C Instrument - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1034385

By Barry Manilow. By Bruce Johnston. Arranged by arr. by John Fries. 20th Century,Jazz,Pop,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 2 pages. John Fries #639734. Published by John Fries (A0.1034385).

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 Write the Songs is a popular song written by Bruce Johnston in 1975 and released on his album Going Public in 1977. Barry Manilow's version reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in January 1976 after spending two weeks atop the Billboard adult contemporary chart in December 1975. It won a Grammy Award for Song of the Year and was nominated for Record of the Year in 1977. Johnston has stated that, for him, the I in the song is God. Manilow was initially reluctant to record the song, stating in his autobiography Sweet Life: The problem with the song was that if you didn't listen carefully to the lyric, you would think that the singer was singing about himself. It could be misinterpreted as a monumental ego trip.

C Instrument - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1205933

By Barry Manilow. By Bruce Johnston. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Pop,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 2 pages. John Fries #804125. Published by John Fries (A0.1205933).

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.  I Write the Songs is a popular song written by Bruce Johnston in 1975 and released on his album Going Public in 1977. Barry Manilow's version reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in January 1976 after spending two weeks atop the Billboard adult contemporary chart in December 1975. It won a Grammy Award for Song of the Year and was nominated for Record of the Year in 1977. Johnston has stated that, for him, the I in the song is God. Manilow was initially reluctant to record the song, stating in his autobiography Sweet Life: The problem with the song was that if you didn't listen carefully to the lyric, you would think that the singer was singing about himself. It could be misinterpreted as a monumental ego trip.

C Instrument - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.517842

By Johnny Cash. By Stan Jones. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Country,Folk,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 1 pages. John Fries #128565. Published by John Fries (A0.517842).

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.   This was written and originally recorded by Stan Jones in 1948. Jones was a forest ranger who wrote songs on the side. After recording his version of the song, artists like Burl Ives, Bing Crosby, Gene Autry and Johnny Cash all recorded it, and the song became a cowboy standard. The melody is based on the song When Johnny Comes Marching Home. The song presents an image of cowboy hell - riders who are doomed to chase the Devil's cattle for all eternity.

C Instrument - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1205895

By Johnny Cash. By Stan Jones. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Country,Pop,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 1 pages. John Fries #804086. Published by John Fries (A0.1205895).

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.  This was written and originally recorded by Stan Jones in 1948. Jones was a forest ranger who wrote songs on the side. After recording his version of the song, artists like Burl Ives, Bing Crosby, Gene Autry and Johnny Cash all recorded it, and the song became a cowboy standard. The melody is based on the song When Johnny Comes Marching Home. The song presents an image of cowboy hell - riders who are doomed to chase the Devil's cattle for all eternity.

C Instrument - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.499546

Composed by Johnny Mercer, Ralph Burns, and Woody Herman. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Jazz,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 1 pages. John Fries #112861. Published by John Fries (A0.499546).

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. Early Autumn (1949) is a song composed by Ralph Burns and Woody Herman with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. Charted versions were by Woody Herman and by Jo Stafford, both in 1952.

C Instrument - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.499784

By Bob Crosby And His Orchestra. By Bob Haggart and Johnny Burke. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Jazz,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 1 pages. John Fries #113077. Published by John Fries (A0.499784).

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. What's New? is a 1939 popular song composed by Bob Haggart, with lyrics by Johnny Burke. It was originally an instrumental tune titled I'm Free by Haggart in 1938, when Haggart was a member of Bob Crosby and His Orchestra. The tune was written with a trumpet solo, meant to showcase the talents of band-mate Billy Butterfield. Crosby's orchestra recorded I'm Free the same day it was written.

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SKU: A0.500172

By Andy Williams. By Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Film/TV,Jazz,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 1 pages. John Fries #113356. Published by John Fries (A0.500172).

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.  Moon River is a song composed by Henry Mancini with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. It was originally performed by Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 movie Breakfast at Tiffany's, winning an Academy Award for Best Original Song. The song has been covered by many other artists. It became the theme song for Andy Williams, who first recorded it in 1962 (and performed it at the Academy Awards ceremony that year.

C Instrument - Level 5 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.499595

Composed by Johnny Mercer, Lionel Hampton, and Sonny Burke. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Jazz,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 2 pages. John Fries #112891. Published by John Fries (A0.499595).

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.

C Instrument - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.500088

Composed by Johnny Mandel and Paul Francis Webster. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Jazz,Latin,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 1 pages. John Fries #113287. Published by John Fries (A0.500088).

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 Shadow of Your Smile, also known as Love Theme from The Sandpiper, is a popular song. The song was introduced in the 1965 film The Sandpiper, with a trumpet solo by Jack Sheldon and later became a minor hit for Tony Bennett (Johnny Mandel arranged and conducted his version as well). It won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year and the Academy Award for Best Original Song. In 2004 the song finished at number 77 in AFI's 100 Years.

C Instrument - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.499542

Composed by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Broadway,Jazz,Musical/Show,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 1 pages. John Fries #112857. Published by John Fries (A0.499542).

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. Come Rain or Come Shine is a popular music song, with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Johnny Mercer. It was written for the Broadway musical St. Louis Woman, which opened on March 30, 1946, and closed after 113 performances.

C Instrument - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.500223

Composed by Carolyn Dawn Johnson and Troy Verges. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Jazz,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 1 pages. John Fries #113408. Published by John Fries (A0.500223).

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.  Georgia on My Mind is a 1930 song written by Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell and first recorded that year by Hoagy Carmichael. It has often been associated with Ray Charles, a native of the U.S. state of Georgia, who recorded it for his 1960 album The Genius Hits the Road. In 1979, the State of Georgia designated Ray Charles's version the official state song.

C Instrument - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.499871

Composed by Frank N Wildhorn and Jack Murphy. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Blues,Jazz,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 1 pages. John Fries #113137. Published by John Fries (A0.499871).

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. One for My Baby (and One More for the Road) is a hit song written by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer for the movie musical The Sky's the Limit (1943) and first performed in the film by Fred Astaire. It was further popularized by Frank Sinatra. Sinatra recorded the song several times during his career.

C Instrument - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.499996

Composed by Amber Jessica Quinteiro and Scott Lawrence Feldman. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Jazz,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 1 pages. John Fries #113226. Published by John Fries (A0.499996).

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 Thought About You is a 1939 popular song composed by Jimmy Van Heusen with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. It was one of three collaborations Van Heusen and Mercer wrote for the Mercer-Morris publishing company started by Mercer and former Warner Bros. publisher Buddy Morris. The other two were called Blue Rain and Make with the Kisses. I Thought About You was by far the most popular of the songs. The lyrics were inspired by Mercer's train trip to Chicago.

C Instrument - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.500161

Composed by Henry Mancini. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Film/TV,Jazz,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 1 pages. John Fries #113344. Published by John Fries (A0.500161).

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.  After connecting, Blake and Mancini decided to collaborate on the television show Peter Gunn, for which Mancini created the title theme. When Edwards learned he would be directing Breakfast at Tiffany’s he chose Mancini as his partner. Their partnership produced successful themes, and they collaborated on numerous other films together. Johnny Mercer provided the lyrics for the song.