February 27th – “Oh no” The Tower of Pisa is falling over! – “Lean on me”

In 1964, they noticed that the top of the #LeaningTowerOfPisa was 17ft off centre.  What to do?  #singing;#feelgood

Lean on me

27-2 Leaning Tower of Pisa

Sometimes in our lives
We all have pain, we all have sorrow
But if we are wise
We know that there’s always tomorrowLean on me when you’re not strong
And I’ll be your friend, I’ll help you carry on
For it won’t be long
‘Til I’m gonna need somebody to lean on

Please, swallow your pride
If I have things you need to borrow
For no one can fill those of your needs
That you won’t let show

You just call on me, brother, when you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on
I just might have a problem that you’ll understand
We all need somebody to lean on

Lean on me when you’re not strong
And I’ll be your friend, I’ll help you carry on
For it won’t be long
‘Til I’m gonna need somebody to lean on

You just call on me, brother, when you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on
I just might have a problem that you’ll understand
We all need somebody to lean on

If there is a load
You have to bear that you can’t carry
I’m right up the road, I’ll share your load
If you just call me

Call me (If you need a friend)
Call me (Call me uh-huh)
Call me (When you need a friend)
Call me (If you ever need a friend)
Call me (Call me)
Call me (Call me)
Call me (Call me)
Call me (Call me)
Call me (If you need a friend)
Call me (Call me)
Call me (Call me)
Call me (Call me)
Call me (Call me)
Call me

27-2 Bill Withers Lean on Me

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February 26th – Fats Domino born – “Blueberry Hill”

In 1926, #FatsDomino the great #R&B and #RockAndRoll #pianist was born.  Here is one of his most famous numbers  #singing;#feelgood

Blueberry Hill

26-2 Fats Domino

I found my thrill on Blueberry Hill
On Blueberry Hill, when I found you
The moon stood still on Blueberry Hill
And lingered until my dreams came trueThe wind in the willow played
Love’s sweet melody
But all of those vows you made
Were never to be

Though we’re apart, you’re part of me still
For you were my thrill on Blueberry Hill

The wind in the willow played
Love’s sweet melody
But all of those vows we made
Were never to be

Though we’re apart, you’re part of me still
For you were my thrill on Blueberry Hill

26-2 Fats Domino Blueberry Hill

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February 25th – The Seekers get to No.1 – “I’ll never find another you”

In 1965, The #Seekers, got to No.1 with I’ll never find another you  #singing;#feelgood

I’ll never find another you

25-2 Seeking

There’s a new world somewhere
They call The Promised Land
And I’ll be there some day
If you will hold my hand
I still need you there beside me
No matter what I do
For I know I’ll never find another you

There is always someone
For each of us they say
And you’ll be my someone
For ever and a day
I could search the whole world over
Until my life is through
But I know I’ll never find another you

It’s a long, long journey
So stay by my side
When I walk through the storm
You’ll be my guide, be my guide

If they gave me a fortune
My treasure would be small
I could lose it all tomorrow
And never mind at all
But if I should lose your love, dear
I don’t know what I’ll do
For I know I’ll never find another you

[Instrumental Interlude]

But if I should lose your love, dear
I don’t know what I’ll do
For I know I’ll never find another you

Another you, another you

25-2 Seekers Ill never find another you

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February 24th – Songs from the musicals – Chicago – “All that jazz”

In 1975, #Chicago opened on Broadway.  Here is the best known song “All that Jazz  #singing;#feelgood

All tha Jazz

24-2 Chicago

[Cassandra:]
Come on babe
Why don’t we paint the town?
And all that Jazz
I’m gonna rouge my knees
And roll my stockings down
And all that jazz
Start the car
I know a whoopee spot
Where the gin is cold
But the piano’s hot
It’s just a noisy hall
Where there’s a nightly brawl
And all
That
Jazz[NYADA Dance Students:]
Skidoo!

[Cassandra:]
And all that Jazz

[NYADA Dance Students:]
Hotcha! Whoopee!

[Cassandra:]
And all that jazz

[NYADA Dance Students:]
Ha!
Ha!
Ha!

[Rachel:]
Slick your hair
And wear your buckle shoes
And all that Jazz
I hear that Father Dip
Is gonna blow the blues
And all that Jazz
Hold on, hon
We’re gonna bunny hug
I bought some aspirin
Down at United Drug
In case you shake apart
And want a brand new start
To do that
…Jazz

[Cassandra:]
Find a flask
We’re playing fast and loose
And all that jazz

[Rachel:]
Right up here
Is where I store the juice
And all that jazz

[Cassandra:]
Come on, babe
We’re gonna brush the sky
I bet you luck Lindy
Never flew so high
‘Cause in the stratosphere
How could he lend an ear
to all that Jazz?

[Rachel:]
Oh, you’re gonna see your sheba shimmy shake

[Rachel with NYADA Dance Students:]
And all that jazz

[Cassandra:]
Oh, she’s gonna shimmy ’till her garters break

[Cassandra with NYADA Dance Students:]
And all that jazz

[Rachel:]
Show her where to park her girdle
Oh, her mother’s blood’d curdle

[NYADA Dance Students:]
If she’d hear her baby’s queer

[Cassandra:]
For all

[Rachel:]
that

[Rachel and Cassandra:]
Jazz
All that Jazz

[Cassandra with NYADA Dance Students:]
Come on, babe
Why Don’t we paint
The town?
And all that Jazz ([NYADA Dance Students:] And all that Jazz)

[Rachel with NYADA Dance Students:]
I’m gonna
Rouge my knees
And roll my
Stockings down
And all that jazz ([NYADA Dance Students:] And all that Jazz)

[Cassandra with NYADA Dance Students:]
Start the car
I know a whoopee spot
Where the gin is cold
But the piano’s hot

[Rachel with NYADA Dance Students:]
It’s just a noisy hall
Where there’s a nightly brawl

[Rachel:]
And all that

[NYADA Dance Students:]
Jazz

[Cassandra:]
No, I’m no one’s wife

[Rachel:]
But, Oh, I love my life

[Rachel and Cassandra:]
And all that Jazz!

[Rachel and Cassandra with NYADA Dance Students:]
That Jazz!

24-2 Chicago All that Jazz

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February 23rd – Suzi Quatro gets to No.1 – “Devil Gate Drive”

In 1974, #SuziQuatro got to No.1 with Devil Gate Drive  #singing;#feelgood

I should be so lucky

23-2 Devil Gate Drive

[Spoken] “Hey, you all want to go down to Devil Gate Drive? Well, come on”!

“Welcome to ‘The Dive’!”

Well, at the age of five they can do their jive
Down in Devil Gate Drive
And at the age of six they’re gonna get their kicks
Down in Devil Gate Drive
Well your mama don’t know where your sister done go
She’s gone down to the Drive. She’s the start of the show
And let her move on up. Let her come let her go.
She can jive
Down in Devil Gate Drive

[Chorus]
So come alive. Come alive
Down in Devil Gate Drive
So come alive. Come alive
Down in Devil Gate…down in Devil Gate
Down in Devil Gate Drive
Down in Devil Gate…down in Devil Gate
Down in Devil Gate Drive

When they reach their teens,
That’s when they all get mean
Down in Devil Gate Drive
When I was sweet sixteen
I was the jukebox queen
Down in Devil Gate Drive
I lead the angel pack on the road to sin
Knock down the gates!
Let me in. Let me in
Don’t mess me ’round, cause you know where I’ve been
To ‘The Dive’ down in Devil Gate Drive

[Repeat Chorus]

Well your mama don’t know where your sister done go
She goes down to the Drive. She’s the start of the show
Let her move on up. Let her come let her go.
She can jive
Down in Devil Gate Drive

[Repeat Chorus]

[Spoken] “Come on, boys. Let’s do it one more time for Suzi!
Are you ready, now?”
Come alive. Come alive Yeah!

23-2 Susie Quattro Devil Gate Drive

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February 22nd – Joe Dolce gets to No.1 – “Shaddup you face”

In 1974, #JoeDolce got to No.1 with Shaddup you face  #singing;#feelgood

Shaddupa your face

22-2 Shut Up

When I was a boy, just about-a eighth-a grade
Mama used to say, don’t-a stay out late
With the bad-a boys always shoot-a pool
Gonna flunk-a school

Boy, it make-a me sick all the things I gotta do
Can’t-a getta no kicks, always gotta follow rules
Boy, it make-a me sick, just-a make a lousy bucks
I gotta feel like a fool
(And mama used to say)

What’sa matta you, hey
Gotta no respect, whatta you think you do
Why you looka so sad?
It’s-a not so bad, it’s-a nice-a place
Ah, shaddap you face

Soon-a come-a day, gonna be-a big-a star
Gonna make a movies, buy a nice-a car
But still-a be myself, I’m-a never change a thing
Always dance and sing
(‘Cause I remember mama used to say)

What’sa matta you, hey
Gotta no respect, whatta you think you do
Why you looka so sad?
It’s-a not so bad, it’s-a nice-a place
Ah, shaddap you face

Hello everybody, that’s out there in radio and television land
Did you know I had a bit hit song in Italy with this ‘Shaddap You Face’
I sing this song and all my fans applaud
They clap their hands that make me feel so good
You ought to learn this song, it’s really simple

I sing ‘Whatsa Matta You’, you sing ‘Hey’
You sing the rest and at the end
We can all sing ‘Ah, Shaddap You Face’
Okay, let’s try it, really big Uno, Duo, Tre, Quatro

What’sa matta you, hey
Gotta no respect, whatta you think you do
Why you looka so sad?
It’s-a not so bad, it’s-a nice-a place
Ah, shaddap you face

22-2 Joe Dolce Shaddap you face

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February 21st – Dolly Parton gets to No.1 – “9 to 5”

In 1981, #DollyParton got to No. 1 with “9 to 5”  #singing;#feelgood

9 to 5

21-2 Working Day

Tumble outta bed
And I stumble to the kitchen
Pour myself a cup of ambition
And yawn and stretch
And try to come to life
Jump in the shower
And the blood starts pumpin’
Out on the street
The traffic starts jumpin’
The folks like me on the job from 9 to 5Workin’ 9 to 5,
What a way to make a livin’
Barely gettin’ by
It’s all takin’ and no givin’
They just use your mind
And they never give you credit
It’s enough to drive you crazy
If you let it
9 to 5, for service and devotion
You would think that I
Would deserve a fat promotion
Want to move ahead
But the boss won’t seem to let me
I swear sometimes that man is out to get meThey let you dream
Just to watch ’em shatter
You’re just a step
On the boss-man’s ladder
But you got dreams
He’ll never take away
You’re in the same boat
With a lotta your friends
Waitin’ for the day your ship’ll come in
‘N’ the tide’s gonna turn
And it’s all gonna roll your way

Workin’ 9 to 5
What a way to make a livin’
Barely gettin’ by
It’s all takin’ and no givin’
They just use your mind
And you never get the credit
It’s enough to drive you crazy
If you let it
9 to 5, yeah
They got you where they want you
There’s a better life
And you think about it, don’t you
It’s a rich man’s game
No matter what they call it
And you spend your life
Puttin’ money in his wallet

9 to 5, whoa
What a way to make a livin’
Barely gettin’ by
It’s all takin’ and no givin’
They just use your mind
And they never give you credit
It’s enough to drive you crazy
If you let it

9 to 5, yeah
They got you where they want you
There’s a better life
And you dream about it, don’t you
It’s a rich man’s game
No matter what they call it

21-2 Dolly Parton 9 to 5

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February 20th – Kylie gets to No.1 – “I should be so lucky”

In 1988, #Kylie Minogue, got to No.1 with I should be so lucky  #singing;#feelgood

I should be so lucky

20-2 Dice

[1a:]
In my imagination
There is no complication
I dream about you all the time
In my mind a celebration
The sweetest of sensation
Thinking you could be mine[1b:]
In my imagination
There is no hesitation
We walk together hand in hand
I’m dreaming
You fell in love with me
Like I’m in love with you
But dreaming’s all I do
If only they’d come true[CHORUS:]
I should be so lucky
Lucky lucky lucky
I should be so lucky in love
I should be so lucky
Lucky lucky lucky
I should be so lucky in love[2a:]
It’s a crazy situation
You always keep me waiting
Because its only make believe
And I would come a-running
To give you all my loving
If one day you would notice me

[2b:]
My heart is close to breaking
And I can’t go on faking
The fantasy that you’ll be mine
I’m dreaming
That you’re in love with me
Like I’m in love with you
But dreaming’s all I do
If only they’d come true

[CHORUS:]

[BRIDGE:]
I should be so lucky (so lucky, so lucky)
I should be so lucky
I, I, (I, I)
I should be so lucky (so lucky, so lucky)
I should be so lucky
I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I

[1b:]

[CHORUS:]
[repeat & fade]

20-2 Kylie I should be so lucky

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February 19th – Thomas Edison patents the phonograph – “You’ve lost that loving feeling”

In 1878, Thomas #Edison patented the phonograph, the forerunner of the modern music industry.  Here is a #ChuckBerry song where a kid calls a radio station demanding that a new RnB record gets played #singing;#feelgood

Roll over Beethoven

19-2 Beethoven

I’m gonna write a little letter,
gonna mail it to my local DJ
It’s a rockin’ rhythm record
I want my jockey to play
Roll Over Beethoven, I gotta hear it again todayYou know, my temperature’s risin’
and the jukebox blows a fuse
My heart’s beatin’ rhythm
and my soul keeps on singin’ the blues
Roll Over Beethoven and tell Tchaikovsky the newsI got the rockin’ pneumonia,
I need a shot of rhythm and blues
I think I’m rollin’ arthritis
sittin’ down by the rhythm review
Roll Over Beethoven rockin’ in two by two

Well, if you feel you like it
go get your lover, then reel and rock it
Roll it over and move on up just
a trifle further and reel and rock it,
roll it over,
Roll Over Beethoven rockin’ in two by two

Well, early in the mornin’ I’m a givin’ you a warnin’
don’t you step on my blue suede shoes
Hey diddle diddle, I am playin’ my fiddle,
ain’t got nothin’ to lose
Roll Over Beethoven and tell Tchaikovsky the news

You know she wiggles like a glow worm,
dance like a spinnin’ top
She got a crazy partner,
oughta see ’em reel and rock
Long as she got a dime the music will never stop

Roll Over Beethoven,
Roll Over Beethoven,
Roll Over Beethoven,
Roll Over Beethoven,
Roll Over Beethoven and dig these rhythm and blues

19-2 Chuck Berry Roll over Beethoven

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February 18th – Lulu and Maurice Gibb get married – “First of May”

In 1969, the wedding of #Lulu and #MauriceGibb of the #BeeGees attracted 3000 uninvited guests.  Here they are singing together just before his untimely death #singing;#feelgood

First of May

18-2 Lulu wedding

When I was small, and Christmas trees were tall,
we used to love while others used to play.
Don’t ask me why, but time has passed us by,
some one else moved in from far away.[chorus]
Now we are tall, and Christmas trees are small,
and you don’t ask the time of day.
But you and I, our love will never die,
but guess we’ll cry come first of May.The apple tree that grew for you and me,
I watched the apples falling one by one.
And I recall the moment of them all,
the day I kissed your cheek and you were mine.

[chorus]

When I was small, and Christmas trees were tall,
do do do do do do do do do…
Don’t ask me why, but time has passed us by,
some one else moved in from far away.[Repeat chorus]

18-2 BeeGees First of May

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