Louis Prima (7 December 1910 – 24 August 1978) was an American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and trumpeter.
[For last year's verses on Pietro Mascagni and Rudolf Friml click here.]
When You’re Smiling!
Louis Prima, Vegas act,
When they booked him, it was packed!
Energetic and untiring,
Not a hint he was perspiring!
Folks back then still got a kick
From Italiano schtick!
For his Vegas clientele it
Worked to take a song and sell it!
If by now you are enthused
To go and find his records, used,
You will find his ample vinyl
In the bins marked “All Sales Final.”
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Ernst Toch (7 December 1887 – 1 October 1964) was an Austrian composer.
Paying the Rent
"His most performed work is the Geographical Fugue... which he himself regarded as an unimportant diversion." -- Wikipedia
Be careful, beware, and be cautious
When writing a minor diversion,
For though you may think the thing nauseous,
The Fates may have planned a perversion
Whereby what you meant as a trifle
Becomes your most palpable hit,
But the royalty checks should help stifle
The angst in your soul just a bit.
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