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A favorite of bands, jazz musicians, and dancers for one hundred years, Whispering has stood the test of time. It is a great tune, and one of great historic importance that deserves a place in your band's library!

This is more than a lead sheet: it is an arrangement in Eb, including the lyrics and the rarely-heard verse. This is ready to pass out to your combo: bass, guitar, drums, piano, voice, and some horns, too.
The chart is professionally engraved and formatted for ease of reading.

This arrangement is based on the stellar recording by Bing Crosby with Bob Scoby's Frisco Jazz Band on:
Bing with a Beat (RCA Victor, 1957) - see history below.


Tell Me - a brief history:
One of the first recordings made by a jazz ensemble, The Original Dixieland 'Jass' Band in 1919. Also a hit recording for tenor Lamber Murphy on Victor Record #45171 on September 18, 1919 (9/18 is arranger Dan Gabel's birthday!).

The song experienced renewed interest in the 1950s thanks to the hit recording and movie by Doris Day On Moonlight Bay in 1951. It was also recorded with success by Burl Ives and gained popularity in the folk/country music scene.

Revived once again with the original verse, Bing Crosby recorded it on one of the best jazz vocal albums of the 1950s: Bing with a Beat, with Bob Scoby's Frisco Jazz Band.

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Here's a rousing Dixieland tune from 1937, first performed by Bob Crosby and The Bobcats. (Really.) This arrangement is adapted from an old stock chart of mixed instrumentation. Had to tame the clarinet fireworks to make it possible for brass players.
If you want alternative instrumentation, please contact me at wilcor@aol.com.

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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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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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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 song reached a peak chart position of #10. This contemporary arrangement features a root-based chord-blocking method that John and I have used in a number of our arrangements. We hope you Like it!