Karl Eilers
Karl Eilers
Edward Copeland

Sunshine and Sentiment #8930

…Guest commentator Karl Eilers joins host Michael Barone for some repertoire from the lighter side, a genial and general survey of theater organ recordings.

IRVING BERLIN: There's No Business Like Show Business  George Wright (San Francisco Fox Theater)

Dorothy Fields & Jerome Kern: The Way You Look Tonight. John Kander & Fred Ebb: Why Should I Wake Up  Dan Bellomy (Robert Trousdale Studio in Santa Ana, California)

Harry Ruby & Rube Bloom: Give Me the Simple Life. Adrian Ross & Lao Silesu: A Little Love, A Little Kiss  Ashley Miller (Hollywood studio installation)

COLE PORTER: Just One of Those Things. Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt: Love Song from Celebration  John Seng (George Cardinal Mundelein Auditorium Theatre Organ, The Seminary of the University of St. Mary of the Lake, Mundelein, Il)

Waller, Autrey, Johnson: Yacht Club Swing  Dick Hyman (Cincinnati's Emery Theater)

Traditional: Shenandoah  Billy Nalle (Century II Center in Wichita)

LESLIE CLAIR: Dance of the Blue Marionettes  Sidney Torch (Regal Theater, Marble Arch, London)

Leo Robin & Richard Whiting: Louise  Bryan Rodwell (Granada Theater, Tooting, London)

Billy Joel: My Baby Grand. Irving Mills & Duke Ellington: It Don't Mean a Thing  Jonas Nordwall (Organ Grinder Pizza, Portland)

Harry Breuer: A Bit of Rhythm  Rob Calcaterra (Temple Civic Center Auditorium in Rochester, New York)

Edward Kleban & Marvin Hamlisch: One, from A Chorus Line  Dwight Thomas (Paramount Music Palace in Indianapolis)

RUBE BLOOM: Spring Fever. Gerald Marks & Seymour Simons: All of Me. Paul Francis Webster & Sammy Fain: Secret Love from the musical film Calamity Jane  George Wright (Hollywood Philharmonic Organ)

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