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From The Civil War
Julia Ward Howe
(author of "Battle Hymn of the Republic")
to
The Cold War
Elvis Presley and The Jordanaires
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Jazz On Screen - Movies and Television
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Top Ten Essential Movie Songs, 1930s-1950s
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Without a song, the day would never end...
These opening lyrics are by Billy Rose and Edward Eliscu from the 1929 song, recorded by various singers, including a memorable recording by Frank Sinatra in 1961, and they describe how important a song can be in someone's life. Many singers have admired this song. For example, Elvis Presley quoted some of the lyrics at a press conference. He knew the value of a song to his audience and to himself.
Today much of what we get on radio, TV and movies are badly sung songs, with mumbling off-key voices and unmemorable melodies.
Do we really need this type of music ruling our lives?
Is "American Idol" really what we want as the criteria for the best of our music culture?
If you feel differently, you don't have to take it anymore!!
You can replace it with better music.
For example, classic pop songs sung by fine stylists, like Linda Eder or Tony Bennett.
Or sung by Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Ella Fitzgerald --
to name just a few of the many great pop singers from the past.All these singers deserve to be remembered.
There have been thousands of worthwhile American popular songs
written in the past century or so. Why not listen to them? You can find a list of some of these songs here.Most new songs today are gushed over by celebrity-crazed critics and journalists.
Many of these songs are here today and forgotten tomorrow, sung by those with limited vocal ability or musical style.
Meanwhile extremely talented songwriters and singers from earlier decades are being forgotten or ignored.
They were part of the "Great American Songbook."
We need to preserve these great songs for future generations of listeners and musicians.
If you really care about preserving popular songs from the past,
you can help support the efforts of this web site by ordering music at theAre you interested in supporting popular songs from the past? Then join this free web group:
Pick your favorite movie songs
and send in your list by January 30, 2012
Click on link below for details:
No. 1: "Dream World" -
Songs, Poems and Stories
No. 2: "Following The Stars" -
Music & Memories of Hopalong Cassidy
No. 3: Shake, Rattle and Roll" -
Electric Elvis and Bill RandleNo. 4: "You Are My Sunshine" -
Memories of BloomfieldRead more about these titles at the
Multimedia Popular Song Series
Remembering Great Singers and Musicians
"Dust" - A Centennial Tribute To Roy Rogers
I once knew a man who was called "King George" because he liked to be treated lika a king. But he was no king. But George Shearing was a king of his realm. Besides his great jazz quintet he had a remarkable run with the greatest of all jazz singers, Mel Torme (1925-1999). To my mind, George Shearing was "King George" - King of Smooth Jazz. -- R.L. Hall
R.I.P. George Shearing (1919-2011)
Hear him performing with Mel Torme on
A Beautiful Singing Legend
The beautiful lustrous voice of Jo Stafford was a fixture on radio, records and later television during the 1940s and 1950s.
She was born in Coalinga, California on November 12,1917. She first sang with her two sisters but then joined a vocal group known as "The Pied Pipers." They sang with Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra, joined by a skinny young singer,
whose name was Frank Sinatra.Jo Stafford eventually left the group and became a solo recording artist in 1944. Her serene singing of such songs as: "I'll Be Seeing You," "Long Ago (And Far Away)," and "All The Things You Are" became so popular during World War II that she was dubbed by servicemen as "G.I. Jo."
Some of her biggest hits were during the 1950s, including "You Belong To Me" (by Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart & Chilton Price), Jo Stafford's biggest hit. Also the Hank Williams song "Jambalaya," and
"Shrimp Boats" (by Paul Mason Howard & Paul Weston).In the late 1950s, she began a comedy duo with her husband, arranger- conductor Paul Weston. They called themselves Jonathan and Darlene Edwards nd portrayed a bad lounge act, singing and playing off key. She received her only Grammy for one of these comedy records in 1961. After recording a parody of the Bee Gees hit "Stayin' Alive" in 1977, she retired from singing, except for a tribute event for Frank Sinatra in 1990.
Jo Stafford died in Century City, California on July 16, 2008. She was 90.
She'll be remembered by those who treasure that clear smooth voice
and simple direct way she had with a song.She was an unforgettable vocalist.
-- R. L. Hall, July 2008
Read more about one of the great pop singers from the past at:
Centennial Songwriter Tributes
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"River Of No Return"
A Centennial Tribute to Ken Darby
"I Hear Music"
A Centennial Tribute To Frank Loesser
"Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive"
Johnny Mercer in Hollywood
The Sammy Movie Music Awards
Red, White and Blue...
Christmas Hit Songs by Gene, Bing, and Elvis
See also these links:
Christmas Music In New England
Popular Songwriters
and
The Great American Songbook
See a list of songwriters and singers from the past at
Popular Songwriters and The Great American Songbook
Name Those Tunes!
National Carry A Tune Week
The next event will be held on
October 7 - 13, 2012
Read more about it here
See the lists of past tunes at:
Songs of the Civil War Era
For the 150th anniversary of
The Civil War
Multimedia CD:
"Glory, Hallelujah!" -
Songs and Hymns of the Civil War Era
Songs of the World War II Era
After watching the excellent seven-part TV series, THE WAR, produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, and elegantly written by Geoffrey C. Ward, you might want to order the music used in this series.
The music is available both in a Deluxe 4 CD Edition with Viewer's Guide and Booklet
a single CD soundtrack...
The War -- 4 CD set with 2 booklets
Disc One: The War (soundtrack, 17 tracks)
Disc Two: Sentimental Journey (Song Hits, 20 tracks)
Disc Three: I'm Beginning To See The Light (Dance Hits, 20 tracks)
Disc Four: Songs Without Words (Classical Music, 10 tracks)The War -- single soundtrack CD (17 tracks)
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Here are five recommended CDs of music from the World War II Era:
As Time Goes By: World War II Songs
3 CD Set (65 tracks)
Those Were Our Songs: Music of World War II
2 CDs (40 tracks)
G.I. Jukebox: Songs from World War II
CD (18 tracks)
Songs That Got Us Through WWII
CD (18 tracks)
Songs That Got Us Through WW II, Volume 2
CD (18 tracks)
American Songs on DVD
Though there a few factual errors about the early songs and the film clips are often not complete, this is still a very entertaining and enjoyable look at American songs from the past, from "Yankee Doodle" to "Jailhouse Rock" and including such musical stars as Bing Crosby, Judy Garland, Lena Horne and Gene Kelly:
The Great American Songbook
Hosted by Michael Feinstein
Special Edition DVD: Preserving Our Musical Past
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Popular Singer Tribute 1: Bravo, Bing!
Popular Singer Tribute 2: Lotsa Lanza!
A Remembrance of Frank Sinatra
Popular Singer Tribute 4: Electric Elvis!
In celebration of the 75th anniversary of the birth of Elvis Aron Presley, now you can receive a new commemorative disc with music and articles about the early music career of Elvis and the disc jockey and promoter Bill Randle. For more, click this link:
"Shake, Rattle and Roll" - Electric Elvis and Bill Randle
The first city outside of the South where Elvis became popular:
One of his best known recordings was
"Love Me Tender."But did Elvis Presley really co-write
this song?Read about
The Truth Behind "Love Me Tender"
The Cold War Era: Song Hits Series
See the list of 350 song hits from 1956 to 1962...
Read about the legendary '50s rock n' roll disc jockey,
Alan Freed, and songs from that era in this multimedia book,"Free As The Breeze" - Confessions of a Struggling Songwriter
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Additional American Music Preservation Links
Popular Songwriters and The Great American Songbook
Survey of American Song (1759-1961)
Songs and Songwriters
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