New York Sheet Music Society We Have Many Great Programs Planned for the Rest of the Season
New New York Sheet Music Societsy lette VOLUME 36, NUMBER 5 SINCwwwE.NY S1MS.o9rg 80 FEBRUARY, 2015 r DEDICATED TO THE PRESERVATION OF CLASSIC POPULAR MUSIC s g Make Someone Happy: n i l l i B e Paul & Rochelle Chamlin s o R y b Celebrating the Music of Jule Styne o t By Jerry Osterberg o h P movies, among them It Happened in Brooklyn, which introduced us to “Time After Time,”which was recorded by many, most notably Frank Sinatra and Margaret Whiting. He contributed music to the Ice Capades of 1942 and 1943, and with Sammy Cahn, wrote Glad to See You, his first full- fledged musical in 1944. Despite being directed by Busby Berkeley and starring Eddie Foy, Jr, the show closed during tryouts in Philadelphia. But, not all was not lost. ERVIN DRAKE – From that largely forgotten musical emerged “Guess I’ll Have to Hang My Tears Out to THE MAN, THE Dry.” In all, Styne’s musicals reached the MUSIC & LOVES Broadway boards over twenty times, making By Linda Amiel Burns & a number of stars along the way – Nanette Sandi Durell Fabray, Carol Channing, Judy Holliday, Carol Lawrence, and Barbra Streisand among Cabaret aficionados are aware of the Photo by Rose Billings them. Several of his productions had long continued presence of Ervin Drake and runs: High Button Shoes, Bells Are Ringing, his beautiful wife, Edith, and their on- Should you need convincing that going support of the American popular it’s not only today’s young rock stars who Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Sugar, Do Re Mi, and Gypsy, but the real blockbuster was song.
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