Results: *** Songs My Father Played for Me *** More of My Father's Favorites
Published on 06/28/2025
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Harry Carroll, Joseph McCarthy, and others were chatting at the Friars Club one night when someone remarked, "You songwriters are an unpredictable lot. You're up in the clouds one day and lower than all h*ll the next." Carroll had a quick explanation: 'You know why that is, don't you? We're always chasing rainbows, but we never catch up with them." And someone remarked that a song with that title would be a sure hit. Before the night was finished, McCarthy and Carroll had written it. Tin Pan Alley songwriters frequently borrowed classical tunes. Carroll arranged the chorus of "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" from the middle section of Chopin's Fantaisie-Impromptu op. 66 (1834). Since hardly anyone sings the verse, he's more arranger than composer. It's probably because of the song that it's one of Chopin's best-known tunes. The sheet music for "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" sold more than a million copies in 1918. In 1939, "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" appeared in the movie Rose of Washington Square. Ziegfeld Girl (with Judy Garland, 1941), and The Dolly Sisters (1945) also used it. Alice Faye sings this popular ballad in her own unique style bringing pathos and longing as only she could! My father sang this song to me so nicely. Have you heard this song before?
Yes
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566 votes
No
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881 votes
Undecided
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219 votes
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434 votes
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The song The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane was written by Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett and was first recorded and released by The Ames Brothers with with Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra, September 8, 1954. This is such a fun song. I loved to sing it with my father, and it has such a great beat! Have you heard this song before?
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453 votes
No
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1025 votes
Undecided
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194 votes
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428 votes
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Based on the second movement from string quartet nr.2 in D major, "Scherzo. Allegro" by Russian composer Alexander Borodin. "Baubles, Bangles, & Beads" is a popular song from the 1953 Hit Musical "Kismet," credited to Robert Wright and George Forrest. It ran on Broadway for two years. Packed with mirth, mayhem and romance, this classic comedy has enough adventure and delight to last at least 1001 Arabian nights! This was a favorite of mine, the drawings on the Sheet Music Cover had me yearning to see the movie. One day my father took us to his mother's house, she had purchased a large Colour TV and I saw "Kismet" in full colour and heard the beautiful songs. Today I have the DVD and I still love the songs, the story, and all the colours of this enchanting film. Have you seen...?
"Kismet" the Broadway Play
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113 votes
"Kismet" the film (1955) with Howard Kee; and Ann Blythe
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207 votes
"Kismet" a live Production
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70 votes
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151 votes
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1142 votes
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465 votes
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"That Old Black Magic" is a 1942 popular song written by Harold Arlen (music), with the lyrics by Johnny Mercer. They wrote it for the 1942 film Star Spangled Rhythm, when it was first sung by Johnny Johnston and danced by Vera Zorina. "Bus Stop" is a 1955 play by American playwright William Inge. Produced on Broadway, it was nominated for four Tony Awards in 1956. It received major revivals in the United States and United Kingdom in 2010 and 2011 A naive but stubborn cowboy falls in love with a saloon singer and tries to take her away against her will to get married and live on his ranch in Montana. Here Marilyn Monroe performs "That Old Black Magic" in a pivotal point of the film. One of her finest performances. Have you seen..?
"Bus Stop" (1956) with Marilyn Monroe and Don Murray
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493 votes
"Bus Stop" on Broadway
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102 votes
"Bus Stop" live on stage
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63 votes
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148 votes
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923 votes
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425 votes
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The song "Feudin' and Fightin'" was composed by Al Dubin and Burton Lane. It was famously sung by Dorothy Shay (also known as "The Park Avenue Hillbilly") and released in 1947. The song reached #4 on both the Billboard Best Selling Retail Folk chart and the pop chart in August 1947. I loved the illustrations on the Sheet Music Cover. I always wanted to see the movie, sadly not yet, maybe some day. Here Dorothy Shay is singing "Feudin and Fighting" with the images from "McLintock." Long before the Beverly Hillbillies, my father had to explain "fuedin" to me. Have you heard this song before?
Yes
14%
293 votes
No
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1111 votes
Undecided
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233 votes
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463 votes
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