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1928 Last Night I Dreamed You Kissed Me sheet music by Gus Kahn and Carmen Lombardo

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Sheet music for "Let's Talk About MY Sweetie," music by Walter Donaldson, lyrics by Gus Kahn, 1926. Introduced by Ruth Etting.

Photo: Smithsonian Institution

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Ruby Keeler in Ziegfeld’s Production of “Show Girl” (1929) by Alfred Cheney Johnston.

Show Girl is a musical by William Anthony McGuire that ran from Jul 2, 1929 to Oct 5, 1929. The show tells the story of aspiring Broadway showgirl Dixie Dugan (played by Ruby Keeler) as she is pursued by four suitors (played by Eddie Foy, Jr., Joseph Macaulay, Austin Fairman, and Frank McHugh). The music was written by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin and Gus Kahn.

The character of Dixie Dugan was created by J. P. McEvoy and was first introduced in Liberty before McEvoy published his 1928 novel Show Girl (on which the musical was loosely based).

The Broadway production was produced by Florenz Ziegfeld, directed by McGuire, and choreographed by Bobby Connolly, with ballet sequences—including one set to An American in Paris—by Albertina Rasch. Duke Ellington conducted the orchestra. The show opened on July 2, 1929 at the Ziegfeld Theatre and ran for 111 performances. The cast included Ruby Keeler as Dixie, Jimmy Durante, Eddie Foy, Jr., Frank McHugh, and Nick Lucas.

Keeler's husband, Al Jolson, frequently sat in the audience and serenaded her with the show's closing number, "Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)," from his seat. The song was featured in the 1946 biopic The Jolson Story.

In 1929, Ruby had to withdraw due to illness and Dorothy Stone took over the role.

Warner Brothers filmed this musical as Show Girl (1928), with Alice White as Dixie Dugan; a sequel, Show Girl in Hollywood (1930) was made with White again starring as Dixie.

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Just Because

Three versions and something else 

1 Lloyd Price’s ‘Just Because’, 1956

Just because you left and said goodbye Do you think that I will sit and cry Even if my heart should tell me so Darling I would rather let you go

Just because you think that you`re so smart Going around and breaking lovers hearts Before I let this thing happen to me Darling I would rather swim the sea

I know you think you`re smart Just going around breaking lovers hearts

Just because I want someone who`s kind With a heart as good and pure as mine But maybe I am asking far too much Darling please don`t ever break my heart

2 John Lennon, Rock'N'Roll version (1973 or 1974)

Ah, remember this Why, I must have been thirteen when this came out Or was it fourteen, or was it twenty-two I could have been twelve actually

Just because you left and said goodbye Do you think that I will sit and cry? Even if my heart should tell me so Darling, I would rather let you go

Just because I want someone who's kind With a heart as good and pure as mine But maybe I am asking far too much Darling, please don't ever break my heart

I know you think you're smart Just running around and breaking lovers' hearts

Just because you left and said goodbye Do you think that I will sit and cry? Even if my heart should tell me so Darling, I would rather let you go

It’s too late darling, you just gotta say goodbye Why, the last time I saw you, you were wearing man’s clothes Not that I’m prejudiced, but you know I had problems with the zippers But who am I to hassle you like this? I’m just gonna have to let you go There’s two basses in this, I hope you appreciate it This is Dr. Winston O' Boogie saying goodnight From Record Plant East, New York We hope you had a swell time Everybody here says "Hi" … goodbye

Just because you left and said goodbye Do you think that I will sit and cry? Even if my heart should tell me so Darling, I would rather let you go

Goodbye, so long Been a long year Alright

All right! It’s all down to ‘Goodnight Vienna’. I’d like to say hi to Ringo, Paul and George. How are you? Everybody back home, in England, what’s cooking?

3 John Lennon, 'drunk' version (1973 or 1974)

Just because you left and said goodbye Don’t you ever think I’m gonna sit here and cry Even if my body should tell me so Darling I would never never never let you go

Just because you think you’re so smart Just because you think you break my heart Because I let your mind tell me so Well I listen, darling, now I would never let you go.

Well you think you’re so smart Breaking everybody’s, everybody’s heart

I need some excuse to be doing this I need a relief from my obligations

Just because you’re so sweet Just a little cocaine will set me right on my feet Whenever I’m so blue…

Yes sir that’s my baby* No sir I don’t mean maybe You know I like it just like my mama and my papa used to do I like it the same old way Just go from the head, from the top…

I know you love me I just wanna know Just tell it to me baby It’s all I got to know Once more Any time you, you feel like That (?) I couldn’t I just wanna hold you I just… Just because you left me and said goodbye Don’t you think I’ll ever ever say goodbye Even if my heart should break in two Darling I would never I’d never make nothing without you.

Just because you think you’re so goddamn smart And even if my heart said, “Come on John, get it” Before I let you get a, and before I let you get a grip on me Darling I would beg on my bended knee Baby you’re so smart I want permission from you All those mothers don’t know what they’re doing Little by little by little I need your love so bad it hurts me…

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*seems like a little piece of Yes Sir, That’s My Baby (written in 1925 by Walter Donaldson (music) and Gus Kahn (the lyrics), Bing Crosby and  The Sensations recorded it in 1956

and Frank Sinatra recorded it in 1966, if we need any examples.

But one well known song has the same words, so… just suddenly association, maybe

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Nina Simone performing "Love Me Or Leave Me" on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1960. ________________________ Love Me Or Leave Me Music by Walter Donaldson; Lyrics by Gus Kahn

Love me or leave me and let me be lonely You won't believe me but I love you only I'd rather be lonely than happy with somebody else

You might find the night time the right time for kissing Night time is my time for just reminiscing Regretting instead of forgetting with somebody else

There'll be no one unless that someone is you I intended to be independently blue

I want your love, don't wanna borrow Have it today to give back tomorrow Your love is my love There's no love for nobody else

Say, love me or leave me and let me be lonely You won't believe me but I love you only I'd rather be lonely than happy with somebody else

You might find the night time the right time for kissing Night time is my time for just reminiscing Regretting instead of forgetting with somebody else

There'll be no one unless that someone is you I intended to be independently blue

Say I want your love, don't wanna borrow Have it today to give back tomorrow Your love is my love My love is your love There's no love for nobody else

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Miu Miu Women’s Tales #23: House Comes With A Bird - Directed by Janicza Bravo, starring Kelsey Lu and Pedro Pascal

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Over the weekend I watched Honolulu, a mostly forgotten 1939 MGM musical. There’s quite a bit of racism that makes the film unredeemable -- both a blackface musical number and a native Hawaiian (ETA: or maybe Chinese immigrant? hard to say what they were going for, but his name is Wong and in at least one scene he whips out a “Confucius say.”) servant played as a racist caricature. However, it was the last film in which George Burns and Gracie Allen appeared together, and Gracie in particular is at the top of her game. And Eleanor Powell gets a number of knock-out dance numbers. I like this sequence because it shows off both Gracie and Eleanor, and the way they get Gracie out of the way so Eleanor can bring out the fireworks is particularly fun. The song is by Harry Warren and Gus Kahn, and the close harmony group featured is the Pied Pipers.