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| Make Believe Music by Jerome Kern and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II for the Broadway Musical Showboat. The Musical was one of the first musicals to actually use the songs to. This technique will be perfected when Oscar Hammerstein teams with Richard Rodger's for OKLAHOMA move the story forward. the musical was extremely controversial as it dealt with interracial marriage and it was also the first racially integrated musical. Previously whites and black performers did not perform on the same stage together. The musical was filmed twice one in 1936 and again by MGM in 1951. Al Jolson April Showers This was one of Al Jolson's trademark songs. And was written by Louis Silvers and BG De Silva for a musical called Bomba. The song was used in the The Bugs Bunny 1962 short Wet Hare. Fanny Brice My Man My Man (and Funny Girl) are regaining popularity now by Lea Michele as the Character of Rachel Berry in Glee uses Barbara Streisand and Funny Girl as her inspiration for star success. Marion Harris Look For The Silver Lining Written by Jerome kern the song was originally written for the musical Zip, Goes A Million. It was then reused in another musical called Sally where it picked up popularity. The song was also rewritten to be the Anthem for the ILGWU called Look For The Union Label. Recently the song was used in the popular Masterpiece Classic Series Downton Abbey. I Ain't Got Nobody The song though popular on it's own in the 1920s. It would later become more popular still when paired as a melody with I'm Just a Gigolo. This combination was performed by such artists as Cab Calloway, Louis Prima, and David Lee Roth. Original Dixie Land Band St. Louis Blues Composed by W. C. Handy in 1914. the song was inspired by a melody that Handy Heard while out of work in St. Louis. It also took some inspiration from a woman who inspired him to write "ma man's got a heart like a rock cast into the sea." The song has been recorded by many artists from The Original Dixie Land Band to Chuck Berry, Stevie Wonder and David Sanborn. At his death in 1958 WC Handy was receiving 25,000 dollars in royalty annually. Paul Biese Trio and Frank Crumit Mimi Written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. Would later become popular again in the 1932 film "Love Me Tonight" and sung by Maurice Chevalier. Richard Rodgers would later achieve major successes with Oscar Hammerstein. ( See Make Believe). Van and Schenk A'int We Got Fun Was used as Eric Northman's ringtone in a 2010 episode of Trueblood. Also used as part of a pivotal point in F Scott Fitzgerald's novel the Great Gatsby. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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