Third Age Learning –York Region Aurora Cultural Centre May 1, 2017
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Third Age Learning – York Region Aurora Cultural Centre May 1, 2017 The Great American Songbook 101 – Dissecting the American Songbook Presented by Dean Hollin A professional entertainer for over two decades, Dean Hollin has performed on stage, in concerts, in film, as television host and as emcee. Dean Hollin will provide a crash-course musical journey as he dissects, celebrates and lovingly explains the music of Porter, Gershwin, Rodgers, Arlen, Carmichael, Mercer, and so many more - the music of the Great American Songbook! thegas101 Dissecting the Great American Songbook or A crash-course, attempting to demystify something called the Great American Songbook or What exactly is this Great American Songbook thing and who the heck wrote it? Stephen Foster Daniel Emmett Cakewalk Minstrel Show Ragtime Milton Ager Jack Yellen AIN’T SHE SWEET HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN Fred Ahlert I DON’T KNOW WHY (I JUST DO) I’LL GET BY (AS LONG AS I HAVE YOU) I’M GONNA SIT RIGHT DOWN (AND WRITE MYSELF A LETTER) MEAN TO ME WALKIN’ MY BABY BACK HOME WHERE THE BLUES OF THE NIGHT (MEETS THE GOLD OF THE DAY) Harold Arlen IT’S ONLY A PAPER MOON STORMY WEATHER I GOTTA RIGHT TO SING THE BLUES LET’S FALL IN LOVE BLUES IN THE NIGHT THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC COME RAIN OR COME SHINE THE MAN THAT GOT AWAY BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA GET HAPPY E.Y. Harburg DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD IF I ONLY HAD A BRAIN/HEART/NERVE FOLLOW THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD WE’RE OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD MERRY OLD LAND OF OZ IF I WERE KING OF THE FOREST Irving Berlin WHAT’LL I DO? ALWAYS BLUE SKIES MARIE PUTTIN’ ON THE RITZ SAY IT ISN’T SO I’VE GOT MY LOVE TO KEEP ME WARM GOD BLESS AMERICA ALEXANDER’S RAGTIME BAND HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN WHITE CHRISTMAS A PRETTY GIRL IS LIKE A MELODY LET’S FACE THE MUSIC AND DANCE THERE’S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS WHEN I LOST YOU EASTER PARADE HEAT WAVE I’M PUTTING ALL MY EGGS IN ONE BASKET THIS IS THE ARMY MR. JONES IT ONLY HAPPENS WHEN I DANCE WITH YOU Rube Bloom DAY IN, DAY OUT DON’T WORRY ‘BOUT ME FOOLS RUSH IN (WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD) I CAN’T FACE THE MUSIC Nacio Herb Brown Arthur Freed SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN ALL I DO IS DREAM OF YOU MAKE ‘EM LAUGH GOOD MORNING YOU ARE MY LUCKY STAR YOU WERE MEANT FOR ME Johnny Burke BUT BEAUTIFUL GOING MY WAY HERE’S THAT RAINY DAY IMAGINATION MOONLIGHT BECOMES YOU POLKA DOTS AND MOONBEAMS SUNDAY, MONDAY, OR ALWAYS SWINGING ON A STAR (WE’RE OFF ON THE) ROAD TO MOROCCO Jimmy Van Heusen AIN’T THAT A KICK IN THE HEAD ALL THE WAY CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE COME DANCE WITH ME HIGH HOPES LOVE AND MARRIAGE (LOVE IS) A TENDER TRAP COME FLY WITH ME Sammy Cahn Hoagy Carmichael SKYLARK IN THE COOL, COOL, COOL OF THE EVENING LAZY RIVER OLE BUTTERMILK SKY LAZYBONES TWO SLEEPY PEOPLE I GET ALONG WITHOUT YOU VERY WELL BALTIMORE ORIOLE RIVERBOAT SHUFFLE STARDUST GEORGIA ON MY MIND THE NEARNESS OF YOU Hoagy Carmichael J. Fred Coots YOU GO TO MY HEAD FOR ALL WE KNOW SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN Howard Dietz Arthur Schwartz DANCING IN THE DARK YOU AND THE NIGHT AND THE MUSIC I GUESS I’LL HAVE TO CHANGE MY PLAN ALONE TOGETHER THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT Walter Donaldson HOW YA GONNA KEEP ‘EM DOWN ON THE FARM (AFTER THEY’VE SEEN PAREE)? LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME MY MAMMY LITTLE WHITE LIES MAKIN’ WHOOPEE MY BABY JUST CARES FOR ME Gus Kahn Isham Jones I’LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS IT HAD TO BE YOU SWINGING DOWN THE LANE Vernon Duke APRIL IN PARIS AUTUMN IN NEW YORK I CAN’T GET STARTED TAKING A CHANCE ON LOVE Duke Ellington IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD IT DON’T MEAN A THING (IF IT AIN’T GOT THAT SWING) MOOD INDIGO SOPHISTICATED LADY TAKE THE ‘A’ TRAIN I’M BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT DON’T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE Sammy Fain SECRET LOVE LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING I’LL BE SEEING YOU THAT OLD FEELING APRIL LOVE TENDER IS THE NIGHT Dorothy Fields I CAN’T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE EXACTLY LIKE YOU ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET A FINE ROMANCE PICK YOURSELF UP I’M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE BIG SPENDER IF MY FRIENDS COULD SEE ME NOW George Gershwin LADY, BE GOOD! SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME STRIKE UP THE BAND FUNNY FACE THE MAN I LOVE SOON I’VE GOT A CRUSH ON YOU ‘S WONDERFUL HE LOVES AND SHE LOVES MY ONE AND ONLY HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON? BIDIN’ MY TIME EMBRACEABLE YOU I GOT RHYTHM BUT NOT FOR ME CRAZY FOR YOU A FOGGY DAY LET’S CALL THE WHOLE THING OFF LOVE WALKED IN THEY CAN’T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME Ira Gershwin STRIKE UP THE BAND OF THEE I SING (PULITZER PRIZE FOR DRAMA) LET ‘EM EAT CAKE PORGY AND BESS (CO-WRITTEN DUBOSE HEYWARD) RHAPSODY IN BLUE AND AMERICAN IN PARIS CONCERTO IN F Johnny Green BODY AND SOUL OUT OF NOWHERE I COVER THE WATERFRONT I WANNA BE LOVED Oscar Hammerstein II Richard Rodgers OKLAHOMA CAROUSEL SOUTH PACIFIC THE KING AND I THE SOUND OF MUSIC YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE OH, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING PEOPLE WILL SAY WE’RE IN LOVE IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING I HAVE DREAMED SOME ENCHANTED EVENING MY FAVORITE THINGS IF I LOVED YOU SHALL WE DANCE? SOMETHING WONDERFUL Lorenz Hart BEWITCHED, BOTHERED AND BEWILDERED MY ROMANCE HAVE YOU MET MISS JONES? MY FUNNY VALENTINE I COULD WRITE A BOOK THOU SWELL ISN’T IT ROMANTIC? THE LADY IS A TRAMP MY HEART STOOD STILL WHERE OR WHEN Otto Harbach INDIAN LOVE CALL WHO? YESTERDAYS Ray Henderson THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE BIRTH OF THE BLUES FIVE FOOT TWO, EYES OF BLUE I’M FLYING HIGH I’M SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD IT ALL DEPENDS ON YOU LIFE IS JUST A BOWL OF CHERRIES SONNYBOY THAT OLD GANG OF MINE YOU’RE THE CREAM IN MY COFFEE Bart Howard IN OTHER WORDS FLY ME TO THE MOON Herman Hupfeld LET’S PUT OUT THE LIGHTS (AND GO TO SLEEP) Jerome Kern A FINE ROMANCE PICK YOURSELF UP LONG AGO (AND FAR AWAY) LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING DEARLY BELOVED I’M OLD FASHIONED THE FOLKS WHO LIVE ON THE HILL WHY WAS I BORN? THE LAST TIME I SAW PARIS LOVELY TO LOOK AT THE SONG IS YOU Ted Koehler GET HAPPY BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA I GOTTA RIGHT TO SING THE BLUES ILL WIND LET’S FALL IN LOVE STORMY WEATHER WHEN THE SUN COMES OUT Burton Lane EVERYTHING I HAVE IS YOURS OLD DEVIL MOON HOW ARE THINGS IN GLOCCA MORRA? LOOK TO THE RAINBOW TOO LATE NOW YOU’RE MY THRILL ON A CLEAR DAY (YOU CAN SEE FOREVER) Frank Loesser PRAISE THE LORD AND PASS THE AMMUNITION A BUSHEL AND A PECK I’VE NEVER BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE LUCK BE A LADY I’LL KNOW SIT DOWN, YOU’RE ROCKING THE BOAT INCHWORM THUMBELINA STANDING ON THE CORNER BABY, IT’S COLD OUTSIDE Hugh Martin THE BOY NEXT DOOR THE TROLLEY SONG HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS Jimmy McHugh I CAN’T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE I’M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE DON’T BLAME ME ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET EXACTLY LIKE YOU IT’S A MOST UNUSUAL DAY COMING IN ON A WING AND A PRAYER Johnny Mercer LAZYBONES (CARMICHAEL) I’M AN OLD COWHAND FROM THE RIO GRAND YOU MUST HAVE BEEN A BEAUTIFUL BABY (WARREN) TOO MARVELLOUS FOR WORDS (WHITING) JEEPERS CREEPERS (WARREN) I THOUGHT ABOUT YOU (VAN HEUSEN) FOOLS RUSH IN (WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD)(BLOOM) DAY IN – DAY OUT (BLOOM) THIS TIME THE DREAM’S ON ME (ARLEN) HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD (WHITING) THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC (ARLEN) BLUES IN THE NIGHT (ARLEN) DEARLY BELOVED (KERN) SKYLARK (CARMICHAEL) TANGERINE (SCHERTZINGER) I’M OLD FASHIONED (KERN) YOU WERE NEVER LOVLIER (KERN) ON THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND THE SANTA FE (WARREN) COME RAIN OR COME SHINE (ARLEN) SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE IN THE COOL COOL COOL OF THE EVENING (CARMICHAEL) MOON RIVER (MANCINI) DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES (MANCINI) CHARADE (MANCINI) I WANNA BE AROUND (VIMMERSTEDT) AUTUMN LEAVES SUMMER WIND THE GLOW WORM Ray Noble LOVE IS THE SWEETEST THING OLD SPINNING WHEEL ISLE OF CAPRI THE TOUCH OF YOUR LIPS I HADN’T ANYONE TILL YOU THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU Cole Porter NIGHT AND DAY I’VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN BEGIN THE BEGUINE LET’S DO IT (LET’S FALL IN LOVE) WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE? TOO DARN HOT LOVE FOR SALE YOU’RE THE TOP JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS ALL OF YOU EV’RYTIME WE SAY GOODBYE IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT IT’S DE-LOVELY MY HEART BELONGS TO DADDY I CONCENTRATE ON YOU YOU’D BE SO NICE TO COME HOME TO SO IN LOVE ANYTHING GOES YOU DO SOMETHING TO ME TRUE LOVE Harry Ruby Bert Kalmar Harry Ruby & Bert Kalmar WHO’S SORRY NOW? THINKING OF YOU THREE LITTLE WORDS NEVERTHELESS A KISS TO BUILD A DREAM ON Jule Styne TIME AFTER TIME GUESS I’LL HANG MY TEARS OUT TO DRY I FALL IN LOVE TOO EASILY DIAMONDS ARE A GIRL’S BEST FRIEND PEOPLE DON’T RAIN ON MY PARADE JUST IN TIME SATURDAY NIGHT IS THE LONLIEST NIGHT OF THE WEEK LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! Harry Warren SHUFFLE OFF TO BUFFALO YOU’RE GETTING TO BE A HABIT WITH ME WE’RE IN THE MONEY LULLUBY OF BROADWAY LULU’S BACK IN TOWN SEPTEMBER IN THE RAIN JEEPERS CREEPERS THE MORE I SEE YOU YOU’LL NEVER KNOW Richard A.