Willard Robison (September 18, 1894 – June 24, 1968) was an American vocalist, pianist, and composer of popular songs, born in Shelbina, Missouri. His...
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Don't Smoke in Bed (song) (category Songs with music by Willard Robison)
"Don't Smoke in Bed" is a jazz song originally composed and recorded by Willard Robison and later associated with a recording by Nina Simone released on her...
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"Jubilee", by Spyro Gyra from Morning Dance, 1979 "Jubilee", written by Willard Robison "Jubilee Song", a song written by Fr. Carlo Magno Marcelo in 1996 for...
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Shelbina has a lending library, the Shelbina Carnegie Public Library. Willard Robison (1894–1968); musician, composer of popular songs Sam Walton, founder...
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Old Folks (1938 song) (category Songs with music by Willard Robison)
"Old Folks" is a 1938 popular song and jazz standard composed by Willard Robison with lyrics by Dedette Lee Hill, the wife and occasional colleague of...
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"Everything's Gonna Be Alright" Willie Mitchell 2:16 5. "Old Folks" Willard Robison, Dedette Lee Hill 3:13 6. "Take It Like a Man" Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller...
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Painted Doll" "Boy Friend" "Truthful Parson Brown"—music and lyrics by Willard Robison "Lovely Lady" Because this movie was one of the early sound features...
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Jones, Francis Lai, Jack Marshall, Johnny Mandel, Marian McPartland, Willard Robison, Lalo Schifrin, and Victor Young. Lee's first published song was in...
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A Cottage for Sale (category Songs with music by Willard Robison)
"A Cottage for Sale" is a popular song. The music was composed by Willard Robison, and the lyrics were written by Larry Conley. The song was first published...
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Stables, one of the city's top nightclubs and played with the band of Willard Robison. Soon thereafter Nuñez began to lose his teeth, impairing his ability...
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Coleman) — 5:37 "Pies of Quincy" — 3:19 "Old Folks" (Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison) — 4:16 "Sadiga" (Coleman) — 6:31 "Gandolfo's Bounce" (Booker Little)...
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People" Frank Loesser Hoagy Carmichael 3:37 11. "Don't Smoke in Bed" Willard Robison 2:54 12. "Somewhere in the Night" Milton Raskin Billy May 3:29 Total...
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leaving Whiteman, Bailey sang on the radio shows of George Jessel and Willard Robison. In 1933, Bailey married Red Norvo, a xylophonist, improviser, and...
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Melody 1929 Film Nacio Herb Brown, George M. Cohan and Willard Robison Brown, Cohan and Robison Edmund Goulding, Norman Houston and James Gleason Broadway...
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4. "Hurting Each Other" Peter Udell, Gary Geld 2:47 5. "Old Folks" Willard Robison, Dedette Lee Hill 3:13 6. "Summertime" George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin...
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Prince Will Come" Frank Churchill, Larry Morey 9:02 2. "Old Folks" Willard Robison, Dedette Lee Hill 5:14 3. "Pfrancing" (also known as "No Blues") Miles...
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Ellington, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills 4:04 2. "Don't Smoke in Bed" Willard Robison 3:14 3. "He Needs Me" Arthur Hamilton 2:31 4. "Little Girl Blue" Richard...
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aged 35. In 1927, with other prominent Pathé and Perfect vocalists (Willard Robison, Annette Hanshaw, Cliff Edwards), Morse moved to the Columbia label...
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studio album by trombonist/vocalist Jack Teagarden, performing songs by Willard Robison, accompanied by an orchestra arranged and conducted by Bob Brookmeyer...
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Billy Rose m. Henry Tobias "A Cottage for Sale" w. Larry Conley m. Willard Robison "Dancing on the Ceiling" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers "Dancing...
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No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Don't Smoke in Bed" Willard Robison 3:22 2. "The Air That I Breathe" Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood 5:58 3. "Smoke Dreams"...
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Simone, Jackie Alper, Ron Vander Groef) – 2:10 "Don't Smoke in Bed" (Willard Robison) – 5:30 "Go Limp" (Alex Comfort, Simone) – 6:55 "Mississippi Goddam"...
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3 – Marie Dubas, French music-hall singer (d. 1972) September 18 – Willard Robison, American songwriter and bandleader (d. 1968) September 25 – J. Mayo...
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by the Holly Cole Trio that draws its title from a composition by Willard Robison. Originally released in Canada in 1993 on Alert Records, the album...
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Gone" (Einar Aaron Swan) – 2:33 "A Cottage for Sale" (Larry Conley, Willard Robison) – 3:00 "Who's Sorry Now?" (Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Ted Snyder) –...
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in the operetta The Desert Song "The Devil Is Afraid Of Music" w.m. Willard Robison "Do, Do, Do" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin. Introduced by Gertrude...
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3:19 "Crying" (Joe Melson, Roy Orbison) – 4:32 "Don't Smoke in Bed" (Willard Robison) – 3:44 "The Consequences of Falling" (Marie-Claire D'Ubaldo, Rick...
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"Hoochie Coochie Gal" (Willie Dixon/Etta James) "A Cottage for Sale" (Willard Robison/Larry Conley) Chuck Berry – vocals, electric guitar Keith Richards –...
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original tune was co-penned by Lee, Barbour, and Willard Robison, but was credited only to Robison after he fell seriously ill. The album reached number...
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2. "All the Things You Are" Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern 8:26 3. "Old Folks" Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison 6:38 4. "Three Flights Up" 6:10...
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