SONG ONE:
(Title Withheld Until After Contest)
(Name of Opening Tune is part of contest)
Words and Music by Peggy Lee and William Schluger, 1961
(Originally recorded by Peggy Lee in 1961)
This Arrangement by Jonathan Barrick
Recorded August 5 and 19, 2005 at Entourage Studios, North Hollywood, CA. Catalog number: NO-8816. Produced by Paul McDonald and Nancy Osborne
Nancy Osborne CD: Hot Swing, Cool Jazz
SONG TWO (cut from news hole version):
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL
America The Beautiful
Lyrics by Katherine Lee Bates; Music by Samuel Ward
arr. SMSgt. Mike Crotty* (3:23 – Short Version 2:17)
*Member, The United States Air Force Band
Joe Williams, vocalist
SMSgt Juanita Williams (Ret)**, vocalist
**Former member, The United StatesAir Force Band
CMSgt Peter BarenBregge, tenor saxophone
The United States Air Force Airmen of Note
The United States Air Force Band – Washington, D.C.
Chief Master Sergeant Peter BarenBregge, Director
Master tapes were recorded at Bias Recording, Springfield, Virginia, on October 21-25, 27-31, 1996. Catalog number: BOL-9702
USAF CD: Legacy
SONG THREE:
TURKEY IN THE STRAW
Turkey In The Straw
Traditional (One of the earliest American Ministrel Songs)
arr. SMSgt. (Ret.) Robert Walters**
**Former Member, The United States Air Force Band
(A fiddle tune named "Natchez Under the Hill" before it was published with words in 1834 as Old Zip Coon)
(According to Linscott, the tune is derived from the ballad "My Grandfather Lived on Yonder Little Green" which in turn derived from the Irish ballad ”The Old Rose Tree.")
The United States Air Force Strings – Washington, D.C.
First Lieutenant Keith H. Bland – Prairie Village, KS – Conductor
Master tapes were recorded at The United States Air Force Band Recording Facility, Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C., 18-26 May 2000. Catalog number: BOL-0006
USAF CD: Collage
SONG FOUR:
CANADIAN SUNSET
Canadian Sunset
Words and Music by Norman Gimbel & Eddie Heywood
Instrumental version Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra 1956 recording
Composer Eddie Heywood on piano
(Reached number four in nationwide sells in September 1956 – sold two million copies)
RCA Victor 7" 45RPM
SONG FIVE:
COHAN MEDLEY OF FOUR PATRIOTIC SONGS
George M. Cohan Songs (2:49 or 1:00) (News hole program only plays tune 4)
George M. Cohan/MSgt. Jari Villanueva*
*Member, The United States Air Force Band
1. Give My Regards to Broadway
2. I'm A Yankee Doodle Dandy
3. Over There
4. You're A Grand Old Flag
The United States Air Force Concert Band, Ceremonial Brass & Singing Sergeants – Washington, D.C.
Colonel Lowell E. Graham, Commander/Conductor
Master tapes were recorded in The United States Air Force Band Studio, Washington, D.C., on November 5-10, 1997. Catalog number: BOL-9805
USAF CD: Espirit de Corps, America's Ceremonial Music
SONG SIX:
NEARER MY GOD TO THEE
American Hymn
Nearer My God to Thee
(Instrumental) 2:24
Lowell Mason
Arr. TSgt. Paul Rawlins*
*Member, The United States Air Force Band
The United States Air Force Concert Band, Ceremonial Brass & Singing Sergeants – Washington, D.C.
Colonel Lowell E. Graham, Commander/Conductor
Master tapes were recorded in The United States Air Force Band Studio, Washington, D.C., on November 5-10, 1997. Catalog number: BOL-9805
USAF CD: Espirit de Corps, America's Ceremonial Music
SONG SEVEN:
THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND
This Land Is Your Land (2:42 – Short Version 1:54)
Woody Guthrie
arr. Percy Faith
adapted CMSgt. Michael Davis*
*Member, The United States Air Force Band
The United States Air Force Band and Singing Sergeants – Washington, D.C.
Colonel Lowell E. Graham, Commander/Conductor
(The United States Air Force Concert Band – Washington, D.C.
Commander/Conductor Colonel Lowell E. Graham – Greeley, CO)
(The United States Air Force Singing Sergeants – Washington, D.C.
Conductor, First Lieutenant Daniel L. Price – Dayton, OH)
Master tapes were recorded at The Center for the Performing Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 9-12 June 1998. Catalog number 9808
USAF CD: Songs of Democracy
SONG EIGHT:
I LOVE BEING HERE WITH YOU – few bars
I Love Being Here With You
Words and Music by Peggy Lee and William Schluger
Recorded by Peggy Lee 1961. Catalog number: 617742029420BT
(Released 12-Nov-2002)
Record Label – Collector's Choice CD: Peggy at Basin Street East (Track 8)
SONG NINE:
CANADIAN SUNSET – few bars
Canadian Sunset
Words and Music by Norman Gimbel & Eddie Heywood
Big Wally Combo Live
SONG TEN:
THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER
The Star Spangled Banner
John Philip Sousa
Lyrics altered and appended by David Wright for ACOUSTIX
Barbershop Quartet: Acoustix
Recorded May 30, 1995. Catalog number: 3476
Intersound Records CD: Acoustix: Stars and Stripes
SONG ELEVEN:
PATRIOTIC MEDLEY:
Patriotic Medley 2:58
Arr. MSgt. Jari Villanueva*
*Member, The United State Air Force Band
1. This Is My Country
Don Raye/Al Jacobs
Shawnee Press, Inc., Warock Corporation (ASCAP)
2. God Bless America
Iving Berlin
Williamson Music Co.
3. This Land Is Your Land
Woody Guthrie
Ludlow Music, Inc.
4. America The Beautiful
Samuel Augustus Ward
Sam Fox Publishing Company, Inc.
The United States Air Force Concert Band, Ceremonial Brass & Singing Sergeants – Washington, D.C.
Colonel Lowell E. Graham, Commander/Conductor
Master tapes were recorded in The United States Air Force Band Studio, Washington, D.C., on November 5-10, 1997. Catalog number: BOL-9805
USAF CD: Espirit de Corps, America's Ceremonial Music
SONG TWELVE:
DRUM CADENCE
Drum Cadence (3:05 – Short Version 0:35)
SMSgt Mark Carson*
MSgt Ed Teleky*
MSgt Sheila Klotz**
*Member, The United States Air Force Band
**Former member, The United StatesAir Force Band
The United States Air Force Concert Band, Ceremonial Brass & Singing Sergeants – Washington, D.C.
Colonel Lowell E. Graham, Commander/Conductor
Master tapes were recorded in The United States Air Force Band Studio, Washington, D.C., on November 5-10, 1997. Catalog number: BOL-9805
USAF CD: Espirit de Corps, America's Ceremonial Music
SONG EXTRA (Only in 2005 version):
IT'S DE-LOVELY
It's De-Lovely
Nancy Osborn
Words and Music by Cole Porter
Introduced by Ethel Merman and Bob Hope in the Broadway show:
"Red Hot Hot and Blue"
This Arrangement by the late Lon Norman
Recorded August 5 and 19, 2005 at
Entourage Studios, North Hollywood, CA
Produced by Paul McDonald and Nancy Osborne
Recorded on Hot Swing, Cool Jazz CD
SONG THIRTEEN (2006 Program only plays one of these as mystery tune):
SALUTE TO MILLER – MEDLY OF FOUR MILLER TUNES
Salute to Miller (4:19)
Arranged by Sammy Nestico**
**Former Member, The United States Air Force Band
1. A String of Pearls
Jerry Gray
Shaprio, Bernstein & Company Inc. and Warner Chappell Music Inc.
2. At Last
Harry Warren
Warner Chappell Music Inc.
3. Tuxedo Junction
Erskine Hawkins/William Johnson/Julian Dash
Lewis Music Publishing Company
4. In the Mood
Joe Garland
Shaprio, Bernstein & Company Inc.
The United States Air Force Band – Washington, D.C.
Senior Master Sergeant C.E. Askew, Superintendent
Senior Master Sergeant Joe Eckert, Music Director
Captain Gene Egge, Director, 1972-1974
US Air Force Band: Airmen of Note
Catalog number: BOL-9907
USAF CD: AIRMEN OF NOTE 50th Anniversary (Fifty Years of the Airmen of Note)
SONG FIFTEEN:
GOD BLESS AMERICA
God Bless America (4:13 – Short Version 1:30)
Irving Berlin
The Boston Pops Orchestra*, Conducted by John Williams
*with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus
(John Oliver, Chorus Director)
Recorded in 1991 at Symphony Hall, Boston. Catalog number: CO47-198
Sony Classical SK 48224 CD: The Green Album, The Boston Pops Orchestra (1992)
