"30s-40s Fake Book" Upgraded Pages

Individual pages in both versions will be revised as we find errors, better sources, or get an idea that makes a sheet easier to read, or work better.  Lyrics were added to some tunes. Verses were added to some tunes, replacing lyrics--the lyric sheets were revised to include the new verses. Before replacing a page, consider whether the change is one you want. Usually it's choosing between a new verse or keeping the page with chorus lyrics? The answer also depends on how you use the book. If you use it mainly for "standards" gigs, probably best keep the lyrics. But if you particularly like the early 30s foxtrots, try the verses out--usually I added them to standard tunes when they have substantial musical value. I didn't add the verses to most Gershwin standards; the tunes we know and love were composed as 2-beat show tunes, but most came to be played as pretty 4/4 ballads that stand alone without the verses, most of which don't convert well to "dreamy".

I corrected small errors and touched up some sheets as I went along when doing the Bb edition, and changed the C sheets at the same time. I didn't keep track of the sheets with purely cosmetic changes.

.pdf files of upgraded pages are available free of charge to book owners, and will be sent, attached to eMails, on request.

Punching the pages:  make sure the shop can adjust their punching machines so that the distance between the edge of the page and the hole is the same as my pages (3/32" or 7/64 )

The table lists the upgraded pages and details the changes made.
C book: 1. 8/11/00, 2. 10/27/03, 3. 2/14/06, 4. 11/ /07
Bb book: 1. 3/11/01, 2. 5/10/06

 
Preface--Additions and rewrites 185  Skylark--chord changes
Index--added Blue Lou 197  Star Dust p2--transposed Shaw-Jenny solos to F (record key), added last 8 bars of tune in F
How to play--rewritten 198  Stay as sweet--verse added, many chords & some notes changed in chorus.
7 Anything goes--Verse added 205  Sweet and lovely--Verse added
8 And the angels sing p1--modified last line; 
p2--modified instructions		 207  Swing Mister Charlie-- verse added, chord changes
16  Blue moon--Verse added 217  These foolish things--Verse added
16A Blue Lou added; verso is vocal sheet on p17 225  Two sleepy people--a few chord changes.
17 Blue skies--Tommy Dorsey band vocal sheet added. 227  Under a blanket of blue--verse added, some chord changes
40  Deep purple--Verse added 229  Way you look tonight--redesigned for easier playing and setting tempo: halved the value of the book notes, which were "in 2" 
47  Dream a little dream--Verse added 235  What more can I ask--minor chord changes; verse added
50  Embraceable you--chord changes 237  When a woman--line 2 bars 7-8, changed held notes from Bb to A
73  I cover the waterfront--Key changed to G, the standard; couple of chords 238  Where or when--minor chord changes
77  I got it bad--minor chord changes 243  Wrap your troubles--Verse added
84  I'll be seeing you--verse added 245  You brought a new kind--Verse added, changed all chords with "o" to "dim", eg Abo to Abdim
85  I'll never be the same--Verse added; substantial chord changes 246  You do something to me--Verse added
86  I'll see you in my dreams--Verse added; line one pick up note changed from E to F
93  In the mood, p1 added accents to Intro and A for correct phrasing. p2--line 8, bar 11 (notes replace rests, moved the ending boxes) 
127  Liza--verse added
130  Love walked in--Key changed to the original Eb; chord changes
131  Lovely Liza Lee--Verse added
136  Man I love--lyrics line 7 added "e" to "hom", minor chord changes
137  Manhattan--Verse added
138  Marie--added Tommy Dorsey band vocal on a separate page
145 My heart belongs to daddy--p.2 w/Verse added
175  Russian lullaby--verse added
181  Should I--verse added (it's better than the tune)
 

Revised 9/26/07