How about guilt--will guilt work?
After all, we've already tried giving orders and offering sweet reason, so...
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"I Want to Be Happy" is from the Broadway musical No, No, Nanette, but wasn't in the original score. The show was unsuccessful in its out-of-town tryouts, so the producer asked Vincent Youmans (the original composer) and Irving Caesar (not the original lyricist) to come up with some new songs. The ones they came up with were "Tea for Two" and "I Want to Be Happy," and they turned out to be the big popular hits from the show, and both have been covered a LOT.
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Vincent Youmans, who died young, was not Jewish, but the legendary Isidor Keiser (aka Irving Caesar) was. He wrote the lyrics for over 700 songs, including "Tea for Two" (yes, that one), "Swanee" (with George Gershwin), and the English lyrics to "Just a Gigolo," not to mention the songs for over 30 Broadway shows and revues. Not enough? He was a founder of the Songwriters Guild of America and a director of ASCAP.
Video posted by renatorw1165
"I Want to Be Happy" is from the Broadway musical No, No, Nanette, but wasn't in the original score. The show was unsuccessful in its out-of-town tryouts, so the producer asked Vincent Youmans (the original composer) and Irving Caesar (not the original lyricist) to come up with some new songs. The ones they came up with were "Tea for Two" and "I Want to Be Happy," and they turned out to be the big popular hits from the show, and both have been covered a LOT.
Vincent Youmans, who died young, was not Jewish, but the legendary Isidor Keiser (aka Irving Caesar) was. He wrote the lyrics for over 700 songs, including "Tea for Two" (yes, that one), "Swanee" (with George Gershwin), and the English lyrics to "Just a Gigolo," not to mention the songs for over 30 Broadway shows and revues. Not enough? He was a founder of the Songwriters Guild of America and a director of ASCAP.
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