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| x Old Folks at Home |
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"Old Folks at Home" (also known as "Swanee Ribber" or "Suwannee River") is a minstrel song written by Stephen Foster in 1851.
Written for performance by the New York blackface troupe Christy's Minstrels, the song has E. P. Christy, the troupe's...
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| x Blue Skies |
"Blue Skies" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin in 1926.
The song was composed in 1926 as a last-minute addition to the Rodgers and Hart musical Betsy. Although the show only ran for 39 performances, "Blue Skies" was an instant success, with...
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| x You Made Me Love You |
"You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)" is a popular song.
The music was written by James V. Monaco, the lyrics by Joseph McCarthy. The song was published in 1913. It was introduced in the Broadway revue The Honeymoon Express.
One of the...
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| x Cheek to Cheek |
"Cheek to Cheek" is a song written by Irving Berlin, for the Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers movie Top Hat (1935). In the movie, Astaire sings the song to Rogers as they dance. The song was nominated for the Best Song Academy Award for 1936, which it...
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| x Smoke Gets in Your Eyes |
"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" is a show tune written by American composer Jerome Kern and lyricist Otto Harbach for their 1933 musical Roberta. It was originally recorded by Gertrude Niesen, on October 13, 1933, on the Victor label 24454. It was...
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| x Anything Goes |
"Anything Goes" is a popular song written by Cole Porter for his musical Anything Goes (1934). Many of the lyrics feature humorous (but dated) references to various figures of scandal and gossip in Depression Era high society. For example, one...
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| x Night and Day |
"Night and Day" is a popular song by Cole Porter. It was written for the 1932 musical play Gay Divorce. It is perhaps Porter's most popular contribution to the Great American Songbook and has been recorded by dozens of artists.
Fred Astaire...
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| x For Me and My Gal |
For Me And My Gal is a 1917 popular standard song by George W. Meyer, Edgar Leslie, and E. Ray Goetz.
This song was used in the 1942 film of the same name, where it is the first song that Jo Hayden (Judy Garland) and Harry Palmer (Gene Kelly)...
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| x Happy Days Are Here Again |
"Happy Days Are Here Again" is a song copyrighted in 1929 by Milton Ager (music) and Jack Yellen (lyrics) and published by EMI Robbins Catalog, Inc./Advanced Music Corp. The song was recorded by Leo Reisman and His Orchestra, with Lou Levin, vocal ...
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| x People Will Say We're in Love | ||
| x Easter Parade |
"Easter Parade" is a popular song that was written by Irving Berlin and was published in 1933. The lyrics describe the singer's involvement in an American cultural event called the Easter parade.
The song was introduced by Marilyn Miller and Clifton...
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| x Baby, It's Cold Outside |
"Baby, It's Cold Outside" is a pop standard with words and music by Frank Loesser. Originally, it was never intended to be a Christmas song. In its early years it was played year round. In recent years, however, it was recorded by numerous adult...
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| x Isn't It Romantic? | ||
| x With a Song in My Heart |
"With a Song in My Heart" is a show tune from the 1929 Rodgers and Hart musical Spring is Here.
In the original Broadway production it was introduced by John Hundley and Lillian Taiz. The following year, it was sung in the Hollywood musical version...
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| x Ten Cents a Dance |
"Ten Cents a Dance" is a popular song in which a taxi dancer laments the hardships of her job. The music was written by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Lorenz Hart. The song was published in 1930.
The song was originally written for Lee Morse who...
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| x I've Got You Under My Skin | ||
| x I Get a Kick Out of You |
"I Get a Kick out of You" is a song by Cole Porter, originally featured in the Broadway musical Anything Goes and the movie of the same name.
Originally sung by Ethel Merman, it has been covered by performers including Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday,...
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| x Embraceable You |
"Embraceable You" is a popular song, with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin. The song was originally written in 1928 for an unpublished operetta named East is West. It was eventually published in 1930 and included in the Broadway...
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| x West Side Story |
West Side Story is an American musical with a book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and conception and choreography by Jerome Robbins. It was inspired by William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.
The...
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