Paradise Lane. George Frank shared his transcription of this old, saloon song. It is a waltz and I am sorry to the composer and George for not playing it as a waltz. Every time I started playing it as a waltz, I thought OLD SALOON SONG and it kept morphing into it’s own style! Like Frank Sinatra said -” I Did It My Way.” I had great fun with it and I know my non-musician friends will like it. LOL Sometimes you just gotta play for yourself and your audience. LOL… Read the rest
Midnight With The Stars and You is a beautiful old song from 1934. George Frank shared his transcription of the song. It was composed by Harry Woods and Reg Connelly. It was recorded by the Ray Nobel Orchestra with Al Bowlly on vocals. I had fun playing it and decided to share an impromptu video. Not perfect, but gives you an idea how pretty the song is.… Read the rest
Absent Minded Flo. A silly old song. Just came across it in my files while looking for something else. I always enjoyed playing it. Sometimes we played it for an audience. Not my best vocal effort, but it was fun singing and playing it. Probably a song only us really mature folks would know. LOL Written by J Fred Coots; Sidney Clare; Charles Tobias in 1933.… Read the rest
Today is my 77th Birthday and I celebrate with a song. There is No Tomorrow – a love song explaining “now is forever when love is true.” Pretty much describes our lives. All we have is the now, today to enjoy, love and cherish. We hope there is a tomorrow, but we live in the now and with our memories. I paged through my fake books looking for a song for today and stopped here. Then, after I practiced it, I realized it is a tune with many names. LOL “There’s No Tomorrow”, written by Al Hoffman, Leo Corday and Leon Carr, is one of two popular songs based on the Italian song, “O Sole Mio” (music by Eduardo di Capua). (The other was “It’s Now or Never”, popularized by Elvis Presley.) The biggest hit version of the song was recorded by Tony Martin, which charted in 1949.… Read the rest
This is a beautiful little waltz written by George Frank for his son when his ship hit Paris on his tour of duty to the Middle East. The first section is horses going up and down while the carousel goes around. The second section is a little touch of sadness, in other words “life is not just as bed of roses, into each life some rain must fall. The third section section is the riders passing by the ring and trying to grab it. I hope you enjoy the little ride on the carousel.… Read the rest
A Cottage for Sale is an absolutely beautiful song. I love to play it. I thought I would sing it since the story is described by the words. I tried to do my best! I hope you enjoy my little quiet, sad song.… Read the rest
The Man on the Flying Trapeze. A bit of Sunday silliness, Pat style. I was playing through my first accordion book and decided to give it a play and it ended up a bit different.… Read the rest
Soft Summer Breeze is another really, pretty song that I had often played when entertaining. So I thought a soft summer song would be great after Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer. … Read the rest
Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer. I forgot we were officially starting summer until I saw it on Facebook. LOL So I had to celebrate with a song. What better song! … Read the rest
Happy Father’s day. I can still hear Eddie Fisher singing Oh My Pa Pa. Beautiful song. A tribute to my Dad. He passed on when I was 15 and wished I could have known him as an adult. But, not to be. Here are some memories from long ago.… Read the rest