The Parlor Songs Academy
The Lost Verses-Songs You Thought You Knew
An historical look at the music of Tin Pan Alley- Songs still with us today in movies and TV commercials. Net proceeds go to the Parlorsongs Assoc.
Release date: February 2009
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1
Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home
This very upbeat song has been sung by jazz stylists for over 100 years. The chorus melody is infectious and, likely, all that many have ever heard.
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2:30
2
Carolina In The Morning
This perennial favorite was first introduced in the Broadway production 'The Passing Show' of 1922. It appeared in numerous films over the years, including 'April Showers (1948) and 'Jolson Sings Again' (1949).
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3:23
3
When You Were Sweet Sixteen
A beautiful ballad from 1898. A bit less familiar than others on this album, it is most often sung by Barbershop quartets.
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2:49
4
Anything Is Nice If It Comes From Dixieland
During Tin Pan Alley days, songs about Dixie were all the rage and this jazzy number from 1919 is about the charms of Dixie and what Dixie 'brings to the table'.
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2:23
5
Bring Me a Letter From My Old Home Town
World War I gave birth to hundreds of wonderful, patriotic songs.
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2:51
6
Dear Little Boy of Mine
Songs in earlier times were much more expressive than today. People were unafraid to openly express love for family.
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3:24
7
Down Where the Swanee River Flows
The 'Suwanee' River in Florida was singled out in many songs of the 1800s and early 1900s.
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3:27
8
For Me and My Gal
One of the biggest sheet music sellers the year it was written.
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2:43
9
Hello, Ma Baby
Yet another song that has now bridged three centuries, this snappy tune is most remembered from a Warner Brothers cartoon, with the chorus sung by a frog. It was also featured in Mel Brooks' movie 'Spaceballs' in 1987.
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2:32
10
I'm All Bound 'Round With the Mason Dixon Line
A lesser known song about 'Dixie'.
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2:57
11
Leave Me With a Smile
The post-World War I era brought change to America's music. The somber songs during the war gave way to happier, more hopeful tunes.
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3:13
12
Let the Rest of the World Go By
Another favorite by the team of Earnest Ball and J. Kiern Brennan. I'm singing all 4 voice parts on this as I do on 'My Wild Irish Rose'.
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2:51
13
Oh, You Beautiful Doll
A long time favorite from 1911.
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2:53
14
Peg O' My Heart
A song from the Ziegfeld Follies of 1913, sung by Jose Collins.
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2:35
15
Pretty Baby
This song has appeared in more than a dozen movies, including the 1951 biography of the lyricist, Gus Kahn, 'I'll See You In My Dreams', starring Doris Day and Danny Thomas
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1:55
16
Rose of Washington Square
A signature song for the original funny girl, Fanny Brice, who introduced it in the stage musical 'Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic' in 1920.
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3:18
17
Take Your Girlie To the Movies
A tune that looks back at the early days of silent films, mentioning such stars as Billie Burke, who played 'Glenda, Good Witch of the North' in 'The Wizard of Oz'.
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3:27
18
My Wild Irish Rose
The first big hit for Chauncey Alcott in 1899. On this one, I am doing all 4 voice parts.
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3:33
19
Say It With Music
One of Irving Berlin's early ballads from 1921
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2:36
