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1. In 1958 Berry Gordy, Roquel "Billy" Davis and Gwendolyn Gordy wrote this song. Jackie Wilson "Mr. Excitement" recorded it and it reached Number one on the Rhythm and Blues (R&B) chart and Number seven on the BillBoard Hot 100 chart. Which is it?
"Come home, come home
Just say you will, say you will
(Say you will) say you will, (say you will)
Hey, hey (say you will)
My heart is crying, crying"
2. The Carmen McRae version of this Gershwin song (from the album, "The Best Jazz Tunes of the 1950s" on the "AllMusic site) was not the only one recorded that year. Ella Fitzgerald also recorded it. You can get this one, right?
"But now whenever you`re away
Can`t sleep nights and suffer all the day
I just sit and wonder
If love isn't one big blunder"
3. This was a 1945 song written by Joseph Kosma with French lyrics by Jacques Prévert. In 1947 Johnny Mercer added English lyrics. It was recorded in 1955 as a piano instrumental and it hit Number one on the BB chart. Which pianist recorded this version? Some lyrics as an amuse bouche:
"C'est une chanson
Qui nous resemble
Toi tu m'aimais
Et je t'aimais"
et en Anglais:
"The falling leaves drift by the window
The autumn leaves of red and gold
I see your lips, the summer kisses
The sun-burned hands I used to hold"
4. This Bronislau Kaper and Helen Deutsch song was written in 1952 and was featured in a 1953 movie. Can you name it?
"On every tree there sits a bird, singing a song of love
On every tree there sits a bird, and ev'ryone I ever heard
Could break my heart without a word singing a song of love"
5. This song was written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and recorded by The Coasters in 1958. Haven't a clue? Me neither. The song is...
"Take out the papers and the trash
Or you don't get no spendin' cash
If you don't scrub that kitchen floor
You ain't gonna rock and roll no more"
6. This 1952 song was written by Fred Rose and Edward Nelson. Hank Williams recorded it in 1952. It made it to Number two on US Country chart. Which is it?
"We'll take in all the honky tonks, tonight we're having fun
We'll show the folks a brand new dance that never has been done
I don't care who thinks we're silly, you be daffy and I'll be dilly
We'll order up two bowls of chili,"
7. Written by Bobby Troup in 1946, it was originally recorded and released in 1946 by King Cole Trio and it reappeared on the album, "The Best Jazz Tunes of the 1950s". Did you get it? Did you have good intentions?
"Now you go through Saint Louis
Joplin, Missouri,
And Oklahoma City is mighty pretty.
You'll see Amarillo,
Gallup, New Mexico,
Flagstaff, Arizona,
Don't forget Winona"
8. Paul Anka wrote this song with Joe Sherman and recorded it in 1957. It made Number two on BB Composite chart and Number one on R&B chart. Do you have it?
"I'm so young and you're so old
This, my darling I've been told
I don't care just what they say
'Cause forever I will pray
You and I will be as free
As the birds up in the trees"
9. This song was written by Buck Ram, recorded and released by the Platters in 1955. It hit Number one on the Pop and the R&B charts. If you do this when you're blue you can get the name.
"Too real is this feeling of make-believe
Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal"
10. This song was written by Maurice Williams and recorded by The Gladiolas. The 1957 Diamonds version did better on the charts. Get this one?
"My dear-a
I-I was wrong-a
To-oo try
To lo-ove two
A-hoopa, a-hoopa, hoopa
Know well-a
That my love-a
Wa-as just for you
Ooooonly yoooooooooooou"
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