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Categories: NEW & RECENT Publications, LIGHT CONCERT MUSIC Composers: Doris Fisher, Fred Fisher Arranger: Graham Robinson
Duration = 05.10
Degree of difficulty = C
"Whispering Grass (Don't Tell The Trees)" is a popular song written by Fred Fisher and his daughter Doris Fisher.The song was first recorded by Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra in 1940.The Ink Spots featuring Bill Kenny also recorded it the same year. A live instrumental version was played and recorded by Johnny Hodges with Duke Ellington and his orchestra in the Cristal Ballroom, Fargo, North Dakota, also in 1940.
"Whispering Grass" was a 1975 UK number-one single by Windsor Davies and Don Estelle. Davies and Estelle were actors in the successful sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum. It was number one in the UK Singles Chart for three weeks from 7 June 1975. The record is a comic version of The Ink Spots' 1940 recording, and was sung in character.
Categories: Howard Snell Music, LIGHT CONCERT MUSIC Composer: Edward Elgar Arranger: Howard Snell
The Wild Bears (from The Wand of Youth, Second Suite) Brilliant, high-spirited Elgar, these are real wild bears, threatening and growling. 3 minutes or so.
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Category: LIGHT CONCERT MUSIC Arranger: Ronald Hanmer
Includes :
1. Skip To My Lou
2. Black-eyed Suzie
3. Home On The Range
4. The Blue Tailed Fly
5. Buffalo Gals
6. Red River Valley
7. On Top Of Old Smokey
8. The Streets of Laredo
9. Big Rock Candy Mountain
10.Yellow Rose of Texas