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I'll Get You. The Beatles. 1963. B-side of She Loves You. Solo piano. (Personal Copy 5.1d)
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I Will. The Beatles. White album. 1968. Steel drums, electric bass, percussion. I give this a Caribbean beat. Paul McCartney. (Timbres of Heaven 3.4)
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Original. Piano, alto saxophone, electric bass, percussion. Jazz-influenced. Experiment with sax sound. (Timbres of Heaven 3.4)
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Original. Electric piano, bass, percussion. (Merlin Vienna 3)
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Original. 2 guitars, organ, bass, drums. Loud rock blues. (Timbres of Heaven 3.4)
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What'll I Do. Irving Berlin. 1923. Vibes, guitar, bass, percussion. Sung by William Atherton during opening credits of The Great Gatsby 1974. (Cadenza)
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Let's Face the Music and Dance. Irving Berlin. 1936. Piano, bass, Latin percussion. It was sung by Fred Astaire in the film Follow the Fleet. Danced to by Astaire and Ginger Rogers. I love Ginger Rogers. (Cadenza)
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Viola and piano. Blue Moon by Rodgers & Hart. 1934. The Marcels had a big hit in 1961. 'It may be the first instance of the familiar "50s progression" in a popular song.' (Cadenza)
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Beatles 1963. Harpsichord, 2 flutes, cello. (Merlin Vienna 3)
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(You're My) Dream Come True. Temptations. 1962. Piano, strings, bass violin. First nationally ranked single by the Temptations. Written by Berry Gordy Jr. Lead vocalist in the original was Eddie Kendricks. (Magic SF 2)
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I Truly Truly Believe. Temptations. 1967. B-side of I Wish It Would Rain. Solo piano in style of Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude No. 1 in C major Well Tempered Clavier. Middle instrumental interlude used as intro. (Magic SF 2)
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Flute, oboe, guitar, bass, bongo. Protest song against nuclear testing in the atmosphere. Anti-fall-out. 1962. Words, music by Malvina Reynolds. Sung by the great Joan Baez. Find it and listen to the lyrics. (Timbres of Heaven 3.4)
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From album Odetta Sings Folk Songs. 1963. Recorder, harpsichord, oboe, bass violin. I have never heard the original. I discovered it in Odetta sheet music book that I bought in the 60s. (MagicSF 2)
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Medley. The Bard of Armagh, Piano Man. Irish ballad (also Streets of Laredo), followed by anthem of Billy Joel of Hicksville NY. Recorder, soprano sax, guitar, bass. (SGM V2.01)
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Original. Organ, guitar, bass, percussion. Inspired by Booker T and the MGs. Hence McLemoreAve. Home of Stax records. (Timbres of Heaven 3.4)
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Original. Flute and oboe duet. Johann Joachim Quantz (1697-1773) was a German flutist, flute maker and Baroque music composer. He was born in Scheden, Germany. (PersonalCopy 5.1d)
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2 guitars. Don't Bother Me by George Harrison. 1963. With the Beatles album.
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Brass ensemble. Adeste Fidelis. O Come All Ye Faithful. I copied it out of a hymn book but assigned it to the brass.
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Church organ. I wanted to try something on big church organ. Fun.
