Word Association #15

[sophisticated_soul]

Button Up Your Overcoat - Bobby Troup

[9A]

Buttons and Bows -- Dinah Shore [[1947); written for Bob Hope and Jane Russell sung in the film The Paleface, Gene Autry and others [[mostly Country and Western)

[sophisticated_soul]

Ribbon Bow - Elmerlee Thomas

[9A]

Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree -- Tony Orlando and Dawn [[1973); many covers

[sophisticated_soul]

Ribbon Of Darkness - Marty Robbins

[9A]

Scarlet Ribbons -- Jo Stafford [[1949), Harry Belefonte [[1951); The Browns [[1959)
for her hair

[sansradio]

Ribbon in the Sky - Stevie Wonder

[9A]

Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet -- The Mills Brothers [[1934), written in 1909
with the blue ribbon on it
and we'll hitch old Dobbin to the shay

[sansradio]

A Sunbonnet Blue [[And a Yellow Straw Hat) - Billie Holiday

[9A]

The Yellow and Blue -- University of Michigan alma mater. [[M Go Blue!!!)

Sing to the colors that float in the light;
Hurrah for the Yellow and Blue!

[gary_james]

Silver, Blue And Gold - Bad Company

[9A]

Maxwell's Silver Hammer -- The Beatles [[1969)

[sansradio]

Silver Shadow - Atlantic Starr

[Jerry Oz]

Silver Bells - Bing Crosby

[9A]

Look For the Silver Lining -- Aretha Franklin [[1962); Judy Garland

[Jerry Oz]

Shine On - LTD

[9A]

Come Rain or Come Shine -- Margaret Whiting [[1946); recordings by Billie Holiday, Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand, Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James, Ray Charles and numerous others.

[Jerry Oz]

Brighter Than Sunshine - Aqualung

[gary_james]

Shining Star - Earth, Wind & Fire

[Jerry Oz]

Send Out For Sunshine - Heatwave

[sophisticated_soul]

Gee, The Moon Is Shining Bright - The Dixie Cups

[9A]

How High the Moon -- Les Paul and Mary Ford [[1951); Ella Fitzgerald; Aretha Franklin; Keely Smith

[sansradio]

Moonshadow - Cat Stevens

[9A]

Fly Me To The Moon -- Frank Sinatra [[1964) His version was closely associated with the Apollo missions to the Moon.

[sansradio]

Rocket - Beyoncé

[9A]

Rocket Man -- Elton John [[1972)

[gary_james]

Take Off - Bob & Doug McKenzie

[9A]

Up, Up and Away -- The Fifth Dimension [[1967)

[Jerry Oz]

Flying Home - Benny Goodman Sextet

[sansradio]

Comeback - O[[+>

[9A]

[[Won't You Come Home) Bill Bailey -- published in 1902, ragtime song

[gary_james]

Come To Me - France Joli

[sansradio]

Lydia Bailey [Negulesco, 1952]

[9A]

Lydia the Tatooed Lady -- Groucho Marx [[1939)

[Jerry Oz]

Lydian - Norman Brown

[sansradio]

Lydia Maria Child

[gary_james]

.... Lydia Cornell .....

[Jerry Oz]

Beans And Cornell Bread - Louis Jordan

[sophisticated_soul]

Down On The Cornell - Creedence Clearwater Revival

[9A]

Far Above Cayuga's Waters -- Cornell University's alma mater written in 1870.

Lift the chorus, speed it onward,
Loud her praises tell;
Hail to thee, our alma mater!
Hail, all hail, Cornell!

The tune has been used since by dozens of universities, colleges, high schools, and
camps worldwide.

[sansradio]

Prof. Cornel West

[gary_james]

.... Adam West ....

[9A]

West Side Story -- 1957, score by Leonard Bernstein, recordings by Andre Previn, Stan Kenton, Oscar Peterson, Dave Brubeck and many others.

[gary_james]

My True Story - The Jive Five

[sansradio]

I Could Write a Book - Rodgers & Hart

[9A]

[[Who Wrote) The Book of Love -- The Monotones [[1957); The Mudlarks; The Four Seasons

[Jerry Oz]

Paperback Writer - The Beatles

[9A]

Paper Doll -- The Mills Brothers [[1943)

I'm gonna buy a paper doll that I can call my own

[sansradio]

Paper Doll -- The Mills Brothers [[1943)

I'm gonna buy a paper doll that I can call my own

Both of Lena's versions popped up on my shuffle today.

Paper Maché - Dionne Warwick

[Jerry Oz]

It's Only A Paper Moon - Ella Fitzgerald [[and many others)