Name That Tune!

[Doc]

Can you name these tunes?
After a recent discussions with John Noreyko about getting away from music on paper and being held back musically by being stuck to the page, and the benefits of playing tunes and songs that you know by ear, I decided to show what I sometimes do in practice sessions at home. Imperfect playing and imperfect iPhone recording, but you get the point. I was always playing through familiar songs at home when I was a kid, and I even played out of song books in some of my lessons with Dave Kirk. It’s also helpful to those who want to become better at playing by ear. Get off the paper so you can really communicate the song without being anchored to the paper. Get anchored to your message.

[Doc]

@bort2.0, this is an iPhone recording in that room. The other video was using an Audio Technica AT4040 microphone. The iPhone doesn’t sound as good, but at least the iPhone, which is quite pressure-sensitive, didn’t clip to the extent it did in the old place. Maybe if I backed it away some, it would sound better. Whatcha think?

[bort2.0]

@bort2.0, this is an iPhone recording in that room. The other video was using an Audio Technica AT4040 microphone. The iPhone doesn’t sound as good, but at least the iPhone, which is quite pressure-sensitive, didn’t clip to the extent it did in the old place. Maybe if I backed it away some, it would sound better. Whatcha think?

For a PHONE(!), I'd say it's pretty dang good.

Loved the video, will have to give it a closer listen. Maybe one day when life settles down enough that theres one place for "tuba" in my house, I'll make some videos too.

For now, it's never twice in the same place, never without kid screaming or playing in the background, etc... :)

Great video as always... That Hagen is something special.

[Heavy_Metal]

Well played, @Doc !

Given your selection of tunes, and my being able to recognize almost all of them, we're both showing our age..............

[Doc]

@bort2.0, this is an iPhone recording in that room. The other video was using an Audio Technica AT4040 microphone. The iPhone doesn’t sound as good, but at least the iPhone, which is quite pressure-sensitive, didn’t clip to the extent it did in the old place. Maybe if I backed it away some, it would sound better. Whatcha think?

For a PHONE(!), I'd say it's pretty dang good.

Loved the video, will have to give it a closer listen. Maybe one day when life settles down enough that theres one place for "tuba" in my house, I'll make some videos too.

For now, it's never twice in the same place, never without kid screaming or playing in the background, etc... :)

Great video as always... That Hagen is something special.

You’ll get there. We all have that at some point the parent life.

[Doc]

Well played, @Doc !

Given your selection of tunes, and my being able to recognize almost all of them, we're both showing our age..............

I’m afraid that we are indeed from a certain vintage. And that’s fine with me.

[Three Valves]

I’m sure I got them all but the second, right after leave it to beaver.

Which, for the record, was before my time but I love the reruns...

[Doc]

I’m sure I got them all but the second, right after leave it to beaver.

Which, for the record, was before my time but I love the reruns...

I’m not quite old enough for the original episodes either.

@bloke might know #2.
Should I give out a hint?

[humBell]

I dream of Jeanie and Bewitched were still on when i gorged myself on daytime reruns, so i was all over them.

Recently played a medley with that era tv show themes, and Munsters was my favorite to play.

I also wonder about the embellishments on the Lerner and Loewe tune, which is in my stable of earworms, more or less straight (though i am not sure i sounded it out entirely right)

[Doc]

I dream of Jeanie and Bewitched were still on when i gorged myself on daytime reruns, so i was all over them.

Recently played a medley with that era tv show themes, and Munsters was my favorite to play.

We played a medley like that in high school and in a couple of community bands. Crowds loved it. And I forgot about the Munsters. That Medley also had Perry Mason.

I also wonder about the embellishments on the Lerner and Loewe tune, which is in my stable of earworms, more or less straight (though i am not sure i sounded it out entirely right)

Played the entire “thing” numerous times over the years (great music, imho), but my favorite version of that particular selection from it is a swing version by Ray Pennington and Buddy Emmons. After going back and listening to it, despite these being rough recordings, I’m disappointed in how punchy my recording of that tune sounds, it doesn’t swing enough, and I’m unhappy with the vibrato - it’s too immediate and not as much like a vocalist as it should be. Hence, my rendition is probably not helpful for your complete recall. LOL

[Three Valves]

I’m sure I got them all but the second, right after leave it to beaver.

Which, for the record, was before my time but I love the reruns...

I’m not quite old enough for the original episodes either.

@bloke might know #2.
Should I give out a hint?

Yes, because it didn’t sound like Dobie Gillis or Perry Mason themes to me!!

[Doc]

Yes, because it didn’t sound like Dobie Gillis or Perry Mason themes to me!!

A celestial body

A city in Florida

Bing Crosby did it early in his career.

[Three Valves]

Stumped.

Reveal answers within the week.

Or else.

[Doc]

Stumped.

Reveal answers within the week.

Or else.

He did it as a ballad, not a swing tune.

Does that help?

[bloke]

The first time I ever heard M.o.M. sung, it was a cappella by a really good choir director (in an old bus). He and his wife - a fine pianist - and his beautiful high-school-age daughter – a fine operatic and pop singer - were taking a well-coached high school youth choir on a huge odyssey all the way out to Colorado, and had hired me to play electric bass in their rhythm section, as I was a good bass player, and was the same age as the kids in the choir. It was only $20/day, but that was about 1972, and I was fed and housed.
I was also not supposed to tell anyone that I was being paid, as - at first - they asked me I would just “like to do it“ without offering any money. (I responded by asking them if it was worth anything to them...)
It’s funny how particular songs will trigger specific memories. I haven’t thought about that trip since about a week after it ended.

‘ sorry for not responding sooner, as I don’t check this forum very often.
EDIT:
My mom went to their own church and heard the show - which we did for the church’s own congregation, the night before we left on the trip. On the way home, she said, “You play bass really well,” as she had never heard me play bass at home, as I only spent any time practicing the (6-string) guitar, and zero time practicing the tuba.
Some of my friends asked me why I never practiced playing bass, and I would explain to them that it’s the same as guitar, except the strings are farther apart (thus easier to hit the right one), and it’s only one note at a time - and rarely any faster than quarter notes.

[Doc]

The first time I ever heard M.o.M. sung, it was a cappella by a really good choir director (in an old bus). He and his wife - a fine pianist - and his beautiful high-school-age daughter – a fine operatic and pop singer - were taking a really fine high school youth choir on a huge odyssey all the way out to Colorado, and had hired me to play electric bass in their rhythm section, as I was a good bass player, and was the same age as the kids in the choir. It was only $20/day, but that was about 1972, and I was fed and housed.
I was also not supposed to tell anyone that I was being paid, as - at first - they asked me I would just “like to do it“ without offering any money. (I responded by asking them if it was worth anything to them...)
It’s funny how particular songs will trigger specific memories. I haven’t thought about that trip since about a week after it ended.

I automatically assumed you would know that tune. I hope that was a good memory that was triggered.

@Three Valves \

The first time I ever heard M.o.M.

Does that help?

[bloke]

I automatically assumed you would know that tune. I hope that was a good memory that was triggered.

LOL...
Something I remembered - after posting - was a motel in Salina, Kansas that was a roach-infested.
At breakfast, I quietly told the choir director that I hadn’t signed on for that, and he smiled, handed me another $20, and apologized.

The more I think back, the more I recall how I treated adults as equals, rather than as my betters. When amateurishly self-psychoanalyzing, it may (??) be because my own father had such an extremely strong personality, that no one else intimidated me in the least.

[Doc]

Stumped.

Reveal answers within the week.

Or else.

Ok... It's been over a week.

Theme to Leave it to Beaver
Moon Over Miami
Theme to I Dream of Jeannie
Theme to Bewitched
Theme to Green Acres
On the Street Where You Live
September Song
Theme to Wild, Wild West

[hrender]

Definitely helps if you're "of a certain age" and spent a lot of time watching re-runs on TV.

For the rest, a familiarity with old movies helps.







Better version of the last one:

[Doc]

@hrender

I ain’t cuttin those kids any slack. They can put Ed Sheeran, Cardi B, or Ariana Grande on their own channels.