![]() ![]() Songlist: Birdland, Blue Champagne, Body and Soul, Boy From New York City (piano/vocal/guitar), Candy, Chanson D'Amour, Four Brothers, A Gal In Calico, Gloria, Java Jive, Love For Sale, A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square, On A Little Street In Singapore, Operator, Poinciana, Popsicle Toes, Route 66, S.O.S., Scotch and Soda, That Cat Is High, Trickle, Trickle, Tuxedo Junction, Twilight Tone, You Can Depend On Me Voicing: Solo | Performed by The Manhattan Transfer | 4405b | Songbook | $14.95 25 songs in all, including: Body and Soul, The Boy from New York City, Chanson D'Amour, Java Jive, Love for Sale, Operator, Poinciana, Route 66, Tuxedo Junction, You Can Depend on Me and more. This special second-edition songbook features their best-known songs performed in concert and on records, from Birdland to their show closer A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square. The Manhattan Transfer : Manhattan Transfer Songbookįormed in New York in 1969, vocal quartet Manhattan Transfer was the first group to receive Grammy Awards in both the pop and jazz categories in the same year. ![]() Songlist: Choo Choo Ch' Boogie, A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square, Operator, Manhattan Transfer Swings!, The Boy from New York City Voicing: SSA | Performed by The Manhattan Transfer | 2921b | Sheet Music Collection | $10.95 "The Boy from New York City" - Terrific for show, jazz or concert choirs and the SSA voicing will thrill your women's groups! A driving beat leads this chart of fresh new chord changes and rhythmic surprises. Four of Manhattan Transfer's signature songs are showcased here in a 6-minute mini-medley "Manhattan Transfer Swings!" that will totally energize your concert! Includes: Four Brothers, Route 66, That Cat Is High, Tuxedo Junction. This accessible setting of " A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" retains all the flavor of the original Manhattan Transfer hit. Its the ladies turn to sing the songs of one the the greatest jazz vocal groups ever! "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" will put your choir on the jazz track with its hip '40s lyrics. The Manhattan Transfer : Manhattan Transfer for SAA Voices The record was first charted on 21 December, 1940 peaking at #2.ġ981 - Grammy Winner - Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices The opening, using either a clarinet or flute, has been picked up by others including, on this page, the Frank Sinatra recording. The fluttering clarinet that opens the track and no doubt is meant to suggest the sound of the nightingale began, it seems, with the Miller recording. ![]() The Glenn Miller recording (Bluebird 10931) with a Ray Eberle vocal was made in New York City on 11 October 1940. With the help of the local tourist office, elderly residents were questioned, but it proved impossible to identify the venue.Įarly charts hits of the song in the USA were by Glenn Miller, Ray Noble, Guy Lombardo and Sammy Kaye. In the spring of 2002, an attempt was made to find the bar where this song was first performed: it was hoped that a blue plaque could be set up. Maschwitz sang the words while holding a glass of wine, but nobody seemed impressed. The song had its first performance in the summer of 1939 in a local bar, where the melody was played on piano by Manning Sherwin with the help of the resident saxophonist. ![]() According to Maschwitz, the title was "stolen" from a story by Michael Arlen. ![]()
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