[mylife]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=PGIiupqD0V4

[Publius]

THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK

JEROME KERN

MUSIC IN THE AIR

This musical brought Oscar Hammerstein back into the mix, but the show was a step backward to the kind of operetta that Kern saw on Broadway in his youth. It’s set in Bavaria in the present day Thirties, and it’s a far cry from what Oscar would do with Richard Rodgers in 1959 with “The Sound of Music.”

”I’VE TOLD EVERY LITTLE STAR”

In 1931, Jerome woke up one morning with a bird singing outside his window. It so enchanted him that he woke his wife, and they listened together. When the bird flew away, Jerome sang the melody over and over to himself then fell asleep. When he woke up, he set about writing down the tune, but to his dismay he could not recall it correctly. He went to his piano but soon gave up in frustration. The song that had seemed so memorable and simple just a few hours before had eluded him completely.

By a stroke of luck the bird reappeared the following morning. Jerome grabbed a pencil and paper, and stealing quietly downstairs to his piano he wrote down the tune. The bird was later identified as a Cape Cod Sparrow.

Oscar: “Jerry got the melodic theme from a bird. He swears it! He heard a finch outside the window singing the first line, and he built a refrain on it.” The song was difficult for the setting of lyrics. Oscar: “There were times when I wished the finch had kept his big mouth shut!”

Few tunes are more beautiful than this, and it has stood the test of time, being adapted to most music formats. This is what it sounded like in the original show.

Mary Ellis: “I’ve Told Every Little Star”

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome Troops, Veterans, Families, and Allies!
Music posted for your enjoyment. Thank you for serving our country.

Thanks, unique.

Parents, you are responsible for previewing.

Gene Pitney ~ The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

*To support the artists you hear in the Canteen,
please click the links at the top of the thread.*

If you would like to be added/removed from the
Canteen Music Ping List, please
FReepmail any DJ.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome Troops, Veterans, Families, and Allies!
Music posted for your enjoyment. Thank you for serving our country.

Thanks, unique.

Parents, you are responsible for previewing.

Isley Brothers ~ Twist and Shout

*To support the artists you hear in the Canteen,
please click the links at the top of the thread.*

If you would like to be added/removed from the
Canteen Music Ping List, please
FReepmail any DJ.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome Troops, Veterans, Families, and Allies!
Music posted for your enjoyment. Thank you for serving our country.

Thanks, unique.

Parents, you are responsible for previewing.

Ace Cannon ~ Tuff

*To support the artists you hear in the Canteen,
please click the links at the top of the thread.*

If you would like to be added/removed from the
Canteen Music Ping List, please
FReepmail any DJ.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome Troops, Veterans, Families, and Allies!
Music posted for your enjoyment. Thank you for serving our country.

Thanks, unique.

Parents, you are responsible for previewing.

Johnny Mathis ~ Gina

*To support the artists you hear in the Canteen,
please click the links at the top of the thread.*

If you would like to be added/removed from the
Canteen Music Ping List, please
FReepmail any DJ.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome Troops, Veterans, Families, and Allies!
Music posted for your enjoyment. Thank you for serving our country.

Thanks, unique.

Parents, you are responsible for previewing.

Burl Ives ~ Funny Way of Laughing

*To support the artists you hear in the Canteen,
please click the links at the top of the thread.*

If you would like to be added/removed from the
Canteen Music Ping List, please
FReepmail any DJ.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome Troops, Veterans, Families, and Allies!
Music posted for your enjoyment. Thank you for serving our country.

Thanks, unique.

Parents, you are responsible for previewing.

Little Eva ~ Keep Your Hands Off My Baby

*To support the artists you hear in the Canteen,
please click the links at the top of the thread.*

If you would like to be added/removed from the
Canteen Music Ping List, please
FReepmail any DJ.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome Troops, Veterans, Families, and Allies!
Music posted for your enjoyment. Thank you for serving our country.

Thanks, unique.

Parents, you are responsible for previewing.

Bobby Rydell ~ The Cha Cha Cha

*To support the artists you hear in the Canteen,
please click the links at the top of the thread.*

If you would like to be added/removed from the
Canteen Music Ping List, please
FReepmail any DJ.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome Troops, Veterans, Families, and Allies!
Music posted for your enjoyment. Thank you for serving our country.

Thanks, unique.

Parents, you are responsible for previewing.

Connie Francis ~ When The Boy In Your Arms...

*To support the artists you hear in the Canteen,
please click the links at the top of the thread.*

If you would like to be added/removed from the
Canteen Music Ping List, please
FReepmail any DJ.