The Alabama Uke Fest Singalong Book!
By Pete McCarty for 2019
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Alabama Uke Fest Singalong Book - Two-Line Reformat*
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* The One-Line (Chord Pro) format vs. the Two-Line format of song sheets is discussed in a FAQ at the Logue Music Services web site. See: "What are the acceptable formats for the song lyrics and chords?" in Transpose Questions and Answers.
Footnotes
1. "Deep In The Heart Of Texas" (lyrics by June Hershey, music by Don Swander, 1941). There were five versions in the Billboard charts in 1942, together with two other 1942 recordings, and appearances in three 1942 films.
1942 chart recordings
Alvino Rey and his Orchestra, “Deep In The Heart Of Texas” (vocal by Bill Schallen and Skeets Herfurt), recorded November 21, 1941, Bluebird 11391) - this topped the Billboard charts in 1942 during a ten-week stay.
Ted Weems and His Orchestra, “Deep In The Heart Of Texas” (vocal by Perry Como - recorded on December 9, 1941 for Decca Records in Los Angeles, California). It was a single release (4138 A) on the flip side of the song "Ollie Ollie Out's in Free." This also charted with a peak position of #23.
The Merry Macs, “Deep In The Heart Of Texas” - recorded December 23, 1941 for Decca Records, catalogue No. 4136. Chart position peak No. 11
Bing Crosby with Woody Herman and his Woodchoppers, “Deep In The Heart Of Texas” (recorded January 18, 1942, Decca 4162) This reached the No. 3 spot in the charts in 1942.
Horace Heidt's Musical Knights, “Deep In The Heart Of Texas” - recorded January 28, 1942, Columbia 36525 - this achieved a top position of No.7.
Other notable 1942 recordings
Tommy Tucker, “Deep In The Heart Of Texas,” February 2, 1942, Okeh 6583
Gene Autry, “Deep In The Heart Of Texas,” February 24, 1942 for Okeh Records 6643.
1942 Film Appearances
“Deep In The Heart Of Texas” was used for the name of a 1942 Western film starring Johnny Mack Brown as a man instrumental in restoring Texas to the United States following the American Civil War. It featured Tex Ritter and the Jimmy Wakely Trio singing the title song.
Gene Autry sang the song in “Stardust on the Sage” (1942).
Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Joe Strauch Jr. sang “Deep In The Heart Of Texas” in “Heart of the Rio Grande” (1942).
Source: "Deep In The Heart of Texas," Wikipedia,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_in_the_Heart_of_Texas
2. “Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue” has also been recorded under the title "Has Anybody Seen My Girl?"
3. “Ghost Riders In The Sky,” Johnny Cash.
4. Odetta and Boys Choir of Harlem on first David Letterman show after 9/11. "This Little Light of Mine" is a gospel song written for children in the 1920s by Harry Dixon Loes. It was later adapted by Zilphia Horton, amongst many other activists, in connection with the civil rights movement. Harry Dixon Loes, who studied at the Moody Bible Institute and the American Conservatory of Music, was a musical composer and teacher, who wrote or co-wrote several other gospel songs. The song has since entered the folk tradition, first being collected by John Lomax in 1939. Often thought of as a Negro spiritual, it can be found in The United Methodist Hymnal, #585, adapted by William Farley Smith in 1987.
Source "This Little Light of Mine," Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Little_Light_of_Mine
Version by Odetta and Boys Choir of Harlem on first David Letterman show
after 9/11
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yrB7ePz5CM
Version by Odetta, from 'Gonna Let It Shine, A Concert For The Holidays'
(2005), recorded by WFUV radio at Fordham University, New York
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMaWsfLYQko
Version by The Seekers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNneGmj81zk
Version by The Oak Ridge Boys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRgHmsY_3kU
Version by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXdCcxzSLZ8
Version by Etta James
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eZ_M3EJG48
Version by Angelic Gospel Singers (1968) from "Gospel Pioneers," Vol. 2,
2001
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSxwT67wyB4
Version by Danell Daymon and Greater Works Chorale "took the audience to
church with their "America's Got Talent" audition."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v6H0t1bLm0
Another video of "This Little Light of Mine" by Danell Daymon and Greater Works Chorale at Eastridge Church
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYfCDQC1D_M
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