Monday, January 02, 2012

You're Just In Love (I Wonder Why?) ~ Irving Berlin

Here's another example in Counterpoint...

For more info about this song click HERE.

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Carpenters "You're Just In Love"
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You're Just In Love - Perry Como
You're Just In Love (I Wonder Why?) 
~ Irving Berlin (Lyrics)

[Melody 1]

I hear singing and there's no one there
I smell blossoms and the trees are bare
All day long I seem to walk on air
I wonder why, I wonder why

I keep tossing in my sleep at night 
And what's more I've lost my appetite
Stars that used to twinkle in the skies
Are twinkling in my eyes, I wonder why

[Melody 2]

You don't need analyzing, it is not so surprising
That you feel very strange but nice
Your heart goes pitter patter, I know just what's the matter
Because I've been there once or twice

Put your head on my shoulder, you need someone who's older
A rubdown with a velvet glove
There is nothing you can take, to relieve that pleasant ache
You're not sick, you're just in love

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Barbershop Website ~ 2011 Jan 02, 2033hrs

Has links to Videos of Acappella music. Even has free music sheet scores and links to accapella arrangers.


Sheet Music ~ 

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Sample/s

Ambassadors of Harmony-2009 International Barbershop Chorus Champions

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Play a Simple Melody ~ Bing Crosby & Gary Crosby

Father & Son Song, I like this counterpoint, round & canon effect. 
One day... I just might arrange an Acappella version of it.

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Play A Simple Melody ~ Bing Crosby & Gary Crosby ~ Lyrics
Composed & Arranged by Irving Berlin

Melody 1 ~ Bing Crosby (Baritone):
Won't you play some simple melody
Like my mother sang to me
One with a good old fashioned harmony
Play some simple melody

Melody 2 Gary Crosby (Tenor):
Musical demon set your honey a dreamin'
Won't you play me some rag
Just change that classical nag
To some sweet beautiful drag
If you will play from a copy
Of a tune that is choppy
You'll get all my applause
And that is simply because
I want to listen to rag

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Bing and Gary Crosby - Play A Simple Melody


There are not many examples of true "counterpoint" in American popular music and most of them belong to a single composer, Irving Berlin. "Play A Simple Melody" was written for Irving's first stage musical in 1914, "Watch Your Step", and was subsequently used in the 1954 film "There's No Business Like Show Business", but the biggest hit recording of it belongs to Bing and Gary Crosby.

In 1950, father and son combined vocal talents on this number and had a huge popular hit with it, but as Gary's book on his life, "Going My Own Way", would reveal years later, his life with Bing wasn't quite as rosy as this song would make it appear.

Comment/s:

Regarding their relationship its interesting to note that there might even be some suppressed anger coming through in Garys performance. Notice Bing's 'steady, steady' and 'don't lose your head' comments. I'm not sure that was scripted! Seems like he was on the verge of scolding his son in the middle of a song, haha.
Schizopantheist 3 months ago

i don't like to think of all the drama. just listen to music, i say.
ApoloExpress 1 year ago

@ApoloExpress Did you also know that Bing really abused Gary? He abused all of his sons from his first marriage. All four of them died before the reached 70 as well. Two of them, Dennis and Lindsay in their 50's, committed suicide, Gary died of lung cancer at just the age of 62 and Phillip died of a heart attack at 69. Bing Crosby was a very talented singer, as well as actor, but a drunken lout as well.
hulkyone 1 year ago

It's amazing that Gary would be willing to sing this song with his father, after all the abuse he gave him
hulkyone 1 year ago

cute pic where they're dressed identical :)
ApoloExpress 1 year ago

Thank you for this. I once heard the song on Radio 4 (UK) and it stuck. Today I did a search on the lyrics, then used them to locate this. It's been a long time.
KoenigZwert 1 year ago

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Silver Threads Among The Gold ~ Daniel O'Donnell ~ Lyrics

You can hear the different renditions on YouTube... the Links are right at the bottom.

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Silver Threads Among The Gold ~ Daniel O'Donnell ~ Lyrics

Words by Poet: Eben Eugene Rexford
Music by: Hart Pease Danks
First Published: 1873
Lyrics here as Sung by: Daniel O'Donnell
Original Singer: Henry Burr

Original Lyrics:

[Verse 1]
Darling, I am growing old,
Silver threads among the gold,
Shine upon my brow today;
Life is fading fast away;
But, my darling, you will be, will be,
Always young and fair to me,
Yes! my darling, you will be
Always young and fair to me.

[Verse 2]
When your hair is silver white,
And your cheeks no longer bright
With the roses of the May,
I will kiss your lips, and say:
Oh! my darling, mine alone, alone,
You have never older grown.
Yes! my darling, mine alone,
You have never older grown.

[Music Interlude]

[Verse 3]
Love can never more grow old,
Locks may lose their brown and gold,
Cheeks may fade and hollow grow,
But the hearts that love will know;
That, my darling, you will be, will be,
Always young and fair to me,
Yes! My darling, you will be
Always young and fair to me.
Alternative lyrics sung by a group:

[Verse 1]
Darling, we are growing old,
Silver threads among the gold,
Shine upon our brow today;
Life is fading fast away;
But, my darling, you will be, will be,
Always young and fair to me,
Yes! my darling, you will be
Always young and fair to me.

[Verse 2]
When your hair is silver white,
And your cheeks no longer bright
With the roses of the May,
We will kiss your cheeks, and say:
Oh! our darling, ours alone, alone,
You have never older grown.
Yes! our darling, ours alone,
You have never older grown.

[Music Interlude]

[Verse 3]
Love can never more grow old,
Locks may lose their brown and gold,
Cheeks may fade and hollow grow,
But the hearts that love will know;
That, my darling, you will be, will be,
Always young and fair to me,
Yes! My darling, you will be
Always young and fair to me.

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Original Words by Poet: Eben Eugene Rexford

Silver Threads Among The Gold
Music by: Hart Pease Danks
First Published: 1873
Originally Sung by: Henry Burr

Darling, I am growing old, 
Silver threads among the gold, 
Shine upon my brow today, 
Life is fading fast away. 
But, my darling, you will be, will be 
Always fair to me, 
Yes, my darling, you will be 
Always young and fair to me. 

Chorus: 
Darling, I am growing old, 
Silver threads among the gold, 
Shine upon my brow today; 
Life is fading fast away. 

When your hair is silver white, 
And your cheeks no longer bright, 
With the roses of the May, 
I will kiss your lips and say, 
Oh! My darling, mine alone, alone, 
You have never older grown! 
Yes, my darling, mine alone, 
You have never older grown! [Chorus]

Love can never more grow old, 
Locks may lose their brown and gold; 
Cheeks may fade and hollow grow, 
But the hearts that love will know, 
Never, never winters frost and chill; 
Summer warmth is in them still; 
Never winters frost and chill, 
Summer warmth is in them still.

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Silver Threads Among The Gold -- Foster And Allen



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Pat Boone - Words (1960)
Charted at #94 on Billboard Hot 100 in March 1960. B-side to "(Welcome) New Lovers". The melody is from the song "Silver Threads Among The Gold".

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John McCormack Silver Threads Among The Gold

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Jan Peerce - Silver Threads Among the Gold (1950)

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Slim Whitman - Silver Threads Among The Gold

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