Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1222866 By The Fifth Dimension. By Galt Macdermot, Gerome Ragni, and James Rado. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Broadway,Musical/Show,Pop,Standards. Score. 2 pages. John Fries #819108. Published by John Fries (A0.1222866). 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.  The song spent six weeks at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart in the spring of 1969 and was eventually certified platinum in the US by the RIAA.  Instrumental backing was written by Bill Holman and provided by session musicians commonly known as the Wrecking Crew.  As Holman tells it, the recording can be traced to an incident in which 5th Dimension lead singer Billy Davis Jr. left his wallet in a New York City cab; the man who found the wallet was involved in the production of Hair and invited the group to see the show:  After they'd seen it I received a phone call in which they were all talking over one another, saying 'We've got to cut this song Aquarius.  It's the best thing ever.'.

Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1200476 By The Carpenters. By Paul Williams and Roger Nichols. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Pop,Standards. Score. 3 pages. John Fries #799303. Published by John Fries (A0.1200476). 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. Thanks, John.  Rainy Days and Mondays is a 1971 song by the Carpenters, with instrumental backing by L.A. session musicians from the Wrecking Crew, that went to number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Rainy Days and Mondays was the duo's fourth number 1 song on the Adult Contemporary singles chart.

Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1223448 By The Fifth Dimension. By Galt Macdermot, Gerome Ragni, and James Rado. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Broadway,Musical/Show,Pop,Standards. Score. 2 pages. John Fries #819641. Published by John Fries (A0.1223448). 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.  The song spent six weeks at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart in the spring of 1969 and was eventually certified platinum in the US by the RIAA.  Instrumental backing was written by Bill Holman and provided by session musicians commonly known as the Wrecking Crew.  As Holman tells it, the recording can be traced to an incident in which 5th Dimension lead singer Billy Davis Jr. left his wallet in a New York City cab; the man who found the wallet was involved in the production of Hair and invited the group to see the show:  After they'd seen it I received a phone call in which they were all talking over one another, saying 'We've got to cut this song Aquarius.  It's the best thing ever.'.

Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1196920 By Teena Marie. By Mary Brockert. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Broadway,Jazz,Musical/Show,Standards. Score. 2 pages. John Fries #796074. Published by John Fries (A0.1196920). 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.  It has become a jazz standard after it was featured by trumpeter Miles Davis, on the 1956 Prestige album Relaxin' with The Miles Davis Quintet. The Miles Davis Quintet featured tenor saxophone player John Coltrane, pianist Red Garland, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Philly Joe Jones. The song became a Miles Davis specialty and it appears on several live session recordings and compilations in different versions. The tune was taken up and performed by countless jazz musicians and is still a favorite in jam sessions.

Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1200478 Composed by Hubert Giraud, Jean Drejac, and Kim Gannon. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Jazz,Standards. Score. 3 pages. John Fries #799307. Published by John Fries (A0.1200478). 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. Thanks, John.  The album with this song was recorded in Paris, and Quincy Jones led an orchestra of both American and French musicians in the studio. In the liner notes from the original album, jazz critic Nat Hentoff quotes the description of the recording of the album that Williams gave. Our first session was for 9:00 p.m., and I was all set to record. At 9:30 some musicians were still arriving. After about an hour, we had finished one song. The sound was wonderful, and I was very happy. At this point, I was informed that the orchestra has to have a 15 minute break. The musicians vanished to a local café for some wine. About 45 minutes later, they began arriving back in the studio. We got one more song recorded before the contractor stood up and, in perfect English, said, 'Overtime'.