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
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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. Whiting TIL WE MEET AGAIN
BREEZIN’ ALONG WITH THE BREEZE
HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD
ON THE GOOD SHIP LOLLIPOP
TOO MARVELLOUS FOR WORDS Vincent Youmans TEA FOR TWO
TIME ON MY HANDS
MORE THAN YOU KNOW
THE CARIOCA
SOMETIMES I’M HAPPY
WITHOUT A SONG
I WANT TO BE HAPPY Victor Young I DON’T STAND A GHOST OF A CHANCE WITH YOU
STELLA BY STARLIGHT
LOVE LETTERS
MY FOOLISH HEART
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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?