Monday, July 22, 2024

July 22 - Margaret Whiting; Benjamin Hanby (The Musical Birthday Series, 6th Annual Cycle)

François Schubert (2023)Previous posts for July 22nd are here: Bobby Sherman (2019), Luigi Arditi (2020), Franz Xaver Süssmayr; Alan Menken (2021), and Franz Xaver Süssmayr (2022)

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Margaret Whiting (22 July 1924 – 10 January 2011) was an American singer of the American Songbook who gained popularity in the 1940s and 1950s.

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Standards


The purpose today of my metrical writing

Is to call to remembrance the late Margaret Whiting,


So check her discography, and there you’ll see cited

Recordings aplenty to leave you delighted.


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Benjamin Hanby (22 July 1833 – 16 March 1867) was an American composer, educator, pastor, and abolitionist.  

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To Be Sung upon the Housetops

 

Hanby composed "Up On The Housetop" as a Christmas sing-along for his singing school in New Paris, Ohio around 1864.  -- information from Wikipedia


Light up the tree, and sing forthwith

A song about the Santa myth!


Don’t let the season give you pause,

Belt out a song of Santa Claus!


Assemble the choir, and let the plan be

To celebrate with Benjamin Hanby.

 

 

 

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