YEA!! TOM LEHRER’S WORK HAS BEEN GRANTED TO PUBLIC DOMAIN

Matthew King Kaufman — Sat, 24 Oct 2020 16:07:35 +0000

Randy Rainbow owes a lot to Tom Lehrer. Before musical satire was an accepted art form, Tom was a pioneer (this link expires when the site is taken down.) I was surprised at how little has changed. Except for the outfits, music satire hasn’t changed much. Tom has left his music to the public.

Paul Whiteman with Mildred Bailey – “All Of Me”

publicdomain4u — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 00:35:37 +0000

In the American songbook, there are Standards and there are Standards. This would be a front cover of Standard Magazine. “All of Me” by Gerald Marks and Seymour Simons was first recorded by singer Ruth Etting.

http://www.archive.org/download/PaulWhitemanwithMildredBailey/PaulWhitemanwithMildredBailey-AllofMe.mp3

This was later recorded and performed by many others including Bing Crosby, Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and even Frank Sinatra. Mildred Bailey’s lilting vocal helped put this great song on the map, with this early recording by Paul Whiteman’s orchestra.

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YEA!! TOM LEHRER’S WORK HAS BEEN GRANTED TO PUBLIC DOMAIN

Paul Whiteman with Mildred Bailey – “All Of Me”