Fabulous Fifties
Saturday, February 15th, 2014, 7:30 pm
The Village Theater at Cherry Hill, Canton
Performed by Michigan Philharmonic
Geff Phillips and Kylee Phillips, guest vocalists
From Saddle shoes to poodle skirts, soda fountains and the jukebox, come celebrate the 1950’s American style with music from crooners Nat King Cole, Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra along with hits from those iconic movies, Broadway shows, black and white TV, and, of course, from the King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley.
BACK TO THE FIFTIES (arr. Robert Wendel)
[Mister Sandmad, The Great Pretender, Que Sera-Sera, Sh-Boom Sh-Boom & Tequila]Richard Rodgers THE KING AND I SELECTION (1952)
[I Whistle a Happy Tune, Hello Young Lovers, I Have Dreames, March of the Siamese Children, Getting to Know You, Shall We Dance?, We Kiss in a Shadow]Nacio Herb Brown SINGING IN THE RAIN (1952)
Harold Arlen THE MAN THAT GOT AWAY
Richard Rodgers MY FUNNY VALENTINE from “Pal Joey” (1957)
Bart Howard FLY ME TO THE MOON
SALUTE TO OL’ BLUE EYES
[I’ve Got You Under My Skin, Strangers in the Night, That’s Life & The Lady is a Tramp]A TRIBUTE TO THE KING (The Music of Elvis Presley)
[Also Sprach Zaranthustra, Hound Dog, Love Me Tender, C’mon Everybody, Jailhouse Rock, Can’t Help Falling in Love, All Shook Up]Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber, and Mike Stoller STAND BY ME
Jules Styne DIAMONDS ARE A GIRL’S BEST FRIEND
Max C. Freedman and James E. Myers ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK
Irving Gordon UNFORGETTABLE (as performed by Nat King Cole)
WHEN TV WAS YOUNG (arr. Robert Wendel)
[50’s TV shows: Dragnet, Alfred Hitchcock; Honeymooners, Lone Ranger, I love Lucy & NBC theme]shared by Grosse Pointe Music Academy
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