C Instrument - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1138633

Composed by George Gershwin. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Broadway,Jazz,Musical/Show,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 1 pages. John Fries #738981. Published by John Fries (A0.1138633).

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.   But Not for Me is a popular song originally written by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin for the musical Girl Crazy (1930) and sung by Ginger Rogers. Ella Fitzgerald's 1959 version of But Not for Me, which appeared on Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook, won the 1960 Grammy Award for Best Female Vocal Performance.

C Instrument - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1116594

By Dolly Parton. By Dolly Parton. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Broadway,Jazz,Musical/Show,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 1 pages. John Fries #718249. Published by John Fries (A0.1116594).

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.  But Not for Me is a popular song originally written by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin for the musical Girl Crazy (1930) and sung by Ginger Rogers. Ella Fitzgerald's 1959 version of But Not for Me, which appeared on Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook, won the 1960 Grammy Award for Best Female Vocal Performance.

C Instrument - Level 2 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1130243

Composed by Buddy Johnson. Arranged by Julian Horner. Contemporary,Hip-Hop,Jazz,R & B,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 2 pages. Julian Hartwell Music #730605. Published by Julian Hartwell Music (A0.1130243).

This is based off of Theo Croker's arrangement of this tune w/ Dee Dee Bridgewater, verbatim. Lyrics are not included but they follow the written melody. Great for a modern jazz and vocal accompanist.

C Instrument - Digital Download

SKU: HX.402364

By Ketty Lester. This edition: scorch. Broadway. Real Book - Melody/Chords. 1 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital (HX.402364).

C Instrument - Digital Download

SKU: HX.1050097

By John Coltrane and Ketty Lester. This edition: scorch. Jazz. Real Book - Melody/Chords. 2 pages. Hal Leonard - Digital #105070. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital (HX.1050097).

C Instrument - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1034319

By B.J. Thomas. By Chips Moman and Larry Butler. Arranged by arr. by John Fries. 20th Century,Country,Film/TV,Pop,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 2 pages. John Fries #639662. Published by John Fries (A0.1034319).

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.  (Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song is an American country and pop song made famous by B.J. Thomas. It won the 1976 Grammy Award for Best Country Song, awarded to its songwriters, Larry Butler and Chips Moman. The title is the longest of any song to top the Hot 100. In 1976, the song was performed by the Muppets on The Muppet Show. In 1979, Larry Butler produced a cover version by Kenny Rogers and Dottie West for their album Classics. Alvin and the Chipmunks and Butler covered the song for the 1981 album Urban Chipmunk. (Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song was certified gold for sales of one million units by the Recording Industry Association of America.

C Instrument - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1036444

By B.J. Thomas. By Chips Moman and Larry Butler. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Film/TV,Jazz,Pop,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 2 pages. John Fries #641468. Published by John Fries (A0.1036444).

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. (Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song is an American country and pop song made famous by B.J. Thomas. It won the 1976 Grammy Award for Best Country Song, awarded to its songwriters, Larry Butler and Chips Moman. The title is the longest of any song to top the Hot 100. In 1976, the song was performed by the Muppets on The Muppet Show. In 1979, Larry Butler produced a cover version by Kenny Rogers and Dottie West for their album Classics. Alvin and the Chipmunks and Butler covered the song for the 1981 album Urban Chipmunk. (Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song was certified gold for sales of one million units by the Recording Industry Association of America.

C Instrument - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1122686

By B.J. Thomas. By Chips Moman and Larry Butler. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Country,Pop,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 2 pages. John Fries #723650. Published by John Fries (A0.1122686).

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.  (Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song is an American country and pop song made famous by B.J. Thomas. It won the 1976 Grammy Award for Best Country Song, awarded to its songwriters, Larry Butler and Chips Moman. The title is the longest of any song to top the Hot 100. In 1976, the song was performed by the Muppets on The Muppet Show. In 1979, Larry Butler produced a cover version by Kenny Rogers and Dottie West for their album Classics. Alvin and the Chipmunks and Butler covered the song for the 1981 album Urban Chipmunk. (Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song was certified gold for sales of one million units by the Recording Industry Association of America.

C Instrument - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1477117

By Stacey Plays Hymns. By Stacey Plays Hymns. Arranged by Anastace. Christian,Praise & Worship,Religious,Sacred. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 3 pages. Anastace #1053825. Published by Anastace (A0.1477117).

As of this publishing, over 137,000 people have found my one video collection of funeral hymns on YouTube, not including separate postings of each individual song. Because of this it's been on my mind for a long time to write a funeral song, but it was somehow just never the right time until just a few weeks ago when this one came pouring out in 5 minutes flat [which does not happen often, I can assure you!]. The culmination of years of playing for funerals, a bachelor degree in theology and sacred music, and many more years of writing and playing music through good times and also times full of grief, Lord of All Our Days is my very best and heartfelt attempt to serve those who are also dealing with the absolute heartache of loss, be it the acute, fresh grieving of just losing someone or the flashbacks that come time and time again, years and even decades later.

This song carefully and tenderly handles the true earth-shaking grief that it is to lose someone you love, while holding out a strong hope of the life to come for those who trust God. I had a very difficult time recording it without being moved to tears over and over, and I pray it will reach many in need of comfort, being of service to anyone who is looking for a Christian, Biblical funeral hymn for a memorial service or a celebration of life service. 

This is the guitar or lead sheet version of Outdoor Acoustic Version of Lord of All Our Days, as heard on all streaming platforms. It is intended for use as a burial song, sung softly and reverently accompanied by a quiet guitar or even a capella at the internment portion of a funeral service if music is desired at the graveside. This is in C Major so no capo is required, but for a more beginner guitar or alternate chord voicings you may prefer the G major version which is intended to be played on capo 3 or even 5, depending on the vocal range of whoever is leading the song.

Also available, by searching Stacey Plays Hymns and the song title on this site, are the following versions:

Piano Vocal in Bb Minor to match the original recording [vocal range: Bb3-Bb4]
Piano Vocal in C Major for easier playing and a better congregational vocal range
Lead Sheet in G minor for piano or guitar [play capo 3 or more to match the original key]
A backup music mp3 track for soloists to perform with in a service, including the full backup choral arrangement.

For other formats including large print, a different key to match a soloist's preferred range, or piano solo for a matching prelude or postlude, please write me at staceyplayshymns@gmail.com and I'll be glad to make them especially for you. Purchase includes a free license for one funeral or memorial service with under 1000 people, with proper attribution and credit in all printed or online materials. For a license to use this work on a larger scale, please contact me for permission and other usage details including lyrics formatted for printing in church bulletins or for powerpoint. Please let me know if there is any other way I can serve you as a congregation or fellow music/choir director as I endeavour to write several new choral anthems per year, along with my other recording work.

Thank you for supporting modern hymnwriters and musicians!

C Instrument - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1477116

By Stacey Plays Hymns. By Stacey Plays Hymns. Arranged by Anastace. Christian,Praise & Worship,Religious,Sacred. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 3 pages. Anastace #1053816. Published by Anastace (A0.1477116).

As of this publishing, over 137,000 people have found my one video collection of funeral hymns on YouTube, not including separate postings of each individual song. Because of this it's been on my mind for a long time to write a funeral song, but it was somehow just never the right time until just a few weeks ago when this one came pouring out in 5 minutes flat [which does not happen often, I can assure you!]. The culmination of years of playing for funerals, a bachelor degree in theology and sacred music, and many more years of writing and playing music through good times and also times full of grief, Lord of All Our Days is my very best and heartfelt attempt to serve those who are also dealing with the absolute heartache of loss, be it the acute, fresh grieving of just losing someone or the flashbacks that come time and time again, years and even decades later.

This song carefully and tenderly handles the true earth-shaking grief that it is to lose someone you love, while holding out a strong hope of the life to come for those who trust God. I had a very difficult time recording it without being moved to tears over and over, and I pray it will reach many in need of comfort, being of service to anyone who is looking for a Christian, Biblical funeral hymn for a memorial service or a celebration of life service. 

This is the exact guitar version I used to record the Outdoor Acoustic Version of Lord of All Our Days, as heard on all streaming platforms. It is intended for use as a burial song, sung softly and reverently accompanied by a quiet guitar at the internment portion of a funeral service if music is desired at the graveside. I recommend playing it on capo 3 to match the original or a few higher to match your voice. You may also prefer to get the other version in C major and save using a capo. This version is just easier for a slightly more beginner guitarist. One other recommendation is to play it even lower so people can sing very quietly, i.e. capo 1 or even no capo at all, depending on the voice of the person leading the song.

Also available, by searching Stacey Plays Hymns and the song title on this site, are the following versions:

Piano Vocal in Bb Minor to match the original recording [vocal range: Bb3-Bb4]
Piano Vocal in C Major for easier playing and a better congregational vocal range
Lead Sheet for piano or guitar in C Major - best key for singing without a capo
A backup music mp3 track for soloists to perform with in a service, including the full backup choral arrangement.

For other formats including large print, a different key to match a soloist's preferred range, or piano solo for a matching prelude or postlude, please write me at staceyplayshymns@gmail.com and I'll be glad to make them especially for you. Purchase includes a free license for one funeral or memorial service with under 1000 people, with proper attribution and credit in all printed or online materials. For a license to use this work on a larger scale, please contact me for permission and other usage details including lyrics formatted for printing in church bulletins or for powerpoint. Please let me know if there is any other way I can serve you as a congregation or fellow music/choir director as I endeavour to write several new choral anthems per year, along with my other recording work.

Thank you for supporting modern hymnwriters and musicians!

C Instrument - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.500265

By Captain & Tennille. By Toni Tennille. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Jazz,Pop,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 1 pages. John Fries #113453. Published by John Fries (A0.500265).

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. Do That to Me One More Time is a song performed by the American pop duo Captain & Tennille. It was their 13th charting hit in the United States, and their second number 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It features a Lyricon solo by saxophonist Tom Scott, though Captain mimed to this part on a descant recorder in the promotional video. Do That to Me One More Time was a comeback for the duo, but they failed to achieve further success on Casablanca and their contract was not renewed. Vocalist and songwriter Toni Tennille played the song for Bogart at her house with husband Daryl Dragon in Pacific Palisades, California on an electric piano. Bogart reacted enthusiastically, saying: That's a smash! There's no doubt in my mind that's going to be your first single..

C Instrument - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1251678

By Michael Jackson. By Robert Kelly. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Pop,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 2 pages. John Fries #845939. Published by John Fries (A0.1251678).

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.  You Are Not Alone is a song by the American singer-songwriter Michael Jackson from his ninth studio album, HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (1995).  An R&B ballad, You Are Not Alone was written by American singer R. Kelly for Jackson in response to difficult times in his own personal life.  Kelly sent a demo tape to Jackson, who liked the song and decided to produce it with him in his Chicago studio.  Jackson's interest in the song was also linked to events in his personal life.  The music video, which featured Jackson and his then-wife Lisa Marie Presley, featured scenes of semi-nudity.  You Are Not Alone received generally positive reviews and was the recipient of Grammy and American Music Award nominations.  It holds a Guinness World Record as the first song to debut at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, and was certified platinum by the RIAA.  It also topped the charts in Austria, Belgium, France, Ireland, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

C Instrument - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1250187

By Michael Jackson. By Robert Kelly. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Pop,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 2 pages. John Fries #844521. Published by John Fries (A0.1250187).

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.  An R&B ballad, You Are Not Alone was written by American singer R. Kelly for Jackson in response to difficult times in his own personal life.  Kelly sent a demo tape to Jackson, who liked the song and decided to produce it with him in his Chicago studio. Jackson's interest in the song was also linked to events in his personal life.  The music video, which featured Jackson and his then-wife Lisa Marie Presley, featured scenes of semi-nudity.  You Are Not Alone received generally positive reviews and was the recipient of Grammy and American Music Award nominations.  It holds a Guinness World Record as the first song to debut at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, and was certified platinum by the RIAA.  It also topped the charts in Austria, Belgium, France, Ireland, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

C Instrument - Level 2 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.842476

By The Fray. By Isaac Slade and Joseph King. Arranged by Ben Clapton. Rock. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 3 pages. Ben Clapton #4597303. Published by Ben Clapton (A0.842476).

You Found Me was released by American rock band The Fray in 2008. It was their third single to sell 2 million downloads in the US, and marked The Fray's first number one hit in Australia.

This is a lead sheet for the song, which has the melody and lyrics, and guitar chords. The song is written in B, and it has capo chords at capo 4 to utilise open chords.

From Wikipedia:

In an interview, lead singer and pianist Isaac Slade expressed his meaning behind the lyrics of the song:

'You Found Me' is such a great song you should really listen to it. I love it as if it were my own child. The heart ache, the let down that comes with life. Sometimes you're let down, sometimes you're the one who lets someone else down. It gets hard to know who you can trust, who you can count on. This song came out of a tough time, and I'm still right in the thick of it. There's some difficult circumstances my family and friends have been going through over the past year or so and it can be overwhelming. It wears on me. It demands so much of my faith to keep believing, keep hoping in the unseen. Sometimes the tunnel has a light at the end, but usually they just look black as night. This song is about that feeling, and the hope that I still have, buried deep in my chest.

In another interview Isaac Slade declared that:

I kept getting these phone calls from home – tragedy after tragedy... If there is some kind of Person in charge of this planet – are they sleeping? Smoking? Where are they? I just imagined running into God standing on a street corner like Bruce Springsteen, smoking a cigarette, and I'd have it out with Him.

In a Reuters article about the album, Slade stated that the lyrics for You Found Me were written in 2007, and that the song asks about the problem of evil, why bad things happen to good people, after some of their friends and family went through very tough times.

Many others say that the song represents the reason we cope with things and how abandonment plays a role in everyday life.