Choral Choir,Choral (SSA) - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1366250

By Bette Midler. By Don Raye and Hughie Prince. Arranged by Jeffrey Bowen. Contest,Festival,Pop. 13 pages. Music Arrangement Services Inc. #950575. Published by Music Arrangement Services Inc. (A0.1366250).

Performed by Bette Midler, originally by The Andrews Sisters.  This song is about a famous bugler that gets drafted into the Army, then entertains the troops.  The song refers to trumpet man, Chicago, boogie style, boogie woogie, being drafted, Uncle Sam, Company B, blowing it eight to the bar, bass and guitar, putting the boys to sleep, waking them up early, clapping hands, stomping feet.  

This arrangement is designed for high school or college show choir, concert choir or community choir.  Concert Band Score accompaniment also available.  Performance time is approximately 2:25.

Choral Choir (SSA) - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.774766

By Az Yet featuring Peter Cetera. By David Babyface Foster and Peter Cetera. Arranged by Sandra Milliken. Contemporary. Octavo. 11 pages. Sandra Milliken #5998067. Published by Sandra Milliken (A0.774766).

Hard to Say I’m Sorry is a No. 1 song by the American rock band Chicago. It was released in May 1982, as the lead single for the album Chicago 16.  The song reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart in September of that year, where it remained for two weeks. It was the group’s second No. 1 single (their first was If You Leave Me Now) and their first top 50 hit since Tell No Lover in 1978. It spent twelve weeks in the top 5 of the Billboard Chart.

Written by Peter Cetera (Chicago’s bassist, who also sang lead vocals) and the group’s producer David Foster (who played piano on the track), the song is about a person trying desperately to hold on to a relationship that has fizzled out, promising to make up for his/her indiscretions and playing the we’ve been through so much card.

Hard to Say I’m Sorry was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in September 1982. Peter Cetera won an ASCAP Pop Music Award for the song in the category, Most Performed Songs.

Two arrangements of Hard to Say I’m Sorry are available for immediate download: one for SATB choir and one for SSA voicing, both with piano accompaniment.