[Dixielandjazz] Happy Birthday - as a Jazz Medley

[Bryan Livett]

How about "Who's Sorry Now?" or "Old Folks"?

Bryan

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Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 3:54 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Happy Birthday - as a Jazz Medley


> We, as I am sure many other bands, are often asked to play Happy Birthday
for
> someone in the audience.  I am planning to prepare a comic medley of songs
so
> that it does the job, and is tolerable for the band to play, while making
it
> really fun for people to listen to with gentle jabs at the celebrant.  I
am
> looking for suggestions of songs that would fit this goal.  In scanning
through
> my song sheet list, the following stand out, but for the under 40's crowd,
> might just not mean much to them having no familiarity with them:
>
> Silver Threads Among The Gold
> The Old Grey Mare
> The Old Oaken Bucket
> Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
> After You've Gone
> Blue Turning Grey Over You
> St. James Infirmary
> When The Saints ...
> I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You
> Mama Don't ''Low No Birthday's 'Round Here
> Memories Of You
> My Blue Heaven
> Old Spinning Wheel
> Red Sails In The Sunset
> Old Rockin' Chair
> A Hundred Years From Today
> It's A Sin To Tell A Lie (Be sure it's true, when you say you're
younger..)
> Just A Little While To Stay Here
>
> What do you others do for this request?
>
>
>
> Bud Taylor
> Smugtown Stompers
> Rochester, NY
> Traditional Jazz since 1958
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