[Dixielandjazz] Song title puns
david richoux
tubaman at batnet.com
Fri Apr 9 17:16:57 PDT 2004
Not a pun, but a punctuation funny:
What Is That Thing Called, Love?
by the way - found a huge web list of song titles with recording
artist, record, date info at: http://rcs.law.emory.edu/rcs/titles
(mostly Rock, Pop and Country - some jazz)
Dave Richoux
On Apr 9, 2004, at 11:37 AM, Charles Suhor wrote:
> Hey, fellow DJML listers--
>
> The band leaders often used puns when calling up tunes (off-mike) to
> the
> sidemen during spot gigs from the 40s-60s. I'm guessing this happened
> all
> over the country, so you'll probably recognize most of these and can
> add a
> few of your own. The first twenty are pretty transparent so almost
> anyone
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