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The Song List Grows..and grows

laurel — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:08:10 +0000

My trio and I are determined to never be stumped by a request.

As Time Goes By C

A Train Bb

After You’ve Gone C

A Foggy Day Db

All of Me C

All or Nothing at all Em

Be Meir Bis Du Eb

Black Coffee G

Body and Soul Ab

Blue Skies Am

But Beautiful Ab

Boulevard of Broken Dreams Em

Best is Yet to Come E

Can’t Take That away from Me G

Can’t Take that Away G

Crazy he calls me C

Cheek to Cheek G

Don’t Explain

Don’t Worry Bout Me C

Fascinating Rhythm D

Funny Valentine C

Give my Regards to Broadway Eb

I get a Kick out of You G

Fever Cm

It’s Don’t Mean a Thing Bb

I Can’t give you Anything but Love Eb

I Love Paris C

I Want to Be Happy Eb

Get Happy Ab

Let’ Get Away from it All F

Lover Man D

More than you Know

My Buddy Bb

Making Whoopie G

My Kind of Trouble is You F#

New York, New York Eb

Pennies from Heaven C

Route 66 G

Smoke Gets in your Eyes A

Stormy Weather D

Summertime Bb

Satin Doll C

Sing, Sing, Sing Em

Side by Side G

Slow Boat to China

The Man I Love G

Tomorrow Eb

Night and Day E

Moon River D

Lazy Afternoon G

Strangers in the Night A

Love and Marriage Eb

Let’s Get Lost Dmaj

Summer Wind E

All or Nothing at All Em

Embraceable You Bb

Just in Time Bb

My Way B

Nobody does it Better F

Don’t Get Around Much anymore Bb

Who Can I Turn To? Bb

Where or When C

Very good year C

Whiskey Bar Dm

More Db

Shadow of your Smile Bb

Wee Small Hours Ab

Luck be a Lady F

Witchcraft D

Second Time Around

A tisket, A Tasket G

Am I blue Bb

Beyond the Sea C

Blues Skies Bb

But Beautiful Ab

Cry me a River

Fine and Mellow F

Good Morning Heartache Db

How Long has This been Going On

I’ll be Seeing You C

I should care Eb

My Buddy Bb

Sentimental Journey C

Slow Boat to China G

Summertime Bb

Stormy Weather D

That’s All F

Where or When

On a Clear Day Emaj7

Tuxedo Junction Eb

Pennies from Heaven Eb

Honeysuckle Rose G

In the Mood F

Cheek to Cheek G

Bill Bailey Eb

Do Nothing till you Hear from Me

Cry me a River

Funny Valentine C

I’m Always Chasing Rainbows

Smoke Gets in your Eyes Ab

Fever Cm

Night and Day E

Juke Box Saturday Night

Hello Dolly G

I Could have Danced all Night D

Climb Every Mountain Bb

Make Someone Happy C

Moonlight in Vermont

Once in a While C

Let’s get Away from it All F

Me and my Gin

One Meatball

It Don’t Mean a Thing

Ain’t Misbehavin G

That Old Feeling C

Something Stupid Bb

Strangers in the Night A

Over the Rainbow

My Favorite Things Bbm

But Beautiful Bb

Diamonds are a Girls Best Friend C

Regards to Broadway Eb

A Taste of Honey Db

New York State of Mind Ab

Pennies from Heaven C

People will say we’re in love Bb

Satin Doll C

Till There was You Bb

Unforgettable F

Kick out of you G

I’m all Smiles

Whiskey and Gin Bb

Cement Mixer C

Dancing on the Ceiling

The Parties Over

Chattanooga Choo Choo

When the Saints come Marching C

When you Wish Upon a Star

Why Don’t you Do Right?

Sleepin Bee B

That Old Feeling C

When Sunny Gets Blue

Who can I Turn To

Deep Purple G

It was a Very Good Year Ab

I Got it Bad and That Ain’t Good

Is you or Is you Not my Baby

Just One of those Things

Old Devil Moon

Polka Dots and Moonbeams

Swing Low Sweet Chariot B

Just you, Just me

How High the Moon B

Im a fool to Want You

You’re Nobody till Somebody Loves you

Hit the Road to Dreamland

Until the Real Thing Comes Along

The Good Life

I Wanna be Around

Smile

Up a Lazy River

Gimme A Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer

I’ve been working on the railroad

Always

I’ll never be the same Eb

I’m All Smiles

Deep Purple G

I Believe in You

Running Wild

Another Opening, Another Show

I Can’t stop Loving You G

Nevertheless, I’m in Love with You

Zing, went the strings C

Spring is Here Db

A Good Man is Hard to Find

After the Ball is Over

Here’s that Rainy Day

Hello Ma Baby C

Don’t Go to Strangers

Rawhide A

Im Beginning to See the Light F

You’d be So Nice to Come Home To Eb

Johnny One Note

Keepin out of Mischief Now

I Don’t Know Enough About You Bb

Let the Good Times Roll

Good Morning Heartache Db

I’ve Written a Letter to Daddy F

Pizza Every Night F minor

I should Care Eb

Get Happy

Happiness is Just a Thing Called Joe

Big Nobody

La Vie En Rose C

Nobodies Sweetheart Now Bb

New York State of Mind Ab

I’ll Never be the Same Eb

Stout Hearted Men

SHOW BIZ WORLD LEADERS CONFUSED

laurel — Thu, 08 May 2008 00:05:30 +0000

Why must I be pigeon-holed by Show Biz middle management? I’m an actress, okay? I can play Doris Duke or Jesus, the carpenter. I am perfectly comfortable in those roles and many, many others which I cannot reveal due to contractual agreements. I am building a bomb shelter in Vermont. I am also hob-nobbing with the beautiful people in Newport. I am not singing. I don’t want to ruin my fun with nightclub clientele who shove wet napkins in my hand or tip-jar, with a song request/demand. The song is written in ink, the ink soaks through the napkin and on my hands. I itch my nose. Ink on my nose. I scratch my crotch. Ink on my cabaret gown. The song? New York, New York. Fly me To The Moon or Memories. period. that’s it. I like not singing New York, New York. I like not taking requests. I like not wearing long dresses or Marlene Dietrich garb. Just for a few more months. A few more hob-nobs. Another room on the bomb shelter. What’s the hurry now that I’ve finally recognized my “type” — grandma.

At Liberty

laurel — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:32:41 +0000

At the present moment, for example, right this second, I am at liberty. This is by choice, for the first time in my life, really, and it feels right. This libertine status allows me time to search out the perfect venue for my abilities and disabilities. Perfect means, perfect for both myself AND the venue. I know the place exists and therefore the search begins, and it acknowledges no boundary. By Land, Sea or Air… the world is still an oyster.

laurel — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:31:56 +0000

Performance Art Piece at Salvation Cafe, April 1st, Newport, RI

laurel — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:35:30 +0000

I will be dragging a bowling ball on a chain wrapped around my ankle and wearing handcuffs. Otherwise, I intend to make appropriate small talk with party goers celebrating the first edition of a new magazine featuring one of my stories. I am honored to be included in the first edition of the Newpy News, and look forward to working with the editors on future issues. The bowling ball and handcuffs signify my mental state at the moment, and the confinement of said equipment will provoke a spontaneous and musically uplifting performance installation without signifigance although I will be suggesting that I am against slavery and the limitations of my First Amendment rights. Yes, it’s a powerful and physically challenging endeavor, as I recreate the most intricate dance sequences from “West Side Story.” The subtexts of both musical and magazine, being one in the same, will allow both audience participation and chanting. After singing “Somewhere” I will be reading from my latest vignette based on information collected during my Washington D.C. hotel visit with a Congressional Aide. He, may I add, is Hispanic and helped me to better understand reignited resentments of minorities in the United States. My performance installation, the first in a series of ten, will make absolutely no sense until, after three drinks, I write an essay explaining it in an application for an arts grant. The comedic value of this piece cannot be overstated.