The most familiar songs from one of America's best loved composers
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The spiral binding makes this book easy to play from and the forward by Moss Hart includes photos of Porter, his wife and Hart. The protective slip case keeps the condition good. All in all, a nice addition to the library of anyone interested in playing and singing standards in the great American songbook
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Four songs make this disc a treasure to cherish:ALL OF ME,SATURDAY NIGHT,BODY AND SOUL and TIME AFTER TIME are all incredibly nostalgic because in the case of the two SAMMY CAHN songs,these are the originals versions. The way the orchestra cooks on SATURDAY NIGHT is so representative of the forties it makes you wish to go back in that era. Many other songs are dated by today's standards,but the overall overview of the COLUMBIA years is perfectly realized. Many of these songs were recorded again in FRANK's CAPITOL years. It is fascinating to cite an example to compare I'M A FOOL TO WANT YOU with the one recorded in 1957 on the WHERE ARE YOU album. Fortunately for his fans,FRANK did not record THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE again. This is the SINATRA that women were crazy about to the point of even neglecting their husbands. Luckily for us,those days are over.
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Michael Feinstein introduces us to the composers that make us sing everyday, accompanied by his piano, and beautiful voice.
This DVD is very entertaining and informative of these people who contribute to our joy of everyday living.
It is an encyclopedia of American music and the men who composed it. Strongly recommended.
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If you like and appreciate great melodies from the 1940s decade then you will like this collection of tunes.

I have bought a number of these Decade Series collection songbooks and like all of them. The selections are always broad and fresh.

I have played out of this particular songbook collection for many years now and still love to play them on my piano.

Contents:

Across The Alley From The Alamo

Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)

Anniversary Song

Bewitched

Blueberry Hill

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

The Breeze And I

But Beautiful

Candy

Come Rain Or Come Shine

Cruising Down The River

Daddy

(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons

God Bless' The Child

Harlem Nocturne

Have I Told You Lately That I Love You

How Are Things In Glocca Morra

How High The Moon

I Could Write A Book

I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire

I'll Be Around

I'll Remember April

I'm Beginning To See The Light

Imagination

It's A Grand Night For Singing

It's A Most Unusual Day

Juke Box Saturday Night

June Is Bustin' Out All Over

The Last Time I Saw Paris

Lilli Marlene

Mairzy Doats

Managua, Nicaragua

Moonlight In Vermont

A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square

Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin'

Oklahoma

Old Devil Moon

The Old Lamplighter

The Old Soft Shoe

Opus One

People Will Say We're In Love

Poinciana (Song Of The Tree)

Polka Dots And Moonbeams

Red Roses For A Blue Lady

Saturday Night Is The Loneliest Night Of The Week

Seems Like Old Times

Shoo Fly Pie And Apple Pan Dowdy

So In Love

Speak Low

A String Of Pearls

A Sunday Kind Of Love

The Surrey With The Fringe On Top

Swinging On A Star

There Must Be A Way

The Things We Did Last Summer

The Third Man Theme

Tuxedo Junction

When You Wish Upon A Star

Wunderbar

You Can't Be True Dear (Du Kannst Nicht Treu Sein)

You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To

You'll Never Walk Alone

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I recommend this songbook collection to you!
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At This Stage is a great 2-CD set.  The songs were recorded live at a number of venues over the years.  For those who may be unfamiliar with Eric Bogle, read the liner notes first so that you may begin to grasp the man's genius and versatility as a singer and songwriter.  For longtime fans, simply select your favorite (if that is possible; there are so many) and let the music take you away.

Among the songs are Now I'm Easy, No Man's Land, and Leaving Nancy.  Lock Keeper is beautiful, the only song here not written by Eric, and sung with such emotion that he makes it his own...and ours.  As If He Knows is also beautiful, but simply the most heartwrenching song ever.  Based on a true event, it is difficult to listen to, as it will haunt you, perhaps even making you cry out, but you come to understand its passion, its power, and the necessity of including it here.

In general, I prefer the music without the introductions, as the talk can be just a little distracting at times.  But do listen to Eric tell of writing One Small Star, a tribute to innocent lives lost, and a classic in its own right.

His most well-known classic, And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda, is of course featured on this album as well.

Other Eric Bogle CDs include Scraps of Paper, It's Not Cricket, and the 5-disc Singing the Spirit Home. As the liner notes say, "What an amazing career this man has had." That sums it up perfectly. I wholeheartedly recommend any and all.
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William Zinsser has had a lifelong love affair with the music of Tin Pan Alley, Broadway and Hollywood. This book reflects that love. Rather than a scholarly treatise, what Zinsser creates is a casual but quite complete stroll through the catalogue of the Great American Songbook using the great lyricists and composers as jumping off points. Occasional sidebars on such related topics as the structure of the classic song or the importance of sheet music add to the enjoyment and the wide scope of Zinsser's historical approach. Filled with wonderful photos of composers, lyricists and sheet music, this book is a treasure to read through and look at
A wonderful, kind book
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This is a collection of some of his best songs, and even after all these years the music is just as timely as ever.
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This little known version of "The Night Before Christmas" is a true delight. The great Satchmo recorded it shortly before he left us and it is wonderful to hear him read the poem, with his spoken riffs making this a unique experience. Be sure to get the instrumental version which provides just enough musical background to his words so as to bring the listener to the edge of nostalgia without falling into the abyss of kitsch. A true gem from a great artist and a lovable man.
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George Gershwin co-wrote many classic songs, often with his brother Ira but also with others. Susannah was renowned as a great interpreter of old songs, so it was no surprise that she recorded an album of Gershwin songs. Nor was it any surprise that she included some obscure songs as well as some standards.
Several famous songs did find their way on to this album, including They'll never take that away from me, Someone to watch over me, It ain't necessarily so, I got rhythm, S'wonderful and (perhaps most famous of all) Summertime. By contrast, Will you remember me remained unpublished for many years, though the quality of this song makes one wonder why somebody didn't record it. It was written for a show but dropped during rehearsals. The oldest song here, Drifting with the tide, is not among the more famous songs, but it is really lovely.
Susannah recorded many excellent albums, but this is as good as any of them. The number of famous songs makes it one of the easiest Susannah albums to appreciate, although there are enough obscure songs to maintain interest in the album after repeated listening.
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Two all time favorites, and the music is the best!!!
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This is a must have for anyone interested in the sound of HIM. It is a classic. Perfect selection of songs for any newcomer and a million memories for the longtime fan. An amazing CD. They never disappoint.
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This CD collects a lot of Mr. Bocelli's love songs. I have other his albums that have the repeat songs but you know what, I don't mind the repeats, his songs you just wish have them all in one and I love them.
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No other composer so closely kept his fingers on the pulse of American thinking and gave the country so much of what it thought it wanted. "Yiddle on Your Fiddle" tells us more of the second-generation immigrants' desire  to become Americanized than all the history and sociology books can ever  do. So it is a double pleasure to announce the appearance of  "Come on  and Hear!: Early Songs by Irving Berlin, 1909-1915" and "Keep on  Smiling: Songs by Irving Berlin, 1915-1918," two fantastic CDs or  tapes on Oaktown label and released through a friendly little Connecticut  company calling itself Original Cast Records.  Between the two sets, you  have 41 tracks of the Berlin output from "Everybody's Doing It Now" to  "We're on Our Way to France." The soloist is Benjamin Sears, who with  pianist Bradford Conner has something of a reputation around the Boston  area. Now some of this material is duplicated by the more widely known Joan  Morrison on two RCA Victor releases, possibly out of print by now; and like  those discs could use another voice now and then. (Conner does join in  where a duet is called for, but my point remains.) Sears is a capable if  not an outstanding baritone, who does justice to these historic expressions  of Americana.  So not only do I recommend both of these sets for their  enjoyment value, but I wish to continue to point out to Social Studies  teachers how valuable sets like this would be to classes who have no  concept of how people really felt (as opposed to what they merely said and  did) "way back when." And I might even stick out my neck so far as to offer  to come to any school (in reasonable distance of where I live) to give a  sample lesson on how these sets can be used.
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Favorite Hymns Karakoe Style
The Seniors I work with enjoy Sing A Longs.  This CD has familiar songs almost every one knows. It has gotten to be the most popular CD we have.
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Originally released in monaural sound in 1955, then re-recorded in stereo in 1958, Mantovani's fourth gold album, Song Hits from Theaterland, is featured here in this two-on-one CD along with 12 more broadway hits released in the early sixties. In addition to Mantovani's phenominally successful arrangements of "Some Enchanted Evening" and "Stranger in Paradise," this CD captures the warmth and emotion of music composed by broadway icons Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Frank Loesser and Frederick Lowe. With its lush string sound, wind instrument solos, and the use of a soprano sax, Mantovani's world famous orchestra captured the emotions and moods of theater music to the point where one never really misses the lyrics. The familiar melodic Mantovani sound takes on a slightly less symphonic tone in the later album entitled "Theme from Carnival and Other Great Broadway Hits", with some sensational saxophone solos on Loesser's "My Heart is So Full of You" and Styne/Comden/Green's "I Know About Love".  The frisky version of Bernstein's "I Feel Pretty" is also quite delightful to hear over again.  Mantovani's interpretations of the two dozen American show tunes presented here are as remarkable and memorable as the shows in which they were introduced, providing further evidence of the consummate musicianship of Mantovani, the grand master of light orchestral music who transformed popular songs and show tunes into beautifully orchestrated classics.
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If you want to hear great examples of the songs that John Fogerty made famous, then this CD is  must for your collection.
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Having seen a portion of this award presentation to Paul Simon on PBS, I knew I had to have the CD.

The CD is classic Paul Simon and watching him andother musicians who are his contemporaries perform his music has been equally pleasureable. The CD contains his most popular and well known compositions and performances, and for those of us who are consumate Paul Simon fans it's a treasure to own. I held a Paul Simon party at my house to which I invited those friends of mine who I know are P.S. enthusiasts, and after cocktails and snacks we sat to be entertained by our favorite American composer/performer. If you like Paul Simon's music, you will like owning this CD.

by Dora Guerra, San Antonio, Texas