concert idea YOUR MOTHER SHOULD KNOW:Songs From The Year Your Mother Was Bo- Page 3

[Aigoo]

Posted: 7/22/05 at 11:23am

My mom was '63. Golden Age.


As for myself

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Once on This Island
Peter Pan
Prelude to a Kiss
Fiddler on the Roof


Not as many as '63.

Updated On: 7/22/05 at 11:23 AM

[singingwendy]

Posted: 7/22/05 at 11:29am

Well...Mom was '45...that's good..gives me "If I Loved You" from Carousel.

I'm 71...not such great choices....either "I Don't Know How to Love Him' from JCS..but not such a great soprano song.....or "Broadway Baby" from Follies.

[Broadway_Bound_Star]

Posted: 7/22/05 at 11:44am

I was born in 89...hrmm... thats about when cast opened.

[Garland Grrrl]

Posted: 7/22/05 at 11:51am

my mother was born in 1924. i was a late in life baby -- very late in life in fact. any good songs from '24?

[MasterLcZ]

Posted: 7/22/05 at 12:38pm

"Adoring You" w. Joseph McCarthy m. Harry Tierney
"Alabamy Bound" w. B. G. De Sylva & Bud Green m. Ray Henderson
"All Alone" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Amapola" w. Joseph M. Lacalle (Sp) Albert Gamse (Eng) m. Joseph M. Lacalle
"At The End of The Road" w. Ballard MacDonald m. James F. Hanley
"Bagdad" w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager
"Big Bad Bill Is Sweet William Now" Ager, Yellen
"Big Boy" m. Milton Ager
"The Blues Have Got Me" Silver, Turk
"California, Here I Come" w.m. Al Jolson, Buddy de Sylva and Joseph Meyer
"Call Of The South" Berlin
"Charley, My Boy" w.m. Gus Kahn & Ted Fio Rito
"Copenhagen" w. Walter Melrose m. Charlie Davis
"Cover Me Up With The Sunshine Of Virginia" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. George W. Meyer
"Deep In My Heart, Dear" w. Dorothy Donnelly m. Sigmund Romberg
"Does The Spearmint Lose Its Flavour On The Bedpost Over Night" w. Billy Rose & Marty Bloom m. Ernest Breuer
"Doo Wacka Doo" w. Clarence Gaskill & Will Donaldson m. George Horther
"Doodle Doo Doo" w.m. Art Kassel & Mel Stitzel
"Drinking Song (Drink! Drink! Drink!)" w. Dorothy Donnelly m. Sigmund Romberg
"The End Of The Road" w.m. Harry Lauder & William Dillon
"Everybody Loves My Baby" w.m. Jack Palmer & Spencer Williams
"Fascinating Rhythm" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
"Follow The Swallow" w. Billy Rose & Mort Dixon m. Ray Henderson
"Golden Days" w. Dorothy Donnelly m. Sigmund Romberg
"The Half Of It Dearie Blues" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
"Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp Of Savannah)" w.m. Milton Ager, Charles Bates, Bob Bigelow & Jack Yellen
"He's The Hottest Man In Town" Owen Murphy, Jay Gorney
"Honest And Truly" w. Leo Wood m. Fred Rose
"How Come You Do Me Like You Do?" w.m. Gene Austin & Roy Bergere
"I Want To Be Happy" w. Irving Caesar m. Vincent Youmans
"I Wonder What's Become Of Sally" w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager
"I'll See You In My Dreams" w. Gus Kahn m. Isham Jones
"I'm A Little Blackbird Looking For A Bluebird" w. Grant Clarke & Roy Turk m. George W. Meyers & Arthur Johnson
"I'm Coming At Your Call" w. Dorothy Donnelly m. Sigmund Romberg
"In Shadowland" w. Sam W. Lewis & Joe Young m. Ruth Brooks & Fred E. Ahlert
"Indian Love Call" (first published as "The Call") w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. Rudolf Friml
"It Had To Be You" w. Gus Kahn m. Isham Jones
"Jealous" w. Tommy Malie & Dick Finch m. Jack Little
"Jimtown Blues" w.m. Fred Rose
"June Brought The Roses" w. Ralph Stanley m. John Openshaw
"June Night" w. Cliff Friend m. Abel Baer
"Just We Two" w. Dorothy Donnelly m. Sigmund Romberg
"Keep Smiling At Trouble" w. Al Jolson & B. G. De Sylva m. Lewis E. Gensler
"Lazy" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Let Me Linger Longer In Your Arms" w. Cliff Friend m. Abel Baer
"Little Jazz Bird" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
"Mama's Gone, Goodbye" w.m. A. J. Piron & Peter Bocage
"The Man I Love" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
"Mandalay" w.m. Earl Burtnett, Abe Lyman & Gus Arnheim
"Mandy Make Up Your Mind" w. Grant Clarke & Roy Turk m. George W. Meyer
"Memory Lane" w. B. G. De Sylva m. Larry Spier & Con Conrad
"The Mounties" w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. Rudolf Friml
"My Best Girl" w.m. Walter Donaldson
"My Dream Girl, I Loved You Long Ago" w. Rida Johnson Young m. Victor Herbert
"My Time Is Your Time" w. Eric Little m. Leo Dance
"A New Kind Of Man With A New Kind Of Love For Me" w.m. Sidney Clare & Flatow
"Nobody's Sweetheart Now" w.m. Elmer Schoebel, Ernie Erdman, Gus Kahn & Billy Meyers
"O, Katharina" w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Richard Fall
"Oh Lady Be Good" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
"Oh! Mabel" Gus Kahn, Ted Fio Rito
"Oh! Miss Hannah" w. Thekla Hollingsworth m. Jessie L. Deppen
"The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else" w. Gus Kahn m. Isham Jones
"Parisian Pierrot" w.m. Noel Coward
"Prince Of Wails" m. Elmer Schoebel
"The Prisoner's Song" w.m. Guy Massey
"Red Hot Mama" w.m. Gilbert Wells, Bud Cooper & Fred Rose
"Rhapsody In Blue" m. George Gershwin
"Riverboat Shuffle" m. Hoagy Carmichael & Irving Mills
"Rose Marie" w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. Rudolf Friml
"See See Rider" w.m. Ma Rainey
"Serenade from The Student Prince In Heidelberg" w. Dorothy Donnelly m. Sigmund Romberg
"Shanghai Shuffle" w.m. Larry Conley & Gene Rodemich
"Shine" w. Cecil Mack & Lew Brown m. Ford T. Dabney
"So Am I" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
"Somebody Loves Me" w. Ballard MacDonald & B. G. De Sylva m. George Gershwin
"South" m. Bennie Moten & Thamon Hayes
"Spain" w. Gus Kahn m. Isham Jones
"Stack O'Lee Blues" w.m. by Ray Lopez & Lew Colwell
"Sweet Little You" w.m. Irving Bibo
"Tea For Two" w. Irving Caesar m. Vincent Youmans
"Tell Her In The Springtime" w.m. Irving Berlin
"There's Life In The Old Girl Yet" w.m. Noël Coward
"There's Yes! Yes! In Your Eyes" w. Cliff Friend m. Joseph H. Santly
"Totem Tom-Tom" w. Oscar Hammerstein II & Otto Harbach m. Rudolf Friml
"Two Little Babes In The Wood" w.m. Cole Porter
"Wait'll You See My Gal" Sullivan, Wilber
"What'll I Do?" w.m. Irving Berlin
"When My Sugar Walks Down The Street" w.m. Gene Austin, Jimmy McHugh & Irving Mills
"When You And I Were Seventeen" w. Gus Kahn m. Charles Rosoff
"Where The Lazy Daisies Grow" w.m. Cliff Friend
"Why Did I Kiss That Girl?" w. Lew Brown m. Robert A. King & Ray Henderson
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Top hits on record
"Arkansaw Blues/Blue Blues" by the Mound City Blue Blowers
"The Prisoner's Song" by Vernon Dalhart
"Rhapsody In Blue" by Paul Whiteman's Orchestra with George Gershwin
"San" by Paul Whiteman & His Jazz Band
"San/Red Hot

[hrh_annette]

Posted: 7/22/05 at 12:53pm

My mom's song would be Can This Be Love from the show Fine and Dandy (1930). Lyrics by Paul James. Music by Kay Swift.

My song would be You've Got Possibilities from the show It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman (1966). Lyrics by Lee Adams. Music by Charles Strouse.

[Garland Grrrl]

Posted: 7/22/05 at 2:40pm

wow THANKS! "when i'm calling yoooouuuuuuuuuuuu...."

[TheaterBaby]

Posted: 7/22/05 at 3:08pm

My mom was born in 1951, so how about I give her some "Guys and Dolls" since (when I was little) she was always walking around singing, "Bushell and a Peck." or something from "The King and I" if we're strictly going with shows that opened the year our Mothers were born.

As or me, I was born in 1982. Yes, it was the year of Cats, but I think I would prefer a little "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" from Dreamgirls. :) Even though Dreamgirls opened in 1981, it was still around 1982 to win some Tonys.

[tagiunagi]

Posted: 7/22/05 at 3:37pm

"Happy Talk" from South Pacific, 1949

[13]

Posted: 7/22/05 at 4:13pm

What a great idea! My mother was born in 1949, so I could do "Soliloquy" from Carousel or "You've Got To Be Carefully Taught" from South Pacific. Of course, if we went with the year I was born, 1972, that would give me my choice of tunes from Company, Man of La Mancha, Grease, Promises, Promises, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Jesus Christ Superstar, 1776, On the Town, and even Two Gentlemen of Verona (just to name a few).

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 7/22/05 at 4:16pm

My mother could sing, "Bitch, Shut Up!" from the musical 'Ruin My Life'....

[WonderBoy]

Posted: 7/22/05 at 5:31pm

My Mom is a former musical theatre performer who was on several national yours. For her I think I'd have to pick "Too Darn Hot" from KISS ME KATE which just barely made it in 1948.