[Dixielandjazz] American Song Book

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Gol Durn it Steve:

you must have the newest latest version of it,

Mine ain't got none of them songs in it:


The top ten in my version is:

1  The Ballad of the Green Beret    Barry Saddler
2.  God Bless the USA      Lee Greenwood
3.  Your on the Fightin side of Me    Merl Haggard
4.  Does yore chewingum loose it's flavor on the bed post over night ?
5.  How can I miss you if you won't go away ?
6.  Back in the saddle again
7.  Sumbody done sumbody wrong song
8.  Dang Me   ROGER MILLER
9.  Red Neck Gal
10  I got a Tiger by the Tail   Buck Owens


-----Original Message-----
From: russg at redshift.com
To: barbonestreet at earthlink.net
Cc: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Sent: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 12:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] American Song Book

   Thanks to all that responded to my question...

Russ

Steve Barbone wrote:

> Hi Russ:
>
> The "American Song Book", or "Great American Song Book" as it is 
sometimes
> called is a commonly known compilation of tunes that were written by 
the Tin
> Pan Alley composers and the Musical Show Composers during the hey day 
of
> Popular Music Tunes in the USA. Say roughly from 1920 to 1970, give 
or take.
>
> These are the songs by composers such as; Irving Berlin, George 
Gershwin,
> Jerome Kern, Harold Arlen, Leonard Bernstein, Hoagy Carmichael, Cy 
Coleman,
> Matt Dennis, Walter Donaldson, Vernon Duke, Duke Ellington, Allen 
Lerner,
> Frank Loesser, Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer, Cole Porter, Richard 
Rodgers,
> Sigmund Romberg, Arthur Schwartz, Julie Styne, James Van Heusen, Fats
> Waller, Harry Warren, Kurt Weill, Vincent Youmans and Victor Young. 
Plus I
> would include songs by a few of the more current composers (even if 
some are
> not Americans) such as; The Beatles, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Michel 
Legrand,
> Bert Bacharach, Stevie Wonder et al.
>
> No doubt I've left some out, but these are, IMO, the main composers 
whose
> tunes make up what we call "The Great American Song Book".
>
> I am very fortunate in that Barbone Street employs a guitarist, 
bassist, and
> trombonist who know these tunes (about 1500 of them at least) without
> resorting to having to find the written music for them. Thus we are
> comfortable in any wedding setting and or other gig where the 
audience might
> request such tunes. MANY can be and are played as Dixieland.
>
> These are also the tunes that the "Society Bands" of Lester Lanin, 
Meyer
> Davis, Howard Lanin and the others played at all the High Society 
Soirees
> back in the halcyon days of debutantes and those wonderful coming out
> parties and weddings.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>
> Russ Guarino at russg at redshift.com wrote:
>
> > I'm not familiar with the "American Song Book"  Is this a gig book 
or a
> > commonly known list of tunes?
>
> >> Steve Barbone wrote: (Snipped for brevity)
>
> >> We actually did this one, last Feb, as a quintet, American 
Songbook, 5
> >> hours, $500 a man. Played soft, romantic jazz, love songs, adding 
some
> >> Dixieland. Bride and attendees loved our "West Coast Jazz" sound. 
Now, nine
> >> months later, they still write to tell us that guests are still 
talking
> >> about how great the music was.
>
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