The Maids of Glenroe and The Wheels of the World. A couple traditional Irish Jigs. Great fun to play. Probably not a very Irish rendition, but I stayed with the notes on the page. I like to play these jigs. Just fun. Many, many notes and sometimes old American fingers forget what they are supposed to do.… Read the rest
Fun song to play. Today is International Woman’s Day so Mr. Dino thought we could celebrate by getting our dance on! He’s a great partner. This was written by a husband and wife team Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann in 1963. It was first recorded by Eydie Gorme.… Read the rest
One of my absolute favorites. I love these old songs, they touch my heart with their beauty. Being an Irish song makes it even better. Written in 1941 by J.R. Shannon. I hope you enjoy and sing along with me.… Read the rest
Another fun Irish song, fun to sing. Written by George L. Giefer… Read the rest
March 1st – time for Irish Music. I love to play Irish music – although most of what I play is American Irish music, not traditional original Irish music. Back in the day, we always played at our local pub/bar/lounge for St. Patrick’s Day. Always great fun – always large crowds. I like the fast songs and play a lot of them, but I like the tear jerkers and “Mother Songs” Can’t believe how may Mother songs are in my books. Guess the immigrants really missed their Ireland and their Mothers and families. Galway Bay is always a favorite of mine. I hope you like my kick off to Irish Month. Galway Bay was written by Arthur Colahan in Leicester in 1947.… Read the rest
Undecided. I am dedicating this to Spring! Hopefully, it will decide to arrive soon. I invite you sing along with me – no words, just doo, do – da, da! The words were missing on my music, so I decided to just sing with the chorus. So much more fun than trying to remember or read words. This is what I usually do when I am playing, no need for words – just a humming along. LOL Undecided was written by S. Robin and C. Shavers in 1938.… Read the rest
It’s a cold, winter February 1st, so I am dreaming of “Paris in Spring”. The background in the beginning is the view out my picture window as I practice and make videos. I thought, I needed to play a warm song and dream of warmer days. LOL “Paris in the Spring” is a popular song composed in 1935, with lyrics by Mack Gordon and music by Harry Revel. It was first introduced by Mary Ellis in the film Paris in Spring. A version was also recorded by Ray Noble and His Orchestra (also in 1935).… Read the rest
Feelin’ Groovy is a fun, upbeat song written by Paul Simon in 1966. Thought is would be fun to play on Mr. Dino. The Queensboro Bridge, also known as the 59th Street Bridge – because its Manhattan end is located between 59th and 60th Streets. I hope you enjoy it and at least tap your foot or hum while I play.… Read the rest
The Wonder of You. It was a really cold, winter night and I had a choice – TV or Mr. Dino Well, Mr. Dino won. We decided to play a pretty song from 1958. It was written by Baker Knight and was originally recorded by Vince Edwards in 1958, but this recording has never been released. In 1959, “The Wonder of You” was first released by Ray Peterson as a single. Then, Elvis Presley had a no. 1 hit in the UK and a Top 10 hit in the U.S. with his 1970 live version of “The Wonder of You” recorded in Las Vegas, Nevada in February 1970.… Read the rest
Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool – I saw this on one of the oldies lists posted the other day and thought, lets do it! I played it as a straight acoustic accordion piece with a little country swing. Mr. Dino has been complaining about Mr. Roland getting to do all the good songs, so I thought I would dust off poor Mr. Dino and make a video! LOL “Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool” is a song written by Jack Keller and Howard Greenfield that was a No. 1 hit for Connie Francis in 1960. A polka-style version in German, “Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel”, was the first German single recorded and released by Connie Francis, and it reached No. 1 on the single chart in 1960 in West Germany.… Read the rest
Japanese Sandman. I am in my time travel hat and Mr. Dino and I have traveled back 101 years to 1920 when this song was written by Egan & Whiting. I opened the fake book to this page and it was the first song at the top. Played it once – played it over and over. So pretty, such optimistic lyrics. Just a happy song. No indication about tempo in the fake book. Sounded like a beautiful ballad that you would play at a nice lounge as background music. Wow, was I wrong! It was a really popular song recorded by many artists from 1920 thru 1953 by both Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Desmond. Also used in Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) with Julie Andrews. It turns out to be a fast ragtime piece. Only one performer played it slowly. So I am now the second to play it slowly. So pretty. I hope you enjoy it. I had fun learning all about this song.… Read the rest
Dream On Little Dreamer played as COVID MISERIES. This was written in 1964 by Fred B. Burch & Jan Crutchfield. Perry Como even did a hit recording of it. But the more I played it, the more it just felt like Covid Miseries. You may like it or not, but it pretty well sums up how many people are feeling these days. I apologize to Burch & Crutchfield, but music touches many people in many ways. This is just how I heard and felt it. I had fun with the guitar and harmonica on Mr. Roland.… Read the rest