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The Merry Christmas Polka - Concert Band The Merry Christmas Polka was written by Sonny Burke, and Paul Francis Webster and was first recorded in March 1949. It has been performed by Dinah Shore and the Andrew Sisters among many others. This bright arrangement is for the Concert Band with an optional part for Piano and Lead Vocal. There are parts for Trombones 1-2 in BC and TC, Horns in Eb and F, Basses in Eb, Bb, and C, and Euphonium in BC and TC. The Vocal Lead Sheets can be viewed at the end of the video... Score and Parts can be purchased from Sheet Music Plus or Sheet Music Direct. Words by Paul Francis Webster Music by Sonny Burke Arranged by Brendan Elliget MAGA 537 Copyright © 1949 by Alamo Music, Inc. Copyright Renewed, Assigned to Chappell & Co. and Webster Music Co. International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved The Lyrics: “They're tuning up the fiddles now The fiddles now, the fiddles now There's wine to warm the middles now And set your head awhirl. Around and round the room we go The room we go, the room we go Around and round the room we go, So get yourself a girl. Now ev'ry heart will start to tingle, When sleigh bells jingle on Santa's sleigh Together we will greet Kris Kringle And another Christmas Day. Come on and dance the merry Christmas polka Let ev'ryone be happy and gay Oh, it's the time to be jolly and deck the halls with holly So let's have a jolly holiday Come on and dance the merry Christmas polka Another joyous season has begun Roll out the Yuletide barrels and sing out the carols, A merry Christmas ev'ryone! Come on and dance the merry Christmas polka Let ev'ry lady step with her beau Around a tree to the ceiling with lots of time for stealing Those kisses beneath the mistletoe. Come on an dance the merry Christmas polka With ev'rybody joining in the fun Roll out the barrels that cheer you, And shout till they hear you, A merry Christmas ev'ryone!�.

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Black Coffee is a song with music by Sonny Burke and words by Paul Francis Webster. The song was published in 1948.
It's first two measures are nearly identical to Mary Lou Williams' 1938 piece What's Your Story Morning Glory, and both songs share melodic motifs drawn from blues (including a strong melodic emphasis on the flat third and flat seventh intervals, known as blue notes). Williams felt that Burke and Webster plagiarized her composition, and reportedly considered taking legal action over the matter. The two songs have significant melodic and rhythmic differences after the first two measures of their respective 'A' sections, and Black Coffee has a unique bridge section that has no parallel in Morning Glory. However, during her piano solo, Williams plays both the identical feel and harmonies that appear on Black Coffee, with dominant chords moving up and down by half steps in lieu of staying on the tonic chord. While not a carbon copy, Burke and Webster arguably picked sections of What's Your Story Morning Glory to string together to create a new song. Coincidentally, jazz trumpeter Paul Webster (no relation to lyricist Paul Francis Webster) was given co-writer credit for Morning Glory by Williams when she published her song in 1938.

My dear friend, Sam Harrill, has added his percussion magic some years later, and I am re-posting this for greater effect. Nothing in the brass parts changed. Thank you, Sam!

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An arrangement for string quartet/orchestra of ‘The Merry Christmas Polka’ by Paul Francis Webster and Sonny Burke. The song was made famous by The Andrews Sisters, a highly successful close harmony singing group of the swing and boogie-woogie eras. Throughout their long career, the sisters sold well over 75 million records. The PDF also contains a part for violin III  (doubling that of the viola) and double bass, enabling the arrangement to be played by a full string orchestra. Duration 2.10

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Please contact me by email at jfries@ptd.net to make a special request or to find out all that I have to offer and to express your comments or concerns. Thanks, John.  Midnight Sun (1954) was originally an instrumental composed by Lionel Hampton and Sonny Burke in 1947 and is now considered a jazz standard. Subsequently, Johnny Mercer wrote the words to the song. One famous recording of the song with the Mercer lyrics is by Ella Fitzgerald on her 1957 album Like Someone in Love.

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From the 1955 animated motion picture Lady and the Tramp from Walt Disney Productions. The music is by Sonny Burke and the lyrics are by Peggy Lee
Easy Piano Arrangement

A SilverTonalities Arrangement!

With Colored Notation to enable Beginner Pianists to read Music quickly and accurately!

SKU: A0.870823

Play some blues with this jazz standard for brass quintet! All instruments are featured in the piece. Original words and music by Paul Francis Webster and Sonny Burke. Arranged by Lawrence Killian.

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From the 1955 animated motion picture Lady and the Tramp from Walt Disney Productions. The music is by Sonny Burke and the lyrics are by Peggy Lee
Beginner Piano Arrangement

A SilverTonalities Arrangement!

With Colored Notation to enable Beginner Pianists to read Music quickly and accurately!

SKU: A0.1336040

From the 1955 animated motion picture Lady and the Tramp from Walt Disney Productions. The music is by Sonny Burke and the lyrics are by Peggy Lee
Easy Piano Arrangement

A SilverTonalities Arrangement!

Easy Note Style Sheet Music

Letter Names of Notes embedded in each Notehead!

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Play some blues with this jazz standard composed in 1948, performed and recorded by numerous artists, and now arranged for brass!

Parts are included for three trumpets (Bb), two horns (F), two trombones, bass trombone, tuba, and optional drum set. There are also bass or treble clef euphonium parts to substitute for Horn 2.

Original words and music by Paul Francis Webster and Sonny Burke.

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From the 1955 animated motion picture Lady and the Tramp from Walt Disney Productions. The music is by Sonny Burke and the lyrics are by Peggy Lee
Beginner Piano Arrangement

SilverTonalities Arrangement!

With Colored Notation to enable Beginner Pianists to read Music quickly and accurately!

SKU: A0.690536

Bella Notte (Italian for Beautiful Night) is a song for the 1955 animated motion picture Lady and the Tramp from Walt Disney Productions. The music is by Sonny Burke and the lyrics are by Peggy Lee. The song was performed in the film by George Givot, who also provided the voice of Tony. Peggy Lee recorded the song for herself for a 1955 Decca release with a choir and orchestra led by Victor Young. The song has also been recorded for a Disneyland album, sung by Bob Grabeau. Ronnie Hilton recorded the song, and Siw Malmkvist recorded the song in Swedish, releasing it on a record in February 1956.The song has also been recorded by Vikingarna on the 1979 album Vikingarnas julparty and Christer Sjögren himself on the 1994 Christmas album När ljusen ska tändas därhemma. Mark Salling, Kevin McHale, and Chord Overstreet recorded the song, and performed it on twenty-second episode and season two finale of Glee on May 24, 2011.

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Please contact me by email at jfries@ptd.net to make a special request or to find out all that I have to offer and to express your comments or concerns. Thanks, John.  Midnight Sun (1954) was originally an instrumental composed by Lionel Hampton and Sonny Burke in 1947 and is now considered a jazz standard. Subsequently, Johnny Mercer wrote the words to the song. One famous recording of the song with the Mercer lyrics is by Ella Fitzgerald on her 1957 album Like Someone in Love.

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Please contact me by email at jfries@ptd.net to make a special request or to find out all that I have to offer and to express your comments or concerns.  You can also type John Fries in the searchbar to see all I have to offer. Midnight Sun (1954) was originally an instrumental composed by Lionel Hampton and Sonny Burke in 1947 and is now considered a jazz standard. Subsequently, Johnny Mercer wrote the words to the song. One famous recording of the song with the Mercer lyrics is by Ella Fitzgerald on her 1957 album Like Someone in Love.

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A lovely holiday favorite made famous by the Carpenters, this a cappella arrangement is a blanket of thick, warm harmonies and features a male soloist.