[78-L] Easter Parade and Smile and Show Your Dimple

[Banjo Bud]

Irving Berlin was noted for "borrowing from himself."  A case in point, 
listen to the verse of his song "Just A Little Longer," then listen to the 
verse of "To My Mammy."  The words are different, but the melody is exactly 
the same.  Also very interesting is one line in the chorus of "To My Mammy." 
It goes:  "How much does she love me?  I'll tell you no lie.  How deep is 
the ocean, how high is the sky?"

Bud

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From: "Ken "Silver Showcase"" <kenreg at tds.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 9:59 PM
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Subject: Re: [78-L] Easter Parade and Smile and Show Your Dimple

> RAY KILCOYNE wrote:
>> From: "Eric Goldberg"
>> I was listening to a download of the song, so I didn't have the credits
>> available to me. Thank you for the info.....
>>
>> David Ewen writes in his book "American Popular Songs"..........
>> The EASTER PARADE melody was used by Irving Berlin in 1917 for SMILE AND
>> SHOW YOUR DIMPLE.  That song had been a failure, and was soon forgotten.
>> Then in 1933, while working on the score for "As Thousands Cheer", Berlin
>> needed a tune for a Fifth Avenue parade scene.  Berlin recalled, "I dug 
>> back
>> into my own catalogue to 1917 and found that I had written SMILE AND SHOW
>> YOUR DIMPLE".  That became EASTER PARADE.  Introduced by Marilyn Miller 
>> and
>> Clifton Webb in the first act finale of "As Thousands Cheer".
>> RayK
>>
>
> I would argue that the only melody the two songs have in common is that
> first line of the chorus.  Other than that they're very different.
>
> Bts not at all unusual for composers to "borrow" from themselves.  There
> are countless examples of this from all musical genres.
>
> -- Ken
>
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