to Watch Over Me", "S’Wonderful", "Summertime")
* Jerome Kern ("Ol' Man River", "The Way You Look Tonight", "All The Things You Are", "The Song is You", "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes")
* Henry Mancini ("Moon River", "Days Of Wine And Roses")
* Johnny Mandel ("The Shadow of Your Smile")
* Johnny Mercer ("One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)")
* Cole Porter ("Night And Day", "I've Got You Under My Skin", "It's De-Lovely")
* Rodgers and Hammerstein ("Oh What a Beautiful Mornin'", "Shall We Dance?", "The Sound of Music")
* Rodgers and Hart ("Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered", "My Romance", "Have You Met Miss Jones", "My Funny Valentine")
Characteristically these songs feature strong melodies, thoughtful lyrics incorporating sophisticated rhymes, and a skillful thematic connection between music and words.
Over the years a number of singers have explicitly recorded or performed large parts of the Great American Songbook, beginning with Ella Fitzgerald's popular and influential Sings the ... Songbook series on Verve in the 1950s and 60's, Tony Bennett at different times in his career, and continuing in more recent years with Linda Ronstadt, Michael Buble, Michael Feinstein, Queen Latifah, Joni Mitchell, John Pizzarelli, Boz Scaggs, Carly Simon, John Stevens, and Rod Stewart.
TAYLOR HAS GEORGIA ON MY MIND ( PROVIDED IT ISN'T STOLEN BY SOMEONE ELSE AND ELLIOT BETTER DEFER TO HIM THIS TIME ).
QUESTION : WHAT DO YOU THINK CHRIS DAUGHTRY SHOULD CHOOSE TO MAKE IT AN ALT-ROCK VERSION ?