Friday, May 30, 2008



Bobby Worth -composer-


song title: Same Old Song And Dance



music by Jimmy Van Heusen, Bobby Worth



lyric by Sammy Cahn


Guy Wood -lyricist-

song title: Shoo Fly Pie And Apple Pan Dowdy
music by Sammy Gallop

song title:
Once

music by Klaus Ogermann

song title:
My One And Only Love

music by Robert Mellin

song title:
Don't Go

music by Guy Wood
lyric by Al Stillman


Tommy Wolf -composer-
(photo l-r: Fran Landesman, Larry Hagman, Tommy Wolf at the piano)

song title: Listen, Little Girl

song title:
Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most

song title:
The Ballad Of The Sad Young Men (Click Here for YouTube video clip: Shirley Bassey)




song title:
Squeeze Me


song title:
Sugar Blues
lyric by Lucy Fletcher

song title:
Satchel Mouth Swing aka Coal Cart Blues

song title:
Royal Garden Blues
lyric by Charles Warfield

Thursday, May 29, 2008




Kurt Weill -composer-

song title: Alabama Song
lyric by Bertholt Brecht
song title: Bilbao Song
lyric by Bertolt Brecht
song title: What Good Would The Moon Be?
song title: Here I'll Stay
lyric by Alan Jay Lerner
song title: It Never Was You
lyric by Maxwell Anderson
song title: Johnny's Song
lyric by Paul Green
song title: Lonely House
lyric by Langston Hughes
song title: Lost In The Stars
lyric by Maxwell Anderson
song title: Mack The Knife
lyric by Bertolt Brecht
song title: Moon-Faced, Starry-Eyed
lyric by Langston Hughes
song title: My Ship
lyric by Ira Gershwin
song title: No Place To Go But Up
song title: Oh, Heart Of Love
lyric by Paul Green
song title: September Song
lyric by Maxwell Anderson
song title: Speak Low
lyric by Ogden Nash
song title: Surabaya Johnny
lyric by Bertolt Brecht
song title: There'll Be Life, Love And Laughter
lyric by Ira Gershwin
song title: This Is New
lyric by Ira Gershwin
song title: Westwind
lyric by Ogden Nash


Chick Webb -composer-



lyric by Andy Razaf



Thomas "Fats" Waller -composer-

song title: Patty Cake Patty Cake Baker Man
music by Thomas "Fats" Waller and J.C. Johnson
lyric by Andy Razaf
song title: You're My Ideal
lyric by Spencer Williams
song title: At Twilight
music by Thomas "Fats" Waller
lyric by Anita Waller



Harry Tobias -lyricist-

song title: Sweet And Lovely

song title: It's A Lonesome Old Town

Andre Gaston Tabet -lyricist

song title: Symphony

music by Alex Alstone

original lyric by Andre Tabet, Roger Bernstein

English lyric by Jack Lawrence

Wednesday, May 28, 2008



Charlie Spivak -composer-

song title: Swing Shift

lyric by Johnny Burke



John C. Spikes -lyricist-

song title: Someday Sweetheart

song title:
Wolverine Blues
music & lyric by John Spikes, Benjamin Spikes & Jelly Roll Morton


Benjamin Spikes -composer-

song title: Someday Sweetheart
lyric by John C. Spikes

song title: Wolverine Blues
music & lyric by Benjamin Spikes, John Spikes & Jelly Roll Morton


Lew Spence -composer-

song title: Sentimental Baby

song title: Sleep Warm

song title: So Long My Love
lyric by Sammy Cahn

song title:
Nice 'N' Easy


Al Sherman -composer-

song title: Don't Make A Beggar Of Me (Click Here for YouTube audio clip: Frank Sinatra)

song title:
On A Little Bamboo Bridge

song title:
Save Your Sorrow For Tomorrow

song title:
Take Another Guess (Click Here for YouTube audio clip: Ella Fitzgerald & Benny Goodman)



Jan Savitt -composer-

song title: It's A Wonderful World
music by Jan Savitt, Johnny Kluczko Watson
lyric by Harold Adamson

song title:
It's The Tune That Counts
lyric by Don Raye

song title:
720 In The Books
music by Jan Savitt & John Kluczko Watson



Edgar Sampson -composer-

song title: Stompin' At The Savoy

music by Edgar Sampson, Benny Goodman, Chick Webb

lyric by Andy Razaf

song title: Lullaby In Rhythm

music by Edgar Sampson, Benny Goodman, Clarence Profit

lyric by Walter Hirsch

song title: If Dreams Come True

music by Edgar Sampson, Benny Goodman

lyric by Irving Mills

song title: Don't Be That Way

music by Edgar Sampson, Benny Goodman

lyric by Mitchell Parish

song title: Blue Lou

lyric by Irving Mills









































Jimmy Rushing -lyricist-

song title: Baby, Don't Tell On Me

song title:
Boogie Woogie (I May Be Wrong)
music by Count Basie

song title: Evil Blues

song title: Going To Chicago Blues (Click Here for YouTube audio clip: Jimmy Rushing)
music by Count Basie

song title: Nobody Knows
lyric by Jimmy Rushing

song title: Sent For You Yesterday And Here You Come Today