Nellie:
Cancel him and let him go—

Nurses:
Yea, sister!

I’m gonna wash that man right outa my hair
I’m gonna wash that man right outa my hair
I’m gonna wash that man right outa my hair
And send him on his way!

#EllaFitzgerald #RodgersHammerstein #SouthPacific #AmericanSongbook

https://youtu.be/b0LppVn8q2w

I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair

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Alchemy! Alchemy! You took the part that was once my heart, so why not try Alchemy.

#MagicSongsOrPoems
#HashTagGames #BillieHoliday #JazzStandards #Jazz #AmericanSongbook

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J18k5Sx3Dw

Billie Holiday - All of Me (Official Audio)

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Has anyone come across this phenomenon? A generic album cover with blank space to write in the name of the enclosed record. This is from my grandparents' collection (born around the turn of the 20th Century).
The album inside is The Ink Spots, Dinah Washington, and Billy Daniels. Definitely a keeper, for the music and the novelty and Grandma Sadie's handwriting.

#vinyl #VinylRecords #Blues #AmericanSongbook #WaldorfRecordCorp #1950s @vinylrecords

#TunesOnTuesday goes back to the American Songbook for "Everything Happens To Me" by Matt Dennis and Tom Adair (1940). Maybe the lyric needs a 21st century update? #songwriting #songwriter #americansongbook #jazzstandard #jazztodon #jazz https://ohljazz.com/2025/04/08/tunes-on-tuesday-everything-happens-to-me/
Tunes on Tuesday: Everything Happens to Me

Why this tune? This week’s song is another one from the American songbook, a pop song from 1940 written by Matt Dennis and Tom Adair. It was a hit for Frank Sinatra, singing with Tommy Dorsey…

Oren Levine, jazz pianist and songwriter

Era un uomo che amava profondamente la sua musica e l'American Songbook. Vi raccontiamo la storia di una sconfitta drammatica, e dolorosa per tutti

#boomerissimo #tonybennett #americansongbook #RIPTony

https://boomerissimo.it/2023/07/22/tony-bennett-il-disco-da-dimenticare/

Tony Bennett, il disco da dimenticare: vinse la guerra ma perse contro la pop music

Tony Bennett, il disco da dimenticare: vinse la guerra, perse contro la pop music

Boomerissimo

Time after time, you go to my head

Lullaby of Jazz Land: A Found Poem Comprised of Titles from the American Songbook
Carole Boston Weatherford

#Poetry #CaroleBostonWeatherford #LullabyOfJazzland #AmericanSongbook #Jazz

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/carole-boston-weatherford

Carole Boston Weatherford

Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.

The Poetry Foundation

"I decided to lean into the melancholy"

Ricky Lee Jones joins Kyle Meredith With to talk about ‘Pieces of Treasure,’ floating cows, and revisiting the American Songbook with a jazz spin

https://www.lpm.org/music/2023-06-01/rickie-lee-jones-once-i-commit-to-sing-a-song-i-will-always-have-that-character-with-me

#rickieleejones #americansongbook #jazz #tomwaits #music

Rickie Lee Jones: “History is written by people who don’t know you”

Rickie Lee Jones on Rediscovering the Songbook, Floating Cows, and Letting Go of Control

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Samara Joy - 'Round Midnight (Audio)

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I Didn't Know What Time It Was

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Gal Liraz Trio

23.11.2024, 20:30:00 - GMT+1 - Peppi Guggenheim, 12043, Berlin, Deutschland - Gal Liraz - Saxophone Guy David - bass Omri Gondor - Drums Der israelische Saxophonist Gal Liraz begann im Alter von dreizehn Jahren, Saxophon zu spielen, und hat sich in wenigen Jahren einen Platz in…