C Instrument - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.499609 Composed by Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Jazz,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 1 pages. John Fries #112901. Published by John Fries (A0.499609). 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.  Carmichael wrote the melody, based on a Bix Beiderbecke cornet improvisation, as Bix Licks, for a project to turn the novel Young Man With a Horn into a Broadway musical. After that project failed, Carmichael brought in Johnny Mercer to write lyrics for the song. Mercer said that he struggled for a year after he got the music from Carmichael before he could get the lyrics right. This song is considered a jazz standard. Additionally, it is believed to have inspired a long-running Buick car of the same name that was produced from 1953 to 1998.

C Instrument - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1205946 By Lionel Hampton. By Johnny Mercer, Lionel Hampton, and Sonny Burke. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Jazz,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 2 pages. John Fries #804138. Published by John Fries (A0.1205946). 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.

C Instrument - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1131826 By John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman. By Guy Wood and Robert Mellin. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Jazz,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 1 pages. John Fries #732060. Published by John Fries (A0.1131826). 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.  The song originated in 1947 under the title Music from Beyond the Moon, with music by Guy B. Wood and lyrics by Jack Lawrence. Vocalist Vic Damone recorded this version in the same year and released it as a B-side to I'll Always Be In Love With You (Mercury 5072), but it was unsuccessful. In 1952, Robert Mellin wrote a new title and lyrics for the song, and it was republished the next year as “My One and Only Love�. When Frank Sinatra recorded it in 1953 with Nelson Riddle, first released as B-side to his hit single I've Got the World on a String (Capitol 2505), it became known as a jazz standard.

C Instrument - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.500014 Composed by Robert White. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Jazz,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 1 pages. John Fries #113243. Published by John Fries (A0.500014). 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. Out of Nowhere is a popular song composed by Johnny Green with lyrics by Edward Heyman and published by Famous Music. It was popularized by Bing Crosby.

C Instrument - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.499611 By The Platters. By Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Jazz,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 1 pages. John Fries #112903. Published by John Fries (A0.499611). 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. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes is a show tune written by American composer Jerome Kern and lyricist Otto Harbach for the 1933 musical Roberta. On October 30, 1946, Nat King Cole recorded the song in his trio with Oscar Moore on guitar and Johnny Miller on double bass, during a live broadcast from New York City. Cole performed it on television in 1957 for The Nat King Cole Show.

C Instrument - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.483897 By John Fries. By John Fries. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Jazz,Latin,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 1 pages. John Fries #103376. Published by John Fries (A0.483897). 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.  I wrote this piece in 2020 while working on Samba rhythms. I hope you will give it a go. If you have need for a special arrangement or wish to see what I have available email me at jfries@ptd.net.

C Instrument - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.491421 By Frank Sinatra. By Dean Kapp. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Jazz,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 1 pages. John Fries #106961. Published by John Fries (A0.491421). 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.  The song has an uplifting message that, despite the ups and downs in life, one should not give up but keep positive, because soon one will be back on top. The most famous version is by Frank Sinatra, released on his 1966 album of the same name. If you have need for a special arrangement or wish to see what I have available email me at jfries@ptd.net.

C Instrument - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.496636 By Morgan Valley Road Band. By Steve Huslander. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Contest,Festival,Folk,Jazz,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 3 pages. John Fries #110791. Published by John Fries (A0.496636). 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.   Steve Huslander is a guitar player/singer who worked with a great folk group in PA called The Morgan Valley Road Band. They worked all the local fairs and events with a huge following in the area. This one WITH WORDS describes a guy in love with a Rodeo Queen. It is well worth learning if you sing and play.Everybody loves a rodeo! If you have need for a special arrangement or wish to see what I have available email me at jfries@ptd.net,.

C Instrument - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.496607 By Morgan Valley Road Band. By Doug Banks. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Contest,Festival,Jazz,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 2 pages. John Fries #110773. Published by John Fries (A0.496607). 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.  Every pianist needs a great Rag in their play list. If you have need for a special arrangement or wish to see what I have available email me at jfries@ptd.net,.

C Instrument - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.496608 By Morgan Valley Road Band. By Terry Wild. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Contest,Festival,Jazz,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 2 pages. John Fries #110774. Published by John Fries (A0.496608). 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. A humorous song with words. If you have need for a special arrangement or wish to see what I have available email me at jfries@ptd.net,.

C Instrument - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.500289 Composed by Alisa Girard, Chrissy Conway, Kristin Swinford, Lynn Nichols, and Tedd Tjornhom. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Jazz,Pop,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 2 pages. John Fries #113473. Published by John Fries (A0.500289). 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.  TYPE JOHN FRIES IN THE SEARCH BAR TO SEE ALL I HAVE TO OFFER! performed by the Trinidadian-born, British-based singer Billy Ocean. Co-written and produced by Keith Diamond, it is the title track to Ocean's 1984 breakthrough album. It peaked at number five on the Billboard R&B chart and spent two weeks at number one on the Billboard adult contemporary chart.

C Instrument - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1041858 Composed by Benny Golson. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Jazz,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 1 pages. John Fries #646640. Published by John Fries (A0.1041858). 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.  Whisper Not is a composition by Benny Golson. It is in a minor key and contains a shout chorus (a special chorus between the final solo and the closing head). It quickly became popular with other musicians: Thad Jones and Morgan recorded their own versions before its composer had the chance to record it with his own group. Golson's early version was on his 1957 album Benny Golson's New York Scene. By 1960, John S. Wilson, critic at The New York Times, had labelled the song, together with another Golson composition, I Remember Clifford, an established part of the jazz repertory. It has been recorded by hundreds of musicians, becoming a jazz standard.

C Instrument - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.547199 Composed by Ben Goldsmith, Blake Mccoy, and John Byron. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Pop,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 1 pages. John Fries #157093. Published by John Fries (A0.547199). 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. Everybody Loves Somebody was made famous by Dean Martin who recorded and released his famous version in 1964. It was originally written in 1946 and recorded by Frank Sinatra with no success! Dean told his son who loved the Beatles, I'm gonna' knock your pallies off the charts, and on August 15, 1964 he did just that: Everybody Loves Somebody knocked The Beatles' A Hard Day's Night off the #1 slot on Billboard.

C Instrument - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.525430 Composed by Daniel Majic, James Lavigne, John Mitchell, Justin Franks, and Louis Tomlinson. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Jazz,Pop,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 1 pages. John Fries #135932. Published by John Fries (A0.525430). 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.  In the United States, the best-known version of the song was recorded by Nat King Cole on February 6, 1951 and released by Capitol Records as catalog number 1449. It was a million-selling record and reached the number one position on the Billboard chart, staying there for five weeks and altogether on the Best Seller chart for 29 weeks. Billboard ranked this version as the number one song of 1951. Cole described this song as one of his three favorites among his own songs.