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'60s CLASSICS--
Herb Alpert~A Taste Of Honey
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166 posted on
01/12/2019 7:15:24 PM PST by
luvie
(The bravery and dedication of our troops in keeping us safe & free make me proud to be an American!)
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THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK
HAROLD ARLEN
In 1929, 24 year old Harold Arlen landed a singing and acting role as Cokey Joe in the musical The Great Day, by composer and producer Vincent Youmans. One day during a summer rehearsal, the shows accompanist got sick, and Hal, known to be a fine pianist, was asked to fill in and play for the dancers. During several inevitable waits, he toyed with the pickup, a musical phrase that serves as a signal for the dancers that a routine is about to begin. As the rehearsal progressed, the pickup emerged more and more as a song fragment and varied far enough from the original to take on all the proportions of an original song. Composer Will Marion Cook heard Hals idea and suggested that he turn it into a song. Our old friend Harry Warren also liked it and hooked Harold up with lyricist Ted Koehler.
Arlen and Koehler signed a year-long contract with the George and Arthur Piantadosi publishing firm. With the signing, Hals career as a singer came to an end. It got me away from that which I had loved, a goal I had set. And yet I suddenly realized that goal had become something my temperament couldnt take.
GET HAPPY
The newly formed Arlen-Koehler team took the song that originated as a variation of a pickup and created this gem. In 1930, shortly after its completion, producer Ruth Selwyn used the song for the first act finale in her new show titled The Nine-Fifteen Review and hired the guys to compose several other numbers for the review as well. Though the show itself failed, Get Happy became a huge hit.
Nat Shilkret: Get Happy
168 posted on
01/12/2019 7:17:56 PM PST by
Publius
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