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Danny
Boy
This beloved Irish song is one
of over 100 songs composed to the same tune.
The author of the version we
now recognize and love, was an English lawyer,
Frederic Edward Weatherly (1848-1929),
who was also a songwriter and radio entertainer.
In 1910 he wrote the words and
music for an unsuccessful song he called Danny Boy.
In 1912 his sister-in-law in
America sent him a tune called the Londonderry Air,
which he had never heard before.
He immediately noticed that the
melody was perfectly fitted to his Danny Boy lyrics,
and published a revised version
of the song in 1913.
As far as is known, Weatherly
never set foot in Ireland.
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Grandfather's
Clock
Words and Music by Henry C. Work.
Publication:
Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co., 449 & 451 Washington Street, 1876.
Everyone's favorite Clock song
:)
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Oh,
Dem Golden Slippers
Words and Music by James A. Bland
(Composer of Carry
Me Back To Old Virginny)
The sheet music says "Over 100,000
Copies Sold Already".
Tastes in music sure have changed
since 1879.
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Toot
Toot Tootsie
Words and Music by Gus Kahn, Ernie
Erdman and Dan Russo.
Publication:
New York: Leo Feist, Inc., 1922
Al Jolson, "The World's Greatest
Entertainer" strikes it big again
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The
Sheik Of Araby
Words by Harry B. Smith and Francis
Wheeler. Music by Ted Snyder.
Publication:
New York: Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co., Music Publishers,
Strand Theatre Bldg., Broadway
at 47th St., 1921
A jazzy treatment of one of the
most popular songs of the Roaring Twenties and Big Band Eras
Even the Beatles recorded a version
of this one.
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It's
All In The Game
Words by Carl Sigman, Music by
General Charles G. Dawes
Publication: Remick Music Corporation,
1912
This song was a hit for Tommy
Edwards, Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, The Four Tops
Cliff Richards, and Andy
Williams.
It was ahead of its time with
a jazzy, romantic feeling that new audiences will continue to re-discover
--
no wonder all these recording
artists loved it.
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A
Good Man Is Hard To Find
Words and Music by Eddie Green
Publication by Pace & Handy,
New York, 1918
Ragtime flavored tune with a
rather timeless lament.
Featured in the Frank Sinatra
film Meet Danny Wilson
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I
Love You Truly
Words and Music by Carrie Jacobs-Bond.
Publication:
Chicago: The Bond Shop by Carrie Jacobs-Bond and Son,
746 So. Michigan Ave., 1906
This song has been sung at countless
weddings since it was first published
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Margie
Lyric by Benny Davis. Music by
Con Conrad and J. Russel Robinson.
Publication:
New York: Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co., Music Publishers,
Strand Theatre Bldg., Broadway
at 47th St., 1920
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Stumbling
Words & Music by Zez Confrey.
Publication:
New York: Leo Feist, Inc., 1922.
A cute little fox trot ditty
with a ragtime flavor
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