Nat King Cole Songs (Music Guide) - How High the Moon, at Last, Smile, the Christmas Song, St. Louis Blues, When I Fall in Love, Dream a Little Dream O (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (music and lyrics not included). Pages: 39. Chapters: How High the Moon, At Last, Smile, The Christmas Song, St. Louis Blues, When I Fall in Love, Dream a Little Dream of Me, Nature Boy, Stardust, The Girl from Ipanema, September Song, Quizas, Quizas, Quizas, Portrait of Jennie, Route 66, A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square, Let There Be Love, Mood Indigo, L-O-V-E, It's Only a Paper Moon, Mona Lisa, Too Young, Orange Colored Sky, Moonlight in Vermont, Walkin' My Baby Back Home, Unforgettable, On the Sunny Side of the Street, Body and Soul, For All We Know, Embraceable You, Vaya con Dios, Ramblin' Rose, (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons, What Is This Thing Called Love?, Straighten Up and Fly Right, Lush Life, Just One of Those Things, On the Street Where You Live, You Stepped Out of a Dream, Tangerine, Answer Me, My Love, Day In, Day Out, Pretend, The Frim-Fram Sauce, Let's Face the Music and Dance, Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup, A Blossom Fell, Almost Like Being in Love, For You My Love, Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You, Ballerina, Thou Swell, Sweet Lorraine, Everything Happens to Me, All for You, Non Dimenticar. Excerpt: "How High the Moon" is a jazz standard with lyrics by Nancy Hamilton and music by Morgan Lewis. It was first featured in the 1940 Broadway revue Two for the Show, where it was sung by Alfred Drake and Frances Comstock. In "Two for the Show," this was a rare serious moment in an otherwise humorous revue. The song was sung, in a slow fox trot tempo, by a group of evening-dressed people walking along a London street. At the end, they all looked at the sky, and cowered, obviously terrified: quick curtain. It was 1940, and the time of the London blitz: a clear night meant "bomber's moon." The earliest recorded hit version was by Benny Goodman & His Orchestra. It was recorded February 7, 1940 and released...