Finish the Lyric
"But it wouldn't be make believe if ______________________".
What is "you believed in me"
Two former Beatles have each recorded this song: Ringo Starr for his 1970 album Sentimental Journey, and Paul McCartney for his 2012 album Kisses on the Bottom.
What is "Bye Bye Blackbird"
The Beatles regularly performed this tin pan alley song live from 1957 to 1962.
What is "Ain't She Sweet"? (Ager/Yellen - 1927)
What city is known as the birthplace of jazz?
What is "New Orleans"?
Also known as "The King of Ragtime", this piano player's most famous song is "The Entertainer".
Who is Scott Joplin?
"Like jack horner_____________"
This song was composed by Joseph Kosma in 1945 with original lyrics by Jacques Prévert in French (original French title: "Les Feuilles mortes"), and later by Johnny Mercer in English.
What is "Autumn Leaves".
This tune has remained popular since it was the #1 song in America in 1924, having been featured in films like Casablanca, Annie Hall, When Harry Met Sally, and a League of their Own - there is even a 1947 film by the same title.
What is "It Had to be You"?
This type of jazz singing is known for its use of nonsence words and syllables.
What is "scat singing"?
"Satchmo" was the iconic trumpeter and vocalist with the gravely voice.
Who is Louis Armstrong?
"Just a jack-knife has _________ ________, dear, and he keeps it out of sight"
What is "Mack Heath"?
This 1933 inspired a 1943 film of the same title starring Lena Horne, Bill Robinson, and Cab Calloway.
What is "Stormy Weather".
This was Liberace's theme song, and he would usually perform it by singing it rather than playing it on any of his various pianos.
What is "I'll be Seeing You"?
"At one o'clock in the morning, I sat down at an old IBM electric typewriter and said, 'If Frank were writing this, what would he say?' And I started, metaphorically, 'And now the end is near.' I read a lot of periodicals, and I noticed everything was 'my this' and 'my that'. We were in the 'me generation' and Frank became the guy for me to use to say that. I used words I would never use: 'I ate it up and spit it out.' But that's the way he talked. I used to be around steam rooms with the Rat Pack guys—they liked to talk like Mob guys, even though they would have been scared of their own shadows.
Who is Paul Anka? (My Way, 1967)
Dubbed "The First Lady of Song," she was the most popular female jazz singer in the United States for more than half a century.
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
"Take my lips, I want to lose them, Take my______________________________?
What is "arms, I'll never use them"?
Written by Rogers and Hart in 1936, it may be the first instance of the classic doo-wop progression of midcentury popular music.
What is "Blue Moon"?
Originally written by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin for the musical Girl Crazy (1930) and sung by Ginger Rogers, this tune of lament has been played or sung by all the greats, with Ella Fitzgerald's 1959 version winning the 1960 Grammy Award for Best Female Vocal Performance.
What is "But Not For Me"?
This idiom, which Frank Loesser turned into a romantic song, was a well-known phrase among poker players, referring to a person who lost steadily and handsomely.
What is "I'd like to get you on a slow boat to China"? (Loesser/1948)
This famous clarinetist and bandleader was known as the "King of Swing."
Who is Benny Goodman?
"Look at me, I'm as helpless as ____________________________.
What is "a kitten up a tree"?
Composed by Irving Berlin in 1926 as a last-minute addition to the Rodgers and Hart musical Betsy, audiences on opening night demanding 24 encores of this piece from star Belle Baker.
What is "Blue Skies"?
Though the 1935 copyright of this tune attributes the music to Jimmy McHugh, the fact that these parts are in Fats Waller’s handwriting argues strongly that he, not McHugh, was the original composer of this song. (Musical Clue)
What is "The Sunny Side of the Street"
What style of jazz is made up of a series of bars or "measures" that make up the form AAB?
The 12 bar blues
Friend and music partner Lester Day gave this songstress the nickname "Lady Day".
Who is "Billie Holiday"?