Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1197338

Composed by David Raksin and Johnny Mercer. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Jazz,Standards. Score. 1 pages. John Fries #796502. Published by John Fries (A0.1197338).

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.  Laura is a 1945 popular song. The music, composed by David Raksin for the 1944 movie Laura. The song became a jazz standard and has been recorded over 400 times. Some of the best-known versions are by Woody Herman, Dave Brubeck, Johnny Johnston, Emil Newman, David Rose, Billy Eckstine, Charlie Parker, J. J. Johnson, Carly Simon, Frank Sinatra and Julie London.

Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 5 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1434644

By Billy Eckstine. By Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, and Juan Tizol. Arranged by Ko. Jazz. Score. 10 pages. Ko #1014773. Published by Ko (A0.1434644).

As played by Beegie Adair.

Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1208426

By James Brown. By Clarence Gaskill, Leo Robin, and Russ Columbo. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Pop,Standards. Score. 2 pages. John Fries #806536. Published by John Fries (A0.1208426).

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.  Written in 1931, Leo Robin has related how publisher Con Conrad walked into his hotel room with Russ Columbo, and asked him to write words within the hour for a tune he had. Robin, who was on vacation, at first refused but Conrad explained that he wanted Columbo to demonstrate it to Flo Ziegfeld who needed a song for Helen Morgan in one of his shows. In 1946 the song became a major hit for Billy Eckstine, Perry Como and the Ink Spots.

Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1258037

By James Brown. By Clarence Gaskill, Leo Robin, and Russ Columbo. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Pop,Standards. Score. 2 pages. John Fries #851275. Published by John Fries (A0.1258037).

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.  Written in 1931, Leo Robin has related how publisher Con Conrad walked into his hotel room with Russ Columbo and asked him to write words within the hour for a tune he had.  Robin, who was on vacation, at first refused, but Conrad explained that he wanted Columbo to demonstrate it to Flo Ziegfeld who needed a song for Helen Morgan in one of his shows.  Robin then wrote the lyric, which he afterwards said he disliked, and the song was duly performed for Ziegfeld, but he did not accept it.  Russ Columbo, however, sang it on his radio show and recorded it on October 9, 1931, for Victor Records, and it was very popular in 1932.  Columbo also sang it in the 1933 short film That Goes Double.  In 1946, the song became a major hit for Billy Eckstine, Perry Como, and the Ink Spots.