[78-L] Stolen tunes
Kristjan Saag
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Thu Jul 11 14:48:52 PDT 2013
"A Load Of Hay"
Kristjan
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On 2013-07-11 21:42, Dave Burnham wrote:
> Hey, dl, what was the Doris Day tune that you brought up a couple of years ago based on "Narcissus"?
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> db
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On 2013-07-11, at 2:59 PM, "Ray Kilcoyne" <kil at roadrunner.com> wrote:
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>> Speaking of Jolson, his ANNIVERSARY SONG was adapted from Sophocles Papas Ivanovici's "Danube Waves Waltz".
>> RayK
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>> From: David Lennick
>> Before "Night", somebody recorded it as "Go" in the early 50s. Tony Martin sang
>> O Sole Mio as "There's No Tomorrow", Elvis sang it as "It's Now or Never". Al
>> Jolson's "Avalon" was adapted from "E Lucevan le Stelle", and Puccini
>> apparently told his lawyer not to sue unless it was a hit. And the Crew Cuts
>> made an entire lp of classical adaptations.
>>>
>> Dan Van Landingham wrote:
>>> In the late fifties,the late Jackie Wilson recorded a couple of sides,"Night" which was based on "My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice" by Saint-Seans and "Alone At Last" based on the first movement of Tschaikowsky's Piano Concerto No.1.Some years later,an all girl group from the sixties recorded a number called "The Mountain of Our Love" based on "In The Hall of the Mountain King" by Grieg.That one dated from about 1964 or thereabouts;I don't remember the name of the group.Tschaikowsky was a gold mine for melodies that were used.I had that one 78 on OKeh that was based on the first movement of his Symphony No.6 in b minor but I can't remember the name of the tune nor the artist.I first thought it was Les Brown but I don't think it was.More like Frankie Masters.I haven't seen it in years.Then there was that Coleman Hawkins recording of "How Strange":I have it on CD but I also have it on a Bluebird 78 by Van Alexander on B-10189-B.According to the label,it was
>>> based on a work by one B.A.Prozorovsky called "Kak Stranno" and was featured in an MGM movie called "Idiot's Delight".In the RCA/Reader's Digest set,"The Great Band Era",there is a 1941 recording of "The Things I Love" by Jan Savitt:it was based on a Tschaikowsky piece.Brown's recording of "Everybody's Making Money but Tschaikowsky" was timely:as I said,many of his melodies were used,especially during the ASCAP war against radio in the early forties.
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>>> On Wed, 7/10/13, David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:
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>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Stolen tunes, was Re: Fwd: The results of your email commands
>>> To: "78-L Mail List"<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>> Date: Wednesday, July 10, 2013, 9:30 AM
>>>
>>> And "Life in the Finland Woods"
>>> became "Mocking Bird Hill".
>>>
>>> dl
>>>
>>> On 7/10/2013 10:27 AM, Bud Black wrote:
>>> > And the Cuckoo Waltz became The Louisiana Lullabye.
>>> (byoo byay)
>>> >
>>> > Bud
>>> >
>>> > Sent from my iPad
>>> >
>>> > On Jul 9, 2013, at 7:43 PM, David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>¬
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> I don't know, but I wonder if Yablokoff also sued
>>> Cole Porter? The second
>>> >> strain of "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" bears more
>>> than a passing resemblance to
>>> >> Yablokoff's song "Papirosen", the melody of which
>>> HE took from a traditional
>>> >> Yiddish melody.
>>> >>
>>> >> And the Lucky Strike "Be Happy, Go Lucky" jingle
>>> can be heard almost note for
>>> >> note in a Mozart Piano Concerto.
>>> >>
>>> >> dl
>>> >>
>>> >> On 7/9/2013 6:56 PM, Doug Pomeroy wrote:
>>> >>> Why is this message being rejected, can anyone
>>> tell me?
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I did not include (or even exclude!) any
>>> "non-text/plain MIME parts"
>>> >>>
>>> >>> What's this all about?????
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Begin forwarded message:
>>> >>>
>>> >>>> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
>>> >>>> Subject: The results of your email
>>> commands
>>> >>>> Date: July 9, 2013 6:43:07 PM EDT
>>> >>>> To: audiofixer at verizon.net
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>>> >>>> The results of your email command are
>>> provided below. Attached is your
>>> >>>> original message.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> - Results:
>>> >>>>¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ Ignoring
>>> non-text/plain MIME parts
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> - Unprocessed:
>>> >>>>¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ while listening to
>>> the second movement of Dvorak's Piano Quintet=20
>>> >>>>¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ #2, Op. 81, that I
>>> recognized what sounds like the source of Eden=20
>>> >>>>¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ Ahbez's song
>>> "Nature Boy".¬ Wikipedia adds this background:
>>> >>>>¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ Yiddish theater
>>> star/producer Herman Yablokoff, in Memoirs of the =
>>> >>>>¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ Yiddish Stage,
>>> claimed that the melody to "Nature Boy" was plagiarized =
>>> >>>>¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ from his song
>>> "Shvayg, Mayn Harts" ("Hush, My Heart"), which he wrote =
>>> >>>>¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ for his play
>>> Papirosn (1935).¬ Ahbez protested his innocence,
>>> claiming =
>>> >>>>¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ to have =93heard
>>> the tune in the mist of the California mountains,=94 =
>>> >>>>¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ but later agreed to
>>> pay Yablokoff in an out-of-court settlement.
>>> >>>>¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ Ah, those misty
>>> California mountains!
>>> >>>>¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ Doug Pomeroy
>>> >>>>¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ Audio Restoration
>>> and Mastering Services
>>> >>>>¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ 193 Baltic St
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>>> >>>>> Message: 7
>>> >>>>> Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 16:47:10 -0400
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> - Ignored:
>>> >>>>> From: David Weiner<djwein at earthlink.net>
>>> >>>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Lenny
>>> >>>>> To: 78-L Mail List<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>> >>>>> Message-ID:<CE01EB6D.3BBDE%djwein at earthlink.net>
>>> >>>>> Content-Type: text/plain;¬ ¬
>>> charset=3D"US-ASCII"
>>> >>>>> =20
>>> >>>>> Dozens and dozens more - too lazy to
>>> look up what they were adapted =
>>> >>>>¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ from,
>>> >>>>> but here are titles:
>>> >>>>> =20
>>> >>>>> MY REVERIE - Debussy
>>> >>>>> THE LAMP IS LOW - Ravel
>>> >>>>> MY FANTASY (1940)/TWILIGHT
>>> (1950)/STRANGER IN PARADISE (1953)- all =
>>> >>>>¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ adapted
>>> >>>>> from the same Borodin melody
>>> >>>>> BAUBLES,
>>> BANGLES&¬ ¬ ¬ BEADS - Borodin
>>> >>>>> AND THIS IS MY BELOVED - Borodin
>>> >>>>> STORY OF A STARRY NIGHT - Tchaikovsky
>>> >>>>> FULL MOON AND EMPTY ARMS -
>>> Rachmaninoff
>>> >>>>> TILL THE END OF TIME - Chopin
>>> >>>>> IF YOU ARE BUT A DREAM - Rubenstein
>>> >>>>> STRANDE MUSIC =3D Grieg
>>> >>>>> HOT DIGGETY - Chabrier
>>> >>>>> I'M ALWAYS CHASING RAINBOWS - Chopin
>>> >>>>> =20
>>> >>>>> And on and on.....
>>> >>>>> =20
>>> >>>>> Dave Weiner
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> - Done.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> From: Doug Pomeroy<audiofixer at verizon.net>
>>> >>>> Subject: Classical tunes used for pop
>>> songs, was Re: [78-L] Lenny
>>> >>>> Date: July 9, 2013 6:47:33 PM EDT
>>> >>>> To: 78-l-request at klickitat.78online.com
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Maybe someone else has mentioned this, but
>>> it's only recently,
>>> >>>> while listening to the second movement of
>>> Dvorak's Piano Quintet
>>> >>>> #2, Op. 81, that I recognized what sounds
>>> like the source of Eden
>>> >>>> Ahbez's song "Nature Boy".¬ Wikipedia
>>> adds this background:
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Yiddish theater star/producer Herman
>>> Yablokoff, in Memoirs of the Yiddish Stage, claimed that the
>>> melody to "Nature Boy" was plagiarized from his song
>>> "Shvayg, Mayn Harts" ("Hush, My Heart"), which he wrote for
>>> his play Papirosn (1935).¬ Ahbez protested his
>>> innocence, claiming to have ,Äúheard the tune in the mist of
>>> the California mountains,,Äù but later agreed to pay
>>> Yablokoff in an out-of-court settlement.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Ah, those misty California mountains!
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Doug Pomeroy
>>> >>>> Audio Restoration and Mastering Services
>>> >>>> 193 Baltic St
>>> >>>> Brooklyn, NY¬ 11201-6173
>>> >>>> (718) 855-2650
>>> >>>> audiofixer at verizon.net
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>> Message: 7
>>> >>>>> Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 16:47:10 -0400
>>> >>>>> From: David Weiner<djwein at earthlink.net>
>>> >>>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Lenny
>>> >>>>> To: 78-L Mail List<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>> >>>>> Message-ID:<CE01EB6D.3BBDE%djwein at earthlink.net>
>>> >>>>> Content-Type: text/plain;¬ ¬
>>> charset="US-ASCII"
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> Dozens and dozens more - too lazy to
>>> look up what they were adapted from,
>>> >>>>> but here are titles:
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> MY REVERIE - Debussy
>>> >>>>> THE LAMP IS LOW - Ravel
>>> >>>>> MY FANTASY (1940)/TWILIGHT
>>> (1950)/STRANGER IN PARADISE (1953)- all adapted
>>> >>>>> from the same Borodin melody
>>> >>>>> BAUBLES,
>>> BANGLES&¬ ¬ ¬ BEADS - Borodin
>>> >>>>> AND THIS IS MY BELOVED - Borodin
>>> >>>>> STORY OF A STARRY NIGHT - Tchaikovsky
>>> >>>>> FULL MOON AND EMPTY ARMS -
>>> Rachmaninoff
>>> >>>>> TILL THE END OF TIME - Chopin
>>> >>>>> IF YOU ARE BUT A DREAM - Rubenstein
>>> >>>>> STRANDE MUSIC = Grieg
>>> >>>>> HOT DIGGETY - Chabrier
>>> >>>>> I'M ALWAYS CHASING RAINBOWS - Chopin
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> And on and on.....
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> Dave Weiner
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Doug Pomeroy
>>> >>> Audio Restoration and Mastering Services
>>> >>> 193 Baltic St
>>> >>> Brooklyn, NY¬ 11201-6173
>>> >>> (718) 855-2650
>>> >>> audiofixer at verizon.net
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
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