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Thursday, March 24, 2011
What'll I Do?
No, What'll YOU do??? hehe. Just kidding. Written in 1923 by America's Minstrel (Irving Berlin), this masterpiece has been covered by 34 notable artists like Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Perry Como, Johnny Mathis, and many others. It's one that everybody must have known in my parents time, but seems to have been forgotten by Generation X, or whatever we call ourselves. I learned a few lines of this song for a choral variety show, along with many other war-related songs like 'Over There', 'When Johnny Comes Marching Home' and the classic 'Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy' (GO ANDREWS SISTERS!!!!). We performed that show for several audiences in Washington DC, which I think is pretty spiffy. I cant decide which version I like most, but I think I'll go with the Nat King Cole Trio's version from the late 1940's :
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