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Now a seasoned musician his songs, aided and abetted by clueless as to what she has in store Marlene and Ronny, ably with hundreds of one night gigs NYSMS member Ronny Whyte, a for him! assisted by lyricist Roger Schore behind him, Billy was himself singer/pianist/ of some Around half-way through the filling in for an ailing Joe Lang on called by the U.S. Navy’ and repute, and a contributor to this program, Ronny Whyte, who had short notice for a discussion about immediately assigned to the Navy newsletter. Ronny’s two part series been accompanying Marlene BillyVerPlanck’s life, turned in a School of Music, where he played Piano Rooms in the superbly throughout, sang his own marvelously entertaining show. and wrote arrangements for his 1960’s was absolutely fascinating “You Know What,” a bouncy, With the music of an extraordinary entire tour. and widely praised. joyful song of uplifting love. composer such as Billy, the words Over the next decade, Billy Marlene, with her usual crisp Another of Loonis McGlohon’s of several gifted lyricists, and the went on to play and write and clear phrasing, performed lyrics “The Quiet Hour,” was combined talents of exceptional arrangements for Claude Thornhill, many of Billy VerPlanck’s performed by Marlene as a artists, the day was an Charlie Barnet, Jimmy Dorsey, gorgeous compositions, written beautiful ballad which suggested unqualified success! PAGE 2 NEW YORK SHEET MUSIC SOCIETY FEBRUARY, 2013 President’s Message... New York Linda Amiel Burns, President Sheet Music Society Welcome to February – the month of Valentines and Love! Because OFFICERS President: of the season I chose to call the next performance of The Singing Linda Amiel Burns Experience “Lucky In Love” (February 11 at Stage 72). This past week, 1st Vice Presidents: however, I learned that I am very “Lucky In Life.” Lynn DiMenna & Sandi Durell My daughter Liz went for a cat scan at the Langone Medical Center as she was having 2nd Vice Presidents: headaches. It was discovered that she had a brain tumor, a large benign meningioma, and Joan Adams & wasn’t allowed to leave the hospital. The diagnosis came out of the blue and hit us like a Sandy Marrone Treasurer: thunderbolt! Liz was operated on successfully by Dr. Jafar, a neurosurgeon, on January 29 Glen Charlow and sent home on January 31. The recuperation will take a while but she’s expected to Membership: make a full recovery! My thanks to everyone who sent love, light and positive energy. Our Glen Charlow & Trudi Mann Recording Secretary: prayers were answered and I am very grateful for the happy ending to a harrowing story! Edie Stokes Whew! Programs & Special Events: Elliott Ames & Sandi Durell I have always been a fan of Al Jolson and adore the songs that he made famous like Marketing & Public Relations: “Mammy” and “Swanee.” Irving Caesar wrote “Is It True What They Say About Dixie?” Laura Slutsky & Barbara Thaler and many wonderful tunes for Jolson and used to tell me how difficult the man could be. Website: Glen Charlow But because he was so beloved and talented, Jolson was always forgiven. Stephen Hanks, Editor Emeritus: a member of The Al Jolson Society, will present a fabulous tribute to this American icon Jerry Laird on February 9. We can expect to hear many interesting tales and great tunes. Newsletter Editors: Jerry Osterberg I cannot thank jazz vocalist Marlene VerPlanck enough for performing the songs of [email protected] her late husband Billy in January. Though Marlene was not feeling well and had been sick Joan Adams all week, she didn’t want to disappoint us – a real trouper! Also, thanks to the charming [email protected] Graphic Designer: Ronny White for accompanying Marlene. Can there be a more accomplished singer, Glen Charlow songwriter and pianist around? Ronny continues to host Midday Jazz at St. Peter’s on [email protected] NYSMS Official Photographer: Wednesdays. Rose Billings We’ve been getting good feedback on the new digital format for the NYSMS Newsletter. Thank you to those who have been able to make the switch. It has saved the New York Sheet Music Society Society time and money. Those who don’t have email will still receive the Newsletter by P.O. Box 564 mail. Please be sure that Glen Charlow has all your information. New York, NY 10008 Hope you had a good January despite the cold weather. I’m looking forward to seeing Special Theater Discounts for all of you on February 9 at Local 802! NYSMS Members! We know that you love a good deal, so in Linda association with Marna Mintzer s g

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Shana Farr, NYSMS member, who performed her wonderful tribute Member to Julie Andrews for fellow members last season, has released her first CD: Out of the Shadows. Jerry Osterberg’s feature story about News... Shana appears in the January/February edition of Cabaret Scenes Magazine. If you have any member news, or other items you would like to have MEMBERS: SELL YOUR CDS AT MEETINGS! You’ve seen Kitty considered for this newsletter, please send it by e-mail to the co- Skrobela at a table full of CDS against the wall. Those represent the editor, Jerry Osterberg : [email protected]. It will be subject to recordings of members of the NYSMS. Bring two of yours to any editing, depending on size and content, and please remember that meeting and receive $15 for each one sold. You can leave one with we try to go to press two weeks before each monthly meeting. We Kitty for the next time or bring more if both are sold. People check often get very good items that get to us after the newsletter has been every month to see what’s new. Don’t lose out! Don’t be shy! Bring printed and mailed. in those CDS of yours and walk out with hard money! Linda Amiel Burns, NYSMS President, is celebrating the 36 year of The Singing Experience. She would love to have more of our For anyone who’s a fan of Marlene VerPlanck and likes to travel, you Society’s members join the cast in joyful song. Talk to those who can follow Marlene around on a grand concert swing throughout the have – Joan Adams, Lynn DiMenna, Jerry Laird, Jerry Osterberg, UK and Holland. The tour kicks off in Faringdon, Oxfordshire on Carol Shedlin and Laura Slutsky – you’ll be glad you did. Please call February 22 and finishes up in Bexley, Kent on March 25. Marlene’s Linda at 212-315-3500 to sign up. The Singing Experience Cable TV newest CD - One Dream at a Time – has just been released. show continues on MNN Time Warner: Channel 56 or RCN: Channel www.marleneverplanck.com. 111. The program broadcasts are every Sunday at 5:00 PM. You can also see your fellow NYSMS members on YouTube at any time. Chris Barrett appears at La Rivista, 313 West 46 St. on Mondays through Wednesdays at 8:00 PM and 10:00 PM. Call: 212-245-1707. The first performance of the 2013 season of The Singing Experience www.larivistanyc.com or christopherbarrett.com. – Lucky in Love – will take place on Monday, February 11 @ 7:30 PM at Stage 72, 158 West 72 St. Music charge: $12 + 2 drink minimum Do you seek an elusive song? If you do, write NYSMS Board (cash only). Call for reservations: 212-315-3500. member Sandy Marrone @ [email protected] or call 856-829- 6104. You can also visit Sandy in New Jersey to see thousands and The Singing Experience will begin rehearsals on Wednesday, March thousands of sheets of music, most of which can be yours very 20 – April Showers – from 6:30-9:30 PM @ Studio 353 at 353 West reasonably. She is a marvelous resource and a super-great lady! 48 St. Performance will be on Wednesday, April 17 @ 6:00 PM at Stage 72, 158 West 72 St. TSE has been rediscovered after more than Jeffrey C. Williams hosts a weekly, live radio program – At the Ritz 35 years and become the hottest ticket in town! This is a once in a – on Saturdays between 2:00 PM and 3:00 PM on WVOF 88 FM. lifetime opportunity to do what you’ve always wanted to do! Call Lynn DiMenna continues to post select reviews @ www.attheritz.org . 212-315-3500 or write [email protected]. NYSMS member Jerry Osterberg is looking for male singers – all Midday Jazz Midtown continues on Wednesdays (1:00 PM to 2:00 voice parts – to join the Down Town Glee Club for a Spring Concert PM) at Saint Peter’s Church (East 54 Street @ Lexington Ave), NYC, to be held at Saint Peter’s Church, East 54 Street @ Lexington Avenue Hosted by Ronny Whyte. Programs: February 20, Sheila Jordan – on Thursday, May 9, 2013. The program, Lullaby of Broadway, will singer, Cameron Brown – bass; February 27, Aaron Graves – piano, feature the music of Burton Lane, Harry Warren, George Gershwin, Kenny Davis- bass, Bruce Cox - drums. Suggested donation: $10. Alan J. Lerner, Vincent Youmans, Leonard Bernstein, Jerry Lieber Parking: Icon Parking, East 51 Street, between Third and Lexington and Mike Stoller. Open auditions and rehearsals in lower Manhattan Ave on the south side of the street. Charge: $15 including tax for on Tuesdays, between 6:30 PM and 8:30 PM. You do not need to read five hours with validation @ Saint Peter’s reception desk. music, only carry a tune. Write Jerry @ [email protected] or call www.ronnywhyte.com or www.saintpeters.org/jazz/midtownjazz.htm 516-248-7549.

Frank Dain is the Editor-in-Chief of Cabaret Scenes, the only print To all NYSMS members: the invitation remains open to submit publication dedicated to promoting and preserving the fine art of content for the NYSMS newsletter. The subject may be on anything cabaret. Now in its seventeenth year, the Magazine is a publication of in the world of popular music, including CD, show and movie The Cabaret Foundation, a not-for-profit whose goal is to educate the reviews, recommendations, anecdotes, trivia, articles about favorite public about cabaret, its history and those who contribute their talent songs, singers, , etc. A number of our members – Sandy to the art form. Each issue contains interviews with those participating Marrone, Joe Lang, Shana Farr, Ronny Whyte and others, have in all aspects of cabaret – performance reviews, CD reviews, musical accepted the invitation so far. If you’d like to contribute to our theater, show listings across the country and photos of individuals on newsletter, please call Jerry @ 516-248-7549 or write to the scene and special events. The Magazine is available to those who [email protected]. become Foundation members and all contributions are tax-deductible. For information on how to join, visit www.cabaretscenes.org . Send Member News to [email protected] no later than the 15th of each month for the next issue. PAGE 4 NEW YORK SHEET MUSIC SOCIETY FEBRUARY, 2013 were that day. I could sense the fear from my adventure. Since then, I have made sure that My Best Buying Story quiet friend as we nervously eyed each other, both someone knows where I am, no matter where I of us terrified and wondering, “ What were we go, when sheet music shopping abroad. Began With My thinking!! ” And oh…you surely want to know about what we found. It was a highly valuable piece of Worst Fears music: the / Oscar Hammerstein / By Sandy Marrone P.G. Wodehouse song “Bill” which ultimately gained fame in the popular 1927 hit production It seemed like a good idea… Show Boat . The tune was originally written for a Before leaving on a buying jaunt to London, 1918 musical Oh Lady! Lady!! but it was cut I placed a “Sheet Music Wanted” ad in the British from the show. One year later, Buddy DeSylva Ephemera Society newsletter. The day before wrote new lyrics to Kern’s melody for Zip, Goes departure I got a call from a chap in England a Million, which closed before tryouts. Ironically, saying he had loads of music and his prices the song was cut! sounded reasonable. I quickly called my travel The edition of “Bill” which we discovered is partner to relay the good news that my ad seemed a quite rare find based on the importance of its to have paid off. composers, as well as being an original first Fast forward a week, and it was time to meet edition of an iconic song. Since it was only this gent near the Covent Garden Market. He’d published in the , who would think told us what he looked like, and he knew to watch we would have ever found such a gem in the (and listen) for two American ladies. I’d said that United Kingdom! The sheet ultimately sold for we could find our way to his place but he told us $6,600, resulting in one of our best buying days it would be hard to reach and he would drive us ever! In fact, the sale funded yet another buying there. This should have been a red flag but- hey- odyssey to London. collectors know that our passion for finding what Well, obviously we didn’t end up as missing Although my 35 years of collecting sheet we collect knows little caution. persons or headline news or you wouldn’t be music have resulted in many fascinating So there we were in his car, driving across reading this. Eventually he led us onto an adventures and experiences, the fear-turned-to-joy the Thames, headed east through the unsavory elevator, down another long, empty hall and then we experienced in that British warehouse had to dock area of London. He chatted away but my opened the door to the equivalent of a mini- be the most interesting. Nothing has ever topped friend and I fell silent as we were checking out a antiques museum. Puppets hung from the ceiling, it! neighborhood that didn’t look so great (read: antique radios lined the wall, old phonographs safe). Eventually he pulled up in front of a and advertising pieces were abundant, all of them Editor’s Note: This is an edited article which warehouse which appeared to be abandoned…no beautifully displayed. And behind this room was first appeared in the Antique Trader, one of the cars and no activity. a second room stacked with sheet music. We foremost antiques trade papers in the country. We got out and followed him inside. This is spent hours doing what we do best, a wall of glass NYSMS Vice President Sandy Marrone entered where the good idea suddenly seemed like a rather behind us revealing wonderful river views. a contest ”My Favorite Find,” sponsored by the bad one. So there we were, trotting along behind I often wonder what the moral to this story Antique Trader, and took First Prize for her tale this total stranger through a dark and deserted might be. Had we thought about what we were of intrigue and its unique result. warehouse. Not a soul had any idea where we doing, we might never have had this exciting Congratulations Sandy!

Patti Page Has Left Us Patti Page recorded her first one of the best- selling recording artists of all time. hit single for Mercury in 1947: Strangely enough, the success of “Tennessee Waltz” was a complete “Confess.” Because she couldn’t afford to hire backup singers to provide fluke. Mercury wanted Patti to record “Boogie Woogie Santa Claus” and harmony vocals, her producer Mitch Miller decided to overdub her own didn’t want anything with merit on the flip sidet. In contrast, Patti was voice. Patti became the first pop artist to do so. The song peaked at #12 on convinced that the B side would be a smash hit. She was absolutely right, and the Billboard charts and she was on her way to a successful the disc jockeys couldn’t help themselves! Patti continued career in the music business. to place in the Top Ten through 1957 with “Mockin’ Bird Miller went on to produce most of Patti’s music at Hill” (#2), “I Went to Your Wedding” (#1), “You Belong to Mercury and later at Columbia. He found that the simple Me” (#4), “How Much Is That Doggie in the Window” (#1), structured melodies and storylines in country music songs “Cross Over the Bridge” (#2), “Allegheny Moon” (#2), and could easily be adapted to the pop music market. Since “Old Cape Cod” (#3) among them. Interestingly, two of Miller was a well-known user of technology, it didn’t take those were parts of a two-sided hit: “I Went to Your much persuading to allow Patti to employ four-part harmony Wedding” on the A side and “You Belong to Me” on the B by overdubbing again. The result was “With My Eyes Wide side. For those who recall that Jo Stafford’s version of “You Open I’m Dreaming” which became her first million-selling Belong to Me” was a big success, that is correct. While it record in 1950. Because of the overdubbing, Patti appeared was Stafford’s best-selling record ever, it also made a lot of on the charts as a group. The record label actually read, money for Patti, although not near as much as did Vocals by Patti Page, Patti Page, Patti Page and Patti Page! “Tennessee Waltz.” In the same year she had five more songs in the Top Patti had her last major hit with “Hush…Hush, Ten, including “Tennessee Waltz” which peaked at #1 and Sweet Charlotte” (#8) in 1965. In 1998, she recorded her remained in the Top Ten for twelve weeks. The song became first live album: Live at Carnegie Hall: The 50 th Anniversary the first pop tune that crossed over into a big country hit, Concert. It won her a Grammy, and despite her prolific and the record would eventually sell more than ten million copies. It also career, it was her first. Patti Page died at the age of 85 on January 1, 2013, became the last song to sell one million copies of sheet music. By ultimately just weeks away from being honored again at the Grammy Awards with a placing twenty-four records in the Top Ten, four of them at #1, Patti became Lifetime Achievement Award. Her last public performance was in 2012. FEBRUARY, 2013 NEW YORK SHEET MUSIC SOCIETY PAGE 5 the time, Ed Silver. They gave us copyrights. Barrie Edwards and stories behind the songs: Jack Like Losing an Old the thumbs up then and there. Robert Wise at Music Sales gave Lawrence who compiled his Friend: Sheet After countless high fives us the nod and continued to do so articles about his many songs into exchanged between Joe and me as over the years. Lew Bachman and a book, Sammy Cahn (he called Music Magazine soon as the doors closed in the George David Weiss at me ‘Boss’), David Raksin with his Closes down elevator, and a quick Songwriters Guild, Howie story behind “Laura,” and many celebratory lunch at Toots Shor Richmond, Irwin Robinson, my more: Mitchell Parish, Richard By Ed Shanapy across the street, Sheet Music very good and dear friends Adler, the eloquent and gifted It was a sunny spring Magazine was on its way! Stanley Mills, Joe Abend, Fred Ervin Drake, Carroll Coates day in 1976 when young Joe In truth, the magazine could Ahlert, Jr., Dick Milfred, Lou (“London By Night,” No One Zynczak, an independent music have existed for decades on the Levy, Al Gallico, and a host of Ever Tells You”), Matt Dennis, attorney, and I marched into the Warner catalog alone, and in some others jumped on board and were one of my all-time icons, who New York offices of Warner Bros. ways it did. Warner was the so instrumental to our success, not suggested we write songs together. Music Publishing, which was then deepest vein in the bottomless only by licensing their song Imagine! My daughter Meghan just a few doors down from the mine of American song which we catalogs, but by sharing their deep and I performed one of the songs Women’s National Republican chipped away at again and again. knowledge of the music industry. Matt and I wrote at a New York Club, home of the New Summer 2012 Sheet Music Society York Sheet Music Society. special luncheon, “I’ll Be We had an appointment to There For You.” make a presentation for a M Vintage During its long new magazine concept, ^ Hollywood Hooray For Hollywood Theme Songs history, Sheet Music one which would have published over 2,600 piano-vocal sheet music songs. For the added as its primary editorial enjoyment of our readers, content. I had known and most of whom were worked with Joe back in pianists, it presented my days at CBS Columbia special piano solo House, and this wasn’t the PLUS Dixieland Favorites arrangements, insights, first music marketing All Time observations, playing tips, scheme I had plopped on Hits lessons and reminiscences PATSY CLINE his desk since then, but it Crazy HHowow DeepDeep IsIs from such pianists as Dick Thehe OOceancean Walkin’ After was the one that got him Midnightg Hyman, Johnny Costa, strutting excitedly from THE ORIGINAL DIXIELAND JAZZ BAND Marylou Williams, Angryngry one end of his office to the Sttruttin’ruttin’ WWithith SSomeome BBarbecuearbecue RRosettaosetta Marian McPartland, other in true Max Noreen Lienhard, Johnny Bialystock style, Morris, Preston Keys, and continually interjecting his Throughout our thirty-six year These were the men who were the many other wonderful jazz and enthusiastic rant with, “It’s a hit!” history the folks and permissions true driving force behind what pop pianists. It also boasted a We knew that if there were one people at Warner Bros. Music America listened to, the inheritors cadre of contributing writers and publisher to hook for this project Publications, and eventually of the canon passed on by the editors which included Gary it would have to be Warner Bros. Alfred Music, who purchased that giants of Tin Pan Alley. Stevens, Sam Teicher, Eric It had the song catalog essential division, were always in our Presenting the songs in sheet Comstock, Riccardo Scivales, for the magazine’s success: corner, eager to help in any way music form once again, many of Sandy Marrone, Michael Gershwin, Porter, Kern, Rodgers, they could. I am eternally grateful which, unfortunately, had gone Feinstein, concert pianist Joseph Hart for starters; the WB movie to them for helping to launch the out of print as individual sheets, Smith, Hank Bordowitz, who also songs and themes from Al Dubin, publication and for their continued and hearing from the subscribers served as editor for a time, and the Harry Warren, Sammy Cahn, Jule support throughout its lifetime. who reveled in rediscovering gifted musician, author, and Styne, Jimmy Van Heusen, the As it turned out, once we had “their” songs, telling us the stories friend, Stuart Isacoff, who played ultra-prolific Ralph Rainger, Leo Warner in our corner, other major of how their lives connected to the a very key role in its continuing Robin, Nacio Herb Brown; then publishers took more kindly to the songs we published, was highly success, serving as my co-editor there were , Lerner idea. The lovable man with the rewarding for me particularly. It for a number of years. and Loewe, and legions more. big cigar, Herman Steiger of Big was the petrol for my engine to In all, Sheet Music Magazine Good company this. 3 Music (Robbins, Miller & keep the magazine going for so attempted to be a complete Once Joe had calmed Feist), after some prerequisite many years. Equally rewarding, magazine for song enthusiasts and down he picked up the phone and hard-to-get tactics, finally, at the but in a different way, was the piano players, as well as being a called the Warner print publishing Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami, privilege and thrill of knowing repository for the more important, unit, and we had a date. I made where I had chased him, pulled the and becoming close friends with and the many rediscovered, my pitch to Arnold Rosen, who Don Diego out of his mouth just my heroes, the great songwriters quality songs from the American was very enthusiastic and long enough to say, “OK.” With and professional music men of the Songbook. I like to think it supportive, and he called in the that approval, followed the MGM Golden Age. Some of them wrote was. president of Warner Publishing at musicals and a slew of other for the magazine, sharing their THE 2012-13 SEASON...

October 13, 2012 - celebrating the January 12, 2013 - Iconic jazz figures April 13, 2013 - Elizabeth Sharland & centennial of Burton Lane with Richard Marlene VerPlanck will perform, Ronny Steve Ross . What NYSMS season would be Holbrook's acclaimed and long running Whyte will accompany and host, and jazz complete without the talents of author tribute to this famed composer of such shows critic Joe Lang and Marlene will discuss the Elizabeth Sharland and legendary entertainer as Finian's Rainbow, On a Clear Day and life of the late composer/arranger Billy Steve Ross? Elizabeth will feature her latest many other standards. VerPlanck. This will be a unique and very book and Steve will play and sing from his special program not to be missed! amazing repertoire. Their programs are November 10, 2012 - Frank Dain stars always a treat! in The Magic of Mathis with Kathleen February 9, 2013 - Al Jolson was billed Landis on piano. This is Frank's first show in as "The World's Greatest Entertainer" and this May 11, 2013 - Sandi Durell's 12th many years as he has been busy with his remarkable Tribute to Al Jolson is being Annual Songwriter Series . Sandi's Series duties as the editor of Cabaret Scenes produced by Steven Hanks, writer and has featured some of the best and most talented Magazine. To quote the Times Square member of the Jolson Society. Jolson starred composers, singers and entertainers in the Chronicles: "The combination of Dain's in the first "talkie" - The Jazz Singer and you music business today. As we get closer to the intense honesty and the love of the material will hear some great singers performing the date, we will list who she will be featuring in made The Magic of Mathis a joy." songs he made famous. 2013. This program is always SRO!

December 8, 2012 - Sarah Rice , the March 9, 2013 - The songs of Kassoff / June 8, 2013 - The Lyrics of Tom Toce . original Johanna in Sweeney Todd, will Broderick. Russ Kassoff is an accomplished "Hopelessly in Love" with Carole J. Bufford, delight us with her award winning show jazz pianist, conductor, composer, Jack Donahue & Jennifer Sheehan. Musical entitled, SCREEN GEMS: The Song of Old orchestrator and arranger whose varied Director: Matt Ward Director: Peter Hollywood . "For a guided tour through talents are valued in the music world. Joined Napolitano. Andrea Marcovicci's says that varied vintage movie melodies, Sarah Rice’s by Deirdre Broderick, wordsmith and "Tom's lyrics have that rare combination of show is just the ticket!" - Rob Lester, Cabaret lyricist, jazz vocalist Catherine Dupuis, who bittersweetness and wit that remind us of Scenes has recorded several of their songs. Larry Hart"

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