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 handfull of simply wonderful "hidden gems".

Event Personnel

Jesse Cloninger, director

Vocalists

Shirley Andress, vocals
Bill Hulings, vocals
Siri Vik, vocals
Tracy Williams-Tooze, vocals

The 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, -
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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