TEACH ME TONIGHT

DINAH WASHINGTON

SONGWRITERS: Gene DePaul & Sammy Cahn

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

ALBUM: FINEST HOUR

LABEL: MERCURY

GENRE: JAZZ

YEAR: 1954

"Teach Me Tonight" is a popular song that has become a pop standard. The music was written by Gene De Paul, the lyrics by Sammy Cahn. The song was published in 1953.

Cahn wrote a new verse for Frank Sinatra's 1984 recording on L.A. Is My Lady, referencing Sinatra's many love affairs.

The song was recorded several times in 1954 and 1955. The version by Janet Brace was apparently first, making the Billboard chart on 10/23/54 and eventually reaching No. 23. The most influential recording, an R&B top hit in 1954 by Dinah Washington, was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. Another hit version of the song was recorded by The DeCastro Sisters, charting at number two in 1955.

Dinah Washington (born Ruth Lee Jones; August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) was an American singer and pianist, who has been cited as "the most popular black female recording artist of the '50s". Primarily a jazz vocalist, she performed and recorded in a wide variety of styles including blues, R&B, and traditional pop music, and gave herself the title of "Queen of the Blues". She was a 1986 inductee of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.

Did you say I've got a lot to learn?

Well, don't think I'm trying not to learn

Since this is the perfect spot to learn

Teach me tonight

Lets start with the ABC of it

Roll right down to the XYZ of it

Help me solve the mystery of it

Teach me tonight

The sky's a blackboard high above you

If a shooting star goes by

I'll use that star to write "I love you"

1000 times across the sky

One thing isn't very clear, my love

Should the teacher stand so near, my love?

Graduation's almost here, my love

Come on and teach me tonight

I'll use that star to write "I love you"

1000 times across the sky

One thing isn't very clear, my love

Should the teacher stand so near, my love

Graduation is almost here, my love

Teach me, Please teach me

Tonight.

FOREVER YOUNG

BOB DYLAN

SONGWRITER: BOB DYLAN

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

ALBUM: PLANET WAVES

LABEL: SONY MUSIC

GENRE: FOLK MUSIC

YEAR: 1974

Bob Dylan (nome artístico de Robert Allen Zimmerman; Duluth, 24 de maio de 1941) é um compositor, cantor, pintor, ator e escritor norte-americano.

Nascido no estado de Minnesota, neto de imigrantes judeus russos, aos dez anos de idade Dylan escreveu seus primeiros poemas e, ainda adolescente, aprendeu piano e guitarra sozinho. Começou cantando em grupos de rock, imitando Little Richard e Buddy Holly, mas quando foi para a Universidade de Minnesota em 1959, voltou-se para a folk music, impressionado com a obra musical do lendário cantor folk Woody Guthrie, a quem foi visitar em Nova Iorque em 1961.

Em 2004, foi eleito pela renomada revista Rolling Stone o 7º maior cantor de todos os tempos e, pela mesma revista, o 2º melhor artista da música de todos os tempos, ficando atrás somente dos Beatles, e uma de suas principais canções, "Like a Rolling Stone", foi escolhida como a melhor de todos os tempos. Influenciou diretamente grandes nomes do rock americano e britânico dos anos de 1960 e 1970. Em 2012, Dylan foi condecorado com a Medalha Presidencial da Liberdade pelo presidente dos Estados Unidos Barack Obama.

Ganhou o Prêmio Nobel da Literatura em 2016 por "ter criado novos modos de expressão poética no quadro da tradição da música americana". E, assim, tornou-se o primeiro e único artista na história a ganhar, além do Prêmio Nobel, o Oscar, Grammy e o Globo de Ouro.

May God bless and keep you always,

May your wishes all come true,

May you always do for others

And let others do for you.

May you build a ladder to the stars

And climb on every rung,

May you stay forever young,

Forever young, forever young,

May you stay forever young.

May you grow up to be righteous,

May you grow up to be true,

May you always know the truth

And see the lights surrounding you.

May you always be courageous,

Stand upright and be strong,

May you stay forever young,

Forever young, forever young,

May you stay forever young.

May your hands always be busy,

May your feet always be swift,

May you have a strong foundation

When the winds of changes shift.

May your heart always be joyful,

May your song always be sung,

May you stay forever young,

Forever young, forever young,

May you stay forever young.

I MISS THE MUSIC

JASON DANIELEY

SONGWRITER: JOHN KANDER

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

THEATER: MUSICAL CURTAINS

ALBUM: CURTAINS

LABEL: ANGEL RECORDS

GENRE: plaintive ballad

YEAR: 2007

Near the end of Act One of the new Broadway musical Curtains — the show about theatre people trying to work out the kinks of a new musical while a cop seeks to solve a backstage murder — there comes what fans and cast members alike have been calling "the song."

Sung by Jason Danieley, who plays a Broadway composer, "I Miss the Music," a plaintive ballad, speaks of the character's creative and emotional frustration since losing his lyricist and wife, played by Karen Ziemba.

He sings:

I miss the music

I miss the song.

Since she's not with me

It comes out wrong.

It doesn't matter

How hard I try

I've lost the music.

I don't know why.

Not only does Curtains composer John Kander manage to explore character and plot in the number, he unknowingly paid tribute to his late, longtime lyricist Fred Ebb, who did not live to see Curtains come to commercial fruition at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre.

Cioffi (spoken):

You see what I'm saying? The song itself is kind of lackluster. It lacks ..

Chris:

Yes?

Cioffi:

Luster.

Chris:

I agree. We need a completely new composition, one that's catchier than pink eye. I'll leave you to it.

Cioffi:

Well, at least now you'll have a few minutes alone with your piano.

Aaron:

Alone, yeah.

Cioffi:

Could I ask, only because I've wondered this my entire life--which would normally come first, the music or the lyric?

Aaron:

Same answer as the chicken or the egg.

Cioffi:

Ah, so it's the lyric.

Aaron:

No. It can start with a note. Which can become a phrase. And then you try hanging words off each branch, like trimming a

tree.

Cioffi:

Sounds easy enough.

Aaron:

Really? Well don't talk about Love

Or you'll have to say "fits like a glove"

Or "As certain as push comes to shove"

You will pine for the woman you're constantly thinking of

You see the problem.

Cioffi:

Dangling participle. So you suggest staying away from love?

Aaron:

At all costs. And don't mention your life

Or you'll have to say "cuts like a knife"

Or refer to the heartbreak and strife

When you find that you're missing your ...

Cioffi:

Missing?

Aaron:

What?

Cioffi:

You were saying what you miss.

Aaron:

No I meant that, well ...

(sung)I miss the music

I miss the song

Since she’s not with me

It comes out wrong

It doesn’t matter

How hard I try

I’ve lost the music

I don’t know why

You may have known

Before I met her

I wrote alone

But if you ask me

What I prefer

I’d say the music

I wrote with her

When you’re writing a song

And you’ve a partner

The room is filled with jokes and chatter

She says something

You say something

She writes a line

You play a vamp

But when you’re writing a song

Without a partner

That’s a completely different matter

No one tells you

That’s not funny

No one says

Let’s cut that bar

No one makes you better than you are

I can’t pretend

I miss the music

I miss my friend

No need to ask me

What I prefer

I choose the music

I wrote with her

I liked the music

I made with

Georgia (spoken):

Aaron, I forgot my lyric. Can you believe it? Me.

Aaron:

Well youre not the lyricist now, youre the star.

Georgia? Break a leg.

Georgia:

Thanks. You can finish the song without me?

Aaron:

Im a one-man band.

(sung)

I miss the music

I miss my friend

No need to ask me

What I prefer

I choose the music

I wrote with her

I loved the music

I made with her.

ALL OF ME

RUTH ETTING

SONGWRITERS: GERALD MARKS & SEYMOUR SIMONS

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

ALBUM: ALL OF ME

LABEL: TAKE TWO RECORDS

GENRE: JAZZ

YEAR: 1931

 "ALL OF ME" is a popular song and jazz standard written by Gerald Marks and Seymour Simons in 1931.

First performed by Belle Baker over the radio and recorded in December 1931 by Ruth Etting, it has become one of the most recorded songs of its era, with notable versions by Russ Columbo, Bing Crosby, Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Mildred Bailey, Benny Goodman, Teddy Wilson in 1941, the Count Basie Orchestra, Harry James, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan (for the 1957 album, Swingin' Easy), Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Frankie Laine in 1947, Dinah Washington at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, Shirley Bassey in 1962, The Blue Diamonds, Della Reese, Johnnie Ray, Django Reinhardt, Erroll Garner, Willie Nelson, Ronnie Dove, Jean Frye Sidwell, Michael Bublé, Miss Montreal in 2012 and The Rockin' Berries. Ani DiFranco covered the song in 2012 for the Documentary, Love, Marilyn. It is also covered by Eric Clapton on his 2013 album Old Sock with Paul McCartney. The first line of the song was sung by Eddie Cantor in the 1933 motion picture "Roman Scandals" which also starred Ruth Etting who first recorded it. In an episode of the 1970s television show Sanford and Son, Redd Foxx (joined by Scatman Crothers on guitar) sings a short but memorable version. "All of Me" is also performed in the Muppet Show episode guest starring Paul Williams. The song is featured prominently in the 1984 Steve Martin/Lily Tomlin film of the same name.

In more recent years, it has been recorded by Pia Zadora, Anne Murray and Jason Danieley. Also, a punk rock rendition of the song was recorded by NOFX. The song was a major hit on records by Paul Whiteman and Louis Armstrong in 1932, and was successfully revived by Johnnie Ray in 1952. Chelsea Krombach performed the song for her debut album Look for the Silver Lining. Laurence Juber has also performed and recorded this song in an all acoustic version played by him. It was featured on his álbum PCH in 2007. Michael Bublé has released a cover of it on his album, Crazy Love, to be re-released. It is the title track on the 2011 debut album of Australian Singer Liam Burrows.

You took my kisses and all my love

You taught me how to care

Am I to be just remnant of a one side love affair

All you took

I gladly gave

There is nothing left for me to save

All of me

Why not take all of me

Can't you see

I'm no good without you

Take my lips

I want to loose them

Take my arms

I'll never use them

Your goodbye left me with eyes that cry

How can I go on dear without you

You took the part that once was my heart

So why not take all of me.