Moonlight Serenade - Sat, Aug 3, 2019

Jesse Cloninger and The Jazz Kings survey the extraordinarily rich repertoire of music from both sides of the Atlantic during World War II, including a choice selection of Swing classics made famous by

MOONLIGHT SERENADE is one of 6 OFAM 2019 concerts presented twice:
Evening: Sat, July 27 - 8:00 pm
Matinee: Sat, August 3 - 1:00 pm

Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw and others, as well as other unforgettable songs from those years by The Andrews Sisters, Francis Langford, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, a fine selection of songs that came out of Great Britain and Europe, and even a handful of simply wonderful "hidden gems".

Event Personnel

Jesse Cloninger, director

Vocalists

Shirley Andress, vocals
Bill Hulings, vocals
Siri Vik, vocals
Tracy B. Tooze, vocals

Emerald City Jazz Kings

Program

SET I

A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square

(1939) New Faces

Words by Eric Maschwitz - Music by Manning Sherwin

Saturday Night

(1944)

Words by Sammy Cahn - Music by Jule Styne

Comin' In On A Wing And A Prayer

(1943)

Words by Harold Adamson - Music by Jimmy McHugh

In The Mood

(1939)

Words by Andy Razaf - Music by Joe Garland

uses melody of Tar Paper Stomp

Cow Cow Boogie

(1942) Ride 'Em, Cowboy

Words by Gene de Paul, Benny Carter - Music by Don Raye

Lili Marlene

(1937)

Words by Hans Leip - Music by Norbert Schultze

Pennsylvania 6-5000

(1940)

Words by Jerry Gray - Music by Carl Sigman

Run, Rabbit, Run!

(1939) The Little Dog Laughed

Words by Ralph Butler - Words & music by Noel Gay

Moonlight Serenade

(1939) interpolated into Day-Time Wife

Words by Mitchell Parish - Music by Glenn Miller

Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree

(1942) interpolated into Private Buckaroo

Words by Charles Tobias, Lew Brown - Music by Sam Stept

SET II

Don't Fence Me In

(1936)

Words by Robert Fletcher - Words & music by Cole Porter

G. I. Jive

(1944)

Words & music by Johnny Mercer

I'll Be Seeing You

(1938) Right This Way

Words by Irving Kahal - Music by Sammy Fain

I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time

(1920)

Words by Neville Fleeson - Music by Albert Von Tilzer

Is You Is, Or Is You Ain't (My Baby)

(1943)

Words by Billy Austin - Music by Louis Jordan

At Last

(1942) Orchestra Wives

Words by Mack Gordon - Music by Harry Warren

That's What The Well-Dressed Man In Harlem Will Wear

(1942) This Is The Army

Words & music by Irving Berlin

Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive

(1944) Here Come The Waves

Words by Johnny Mercer - Music by Harold Arlen

When The Roses Bloom Again

(1942)

Words by Nate Burton - Music by Walter Kent

Woodchopper's Ball

(1939)

Music by Woody Herman, Joe Bishop

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

(1941) Buck Privates

Words & music by Don Raye, Hughie Prince

Featured composers, lyricists, creators

Harold Adamson, 1906-1980
Harold Arlen, 1905-1986
Billy Austin, -
Irving Berlin, 1888-1989
Joe Bishop, -
Lew Brown, 1893-1958
Nate Burton, -
Ralph Butler, -
Sammy Cahn, 1913-1993
Benny Carter, -
Gene de Paul, 1919-1988
Sammy Fain, 1902-1989
Neville Fleeson, 1887-1945
Robert Fletcher, -
Joe Garland, 1903-1977
Noel Gay, -
Mack Gordon, 1904-1959
Jerry Gray, -
Woody Herman, 1913-1987
Louis Jordan, 1908-1975
Irving Kahal, 1903-1942
Walter Kent, 1911-1994
Hans Leip, -
Eric Maschwitz, 1901-1969
Jimmy McHugh, 1895-1969
Johnny Mercer, 1909-1976
Glenn Miller, 1904-1944
Mitchell Parish, 1900-1993
Cole Porter, 1891-1964
Hughie Prince, -
Don Raye, 1909-1985
Andy Razaf, 1895-1973
Norbert Schultze, -
Manning Sherwin, -
Carl Sigman, 1909-2000
Sam Stept, 1897-1964
Jule Styne, 1905-1994
Charles Tobias, 1898-1970
Albert Von Tilzer, 1878-1956
Harry Warren, 1893-1981

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