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Wednesday Jul 31
9:00 a
Top Hat
1:30 p
Sing-Along: Gems from the 1920s & '30s
5:00 p
Talk: Fred, Ginger & RKO
7:30 p
A Fine Romance
Thursday Aug 1
9:00 a
Hooray For Love
1:30 p
Heart And Soul
5:00 p
Talk: Let Me Off Uptown - Razaf & Fields
7:30 p
Memories Of You
Friday Aug 2
9:00 a
Singin' In The Rain
1:30 p
My Funny Valentine
5:00 p
Talk: Look For The Silver Lining - DeSylva & Freed
7:30 p
The Best Things In Life
Saturday Aug 3
9:00 a
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1:30 p
Jeepers Creepers
5:00 p
Talk: Life's Full Of Consequence - Harburg
7:30 p
Old Devil Moon
Sunday Aug 4
4:00 p
Blues In The Night: The 2024 Jazz Party
Wednesday Aug 7
9:00 a
Robin and the 7 Hoods
1:30 p
Sing-Along: Gems from the 1940s & '50s
5:00 p
Talk: Time After Time - Loesser & Cahn
7:30 p
Heart And Soul
Thursday Aug 8
9:00 a
Finian's Rainbow
1:30 p
The Best Things In Life
5:00 p
Talk: Over The Rainbow - Arlen
7:30 p
Old Devil Moon
Friday Aug 9
9:00 a
The Fleet's In
1:30 p
Memories Of You
5:00 p
Talk: Too Marvelous For Words - Mercer
7:30 p
Jeepers Creepers
Saturday Aug 10
9:00 a
Love Me Tonight
1:30 p
A Fine Romance
5:00 p
Talk: Thou Swell - Hart
7:30 p
My Funny Valentine
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Jeepers Creepers
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Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive
Here Come The Waves
, (1944)
Johnny Mercer
(w),
Harold Arlen
(m)
Lyrics
Heard at The Shedd...
Recordings
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Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive
1945
Johnny Mercer
Harold Arlen
Here Come The WAVES
1945
VERSE
Gather 'round me,
Ev'rybody,
Gather 'round me,
While I preach some.
Feel a sermon
Comin' on me --
The topic will be sin,
And that's what I'm, agin'.
If you wanna
Hear my story,
Then settle back
And just sit tight
While I start reviewin'
The attitude of doin' right.
REFRAIN
You've go to
Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive,
E-lim-mi-nate the negative,
Latch on to the affirmative--
Dont mess with Mister In-Between!
REFRAIN
You've got to
Spread joy up to the maximum,
Bring gloom down to the minimum,
Have faith or pandemonium
Li'ble to walk upon the scene!
BRIDGE
To illustrate my last remark
Jonah in the whale,
Noah in the Ark,
What did they do,
Just when ev'rything looked so dark?
"Man", they said,
REFRAIN
"We better
Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive,
E-lim-mi-nate the negative,
Latch on to the affirmative,
Don't mess with Mister In-Between.
No! Don't mess with Mister In-Between.
2000
Jan 27-Feb 4
JK 1999-00
Blues in the Night
2008
Jul 31
OFAM 2008
Beyond The Rainbow
Jaqua
Aug 9
OFAM 2008
Stage Door Canteen
Silva
2009
Jul 30
OFAM 2009
The Dream's On Me
Jaqua
2011
Aug 6
OFAM 2011
Stormy Weather
Jaqua
2013
Aug 7
OFAM 2013
Smile
Jaqua
2016
Jul 8
SW 2015-16
HAROLD ARLEN
Jaqua
Aug 9
OFAM 2016
I'll Be Seeing You
Jaqua
Aug 13
OFAM 2016
Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive
Jaqua
2017
Aug 10
OFAM 2017
OFAM Sing-Along 2
Recital
Aug 12
OFAM 2017
That Old Black Magic
Jaqua
2018
Feb 1-11
JK 2017-18
A Pocketful Of Dreams
2019
Jul 6
SW 2018-19
Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive
Jaqua
Jul 24
OFAM 2019
2019 Community Sing-Along 1
Recital
Jul 27
OFAM 2019
Moonlight Serenade
Jaqua
Aug 3
OFAM 2019
Moonlight Serenade
Jaqua
2020
Feb 6-9
JK 2019-20
It's All Right With Me
2023
Jan 18-21
OFAM 2023 Winter
Lazy Bones
Jaqua
Jan 18
OFAM 2023 Winter
Lazy Bones
Jaqua
Jan 19
OFAM 2023 Winter
Sing-Along: Great songs from the 1940s
Recital
Jan 21
OFAM 2023 Winter
Lazy Bones
Jaqua
2024
Aug 3-9
OFAM 2024 Summer
Jeepers Creepers
Jaqua
Recorded
Performers
Label
Cat.#
Matrix
Johnny Mercer & Pied Pipers
Capitol
10155
The Four King Sisters (Buddy Cole Orchestra
RCA Victor
20-1631
10/04/1944
Johnny Mercer-June Hutton
Capitol
180
11/23/1944
Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
RCA Victor
20-1612
D4VB1052
12/08/1944
Bing Crosby & Andrew Sisters
Decca
23379
L3685
12/21/1944
Kay Kyser & His Orchestra
Columbia
36771
HCO1188
08/16/1955
Sammy Davis Jr. (Morty Stevens' Orch)
Decca
29737
L8642
Year
Title
Medium
Type
Usage
1944
Here Come The Waves
film
film original
introduced
OFAM 2024 Title Sponsor
Shedd Presenting Sponsor
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