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A new show from Colleen Raye Productions that explores the music of the trail blazing female songwriters from Tin Pan Alley & The Great American Songbook. Colleen Raye and Sophie Grimm, mother and daughter, combine their exceptional singing and performing talents to bring some of the all time biggest hits to the stage.  Each song was written in part by lady musicians of the era. 

  

You'll hear songs from Dorothy Fields (Sunny Side Of The Street, I'm In The Mood For Love, Pick Yourself Up), Peggy Lee(He's A Tramp, It's A Good Day, Fever), Ruth Lowe(I'll Never Smile Again), Ann Ronell (Willow Weep For Me), Billie Holiday (God Bless The Child), Betty Comden/Green (Just In Time, The Party's Over, Never Never Land), Carolyn Leigh (Young At Heart, Witchcraft, The Best Is Yet To Come) and more! Informative and entertaining, with great vocals and musical arrangements. INFORMATIVE, SENTIMENTAL, SASSY AND EXCITING!

 

HERE’S TO YOU- Female Writers of The Great American Songbook 

DOROTHY FIELDS 
Sunny Side of the Street - Jimmy McHugh
I can’t give you anything But Love - Jimmy McHugh 
Don’t Blame Me- Jimmy McHugh 
Exactly Like You 
I’m In The Mood For Love - Jimmy McHugh 
Pick Yourself Up, Dust Yourself Off  - Jerome Kern 
The Way You Look Tonight - Jerome Kern 
If My Friends/Big Spender - Cy Coleman 

ANN RONELL 
Willow Weep For Me  Ann Ronell 

BERNICE PETKERE
Close your Eyes 

RUTH LOWE
I’ll Never Smile Again

PEGGY LEE
I don’t Know enough about you - Dave Barbour/guitarist
It’s a Good Day Barbour
He’s A Tramp  Sonny Burke 
Angels on Your Pillow  Peggy Lee 
I’m Gonna Go Fishin’   Duke Ellington 
Fever  Added Lyrics Peggy Lee /Eddie Cooley and Otis Blackwell/ Hit Little Willie John 

Intermission 
Betty Comden/Green
Just In Time/ Jule Styne
The Partys Over/ Jule Styne 
100 Easy Ways TO Lose A Man 
Never Never Land/ I’m Flying Jule Styne 

BILLIE HOLIDAY
Now or Never
God Bless the Child    Arthur Herzog JR 

CAROLYN LEIGH 
WitchCraft - Cy Coleman 
Young At Heart  Johnny Richards 
Hey Look Me Over/Step To The Rear 
The Best Is yet to Come - Cy Coleman 

PEGGY LEE
Here’s to You/Richard Hazard

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