{"id":4101,"date":"2017-08-14T14:07:46","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T14:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/?p=4101"},"modified":"2018-08-14T17:02:28","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T17:02:28","slug":"the-truly-turbulent-thirties-22-male-female-duet-ideas-from-the-great-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/the-truly-turbulent-thirties-22-male-female-duet-ideas-from-the-great-depression\/","title":{"rendered":"The Truly Turbulent Thirties: 22 Male-Female Duet Ideas From The Great Depression"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-header-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">The Truly Turbulent Thirties: 22 Male-Female Duet Ideas From The Great Depression<\/h3>\n<font size=\"2\" color=\"grey\"><span style=\"border:1px solid ;-webkit-border-radius:50%;-moz-border-radius:50%;border-radius:50%;-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 3px rgba(0,0,0,.3);-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 3px rgba(0,0,0,.3);box-shadow: 0 0 3px rgba(0,0,0,.3);margin-right:25px;float:left;\" class=\"fusion-imageframe imageframe-glow imageframe-1 hover-type-none author-image\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"http:\/\/performerstuff.com\" target=\"_self\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/large-13015398_10208783920372319_8251907998121298385_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive\" style=\"-webkit-border-radius:50%;-moz-border-radius:50%;border-radius:50%;\"\/><\/a><\/span><p>Written by\u00a0Jackson Upperco<\/p>\n<p>October 13, 2016<\/p>\n<\/font><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Need a duet from the 1930s for an audition? A class project? A themed cabaret? Put down your <em>Anything Goes <\/em>vocal score \u2013 half the songs in there weren\u2019t even <em>in<\/em> the original 1934 production and they\u2019ve all been heard to death! Add something authentic and <em>NOT overdone <\/em>to your repertoire. At a loss? Well, this unique collection of Musical Theatre male-female (with implied flexibility) duet suggestions, all from the Great Depression, is here to help.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Each of the selections below, chosen by a self-proclaimed expert on the scores of this era, is guaranteed to put you in the mind and flavor \u2013 the <em>real <\/em>mind and flavor \u2013 of this iconic decade. With classic entries in the Great American Songbook to bluesy (seldom sung) gems waiting for rediscovery, this EXCLUSIVE list is one to be bookmarked and studied!<\/p>\n<h4>1. \u201cHangin\u2019 Around With You\u201d from <em>Strike Up The Band <\/em>(1930)<\/h4>\n<br><div align=\"center\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B9JL56JyFRE?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><br><p style=\"text-align: left;\">A musical satire with a score by the esteemed Gershwin brothers, this show began its tryouts in 1927, before it was indefinitely shelved, revised, and resurrected over two years later for a 1930 Broadway opening. Its original premise concerned a war between the U.S. and Switzerland over a cheese tariff \u2013 later revised to chocolate, and all made a dream. This number, for the secondary couple (a flapper and her beau) was written for the latter version. Fun!<\/p>\n<p>Get the sheet music <a href=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/product\/39763\/Hangin-Around-With-You\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ba9bc9;\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4>2.\u00a0\u201cFine And Dandy\u201d from <em>Fine And Dandy <\/em>(1930)<\/h4>\n<br><div align=\"center\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UV_wKl7EUXg?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><br><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Fine And Dandy <\/em>is often erroneously called the first Broadway musical composed by a woman (in this case, Kay Swift, whose husband served as her lyricist), but the truth is that it\u2019s the first <em>successful<\/em>, legitimately well-received score composed by a woman. (But that\u2019s irrelevant.) Swift, as longtime paramour of George Gershwin\u2019s, has a similarly infectious musical style \u2013 evidenced here in this bouncy duet for the star comic and his love interest. Very <em>of<\/em> 1930.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Get the sheet music <a href=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/product\/155861\/Fine-And-Dandy\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ba9bc9;\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4>3. \u201cCould You Use Me?\u201d from <em>Girl Crazy <\/em>(1930)<\/h4>\n<br><div align=\"center\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g9D7ceFbrzQ?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><br><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Known for offering the Broadway debut of Ethel Merman, this Gershwin musical comedy was repurposed and heavily altered to become <em>Crazy For You <\/em>(1992). A charming character number, for a city boy who\u2019s sent to Arizona and falls for a local postmistress, it was included in the \u201992 jukebox musical, but I\u2019d advise you against evoking anything but the memory of the original <em>Girl Crazy<\/em>, which offered more lyrics (ones that were surprisingly character-centric for the era).<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4>4.\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m Getting Myself Ready For You\u201d from <em>The New Yorkers <\/em>(1930)<\/h4>\n<br><div align=\"center\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/94l2XHDWFVk?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><br><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Based on stories from the famed magazine <em>The New Yorker <\/em>(then in its infancy), this Cole Porter scored \u201csociological musical satire\u201d was loaded with late \u201820s archetypes \u2013 gangsters, socialites, and chanteuses \u2013 as it tracked the romance between a society gal and a bootlegger. Sung by one of the secondary couples, this snazzy tune is teeming with its composer\u2019s sophisticated brand of sexual innuendo \u2013 as lovers prepare to get \u201cready\u201d for each other (to do, you know\u2026).<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4>5.\u00a0\u201cI\u2019ve Got Five Dollars\u201d from <em>America\u2019s Sweetheart <\/em>(1931)<\/h4>\n<br><div align=\"center\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JTIxwZffIZo?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><br><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Broadway loved to riff on Hollywood following the coming of talkies in the late \u201820s, and Rodgers and Hart (who would eventually go Hollywood for a while themselves) reveled in the parody. The plot of <em>America\u2019s Sweetheart <\/em>concerned a young couple whose fortunes in the industry never seem to align \u2013 she\u2019s up, he\u2019s down; then he\u2019s up, she\u2019s down. Their opening duet is a Depression-era charmer, filled with optimism because, hey, they\u2019ve \u201cgot five dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">6.\u00a0\u201cI Say It\u2019s Spinach (And The Hell With It)\u201d from <em>Face The Music <\/em>(1932)<\/h4>\n<br><div align=\"center\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GsN9CaNXo6Y?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><br><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Irving Berlin threw his own hat into the satirical ring with a pair of early \u201830s scores which included <em>Face The Music<\/em>. Its plot revolved around a crooked New York Police Chief who invests in a new Broadway musical. The cutesy young lovers got several peppy duets (perfect for this bleak, sunshine-needing era), including \u201cLet\u2019s Have Another Cup O\u2019 Coffee\u201d and \u201cI Say It\u2019s Spinach (And The Hell With It)\u201d \u2013 the latter also based on a famous <em>New Yorker <\/em>cartoon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Get the sheet music <a href=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/product\/26588\/I-Say-Its-Spinach\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ba9bc9;\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4>7.\u00a0\u201cYou\u2019re An Old Smoothie\u201d from <em>Take A Chance <\/em>(1932)<\/h4>\n<br><div align=\"center\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sjV8AlHmUmo?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><br><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Take A Chance <\/em>was originally an American history revue (with songs by Richard Whiting and Nacio Herb Brown) titled <em>Humpty Dumpty<\/em>, with a few interspersed backstage segments. Out of town, the show was retitled and recast, given new songs by Vincent Youmans, and thrown both a romance and a pair of gangsters. In this Whiting-Brown number, for a singer (Ethel Merman) and a crook (Jack Haley), they lament how they\u2019re \u201cputty\u201d in each other\u2019s hands.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Get the sheet music <a href=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/product\/36702\/Youre-An-Old-Smoothie\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ba9bc9;\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4>8.\u00a0\u201cLuckiest Man In The World\u201d from <em>Pardon My English <\/em>(1933)<\/h4>\n<br><div align=\"center\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/41HbkYT3LpY?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><br><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Set in a Germany that\u2019s outlawed non-alcoholic beverages (in a spoof of Prohibition), this Gershwin musical concerned a man who vacillates between two different personalities every time he\u2019s hit on the head \u2013 a German soda bootlegger (his real one) and a member of British high society. This song exists in two melodically different forms \u2013 a solo for the lead (heard on Broadway) and its out-of-town more charactery variant, a duet with his German moll.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4>9.\u00a0\u201cMine\u201d from <em>Let \u2018Em Eat Cake <\/em>(1933)<\/h4>\n<br><div align=\"center\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qK0EE_edR6E?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><br><p style=\"text-align: left;\">A sequel to the Gershwins\u2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning musical satire <em>Of Thee I Sing <\/em>(1931), about a Presidential campaign (and its resulting scandals), <em>Let \u2018Em Eat Cake <\/em>was mounted with most of the same cast and crew, but was considered much darker. It was about the President losing re-election and attempting a fascist takeover \u2013 too much for beleaguered Depression audiences. However, the score had a few delights \u2013 like a standard for the ex-President and his First Lady.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Get the sheet music <a href=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/product\/39594\/Mine\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ba9bc9;\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4>10.\u00a0\u201cI Won\u2019t Dance\u201d from <em>Three Sisters <\/em>(1934)<\/h4>\n<br><div align=\"center\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_rqxNmLgPUU?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><br><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Revised by Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh when shoehorned into the 1935 film adaptation of Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach\u2019s <em>Roberta<\/em>, this number was originally written by the latter pair for the property\u2019s 1933 Broadway production. When it was cut, Kern used it next year in a London musical called <em>Three Sisters<\/em>, where it made its debut and got some new words by Hammerstein. The above recording is the \u201934 version; the sheet music below is the \u201935.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Get the sheet music <a href=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/product\/63892\/I-Wont-Dance\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ba9bc9;\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4>11.\u00a0\u201cYou\u2019re A Builder-Upper\u201d from <em>Life Begins At 8:40 <\/em>(1934)<\/h4>\n<br><div align=\"center\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ja7PSPz0Wr8?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><br><p style=\"text-align: left;\">One of the early half of the decade\u2019s most sophisticated revues, <em>Life Begins At 8:40 <\/em>had an impressive roster of stars that included Bert Lahr, Luella Gear, Ray Bolger, and Frances Williams. This unique duet, by Harold Arlen and lyricists Ira Gershwin and E.Y. Harburg, was introduced by Bolger and Dixie Dunbar. In it, the two hopelessly-in-love sweethearts each cite the other as being both a \u201cbuilder-upper [and] a breaker-downer\u201d by whom the love being strung along!<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4>12.\u00a0\u201cBess, You Is My Woman\u201d from <em>Porgy And Bess <\/em>(1935)<\/h4>\n<br><div align=\"center\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fWVCeT_q9Po?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><br><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Perhaps the Gershwin brothers\u2019 crowning achievement, this folk opera (with support from DuBose Heyward) was set in a black tenement and traced the romance between a crippled beggar and the coke addict he tries to help rehabilitate. In this, one of the most romantic numbers of the entire decade, the titular lovers first affirm their feelings for one another. Obviously, it\u2019s a romantic duet for a pair of classically trained singers; best suited for people of color.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Get the sheet music <a href=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/product\/40034\/Bess-You-Is-My-Woman\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ba9bc9;\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4>13.\u00a0\u201cA Picture Of Me Without You\u201d from <em>Jubilee <\/em>(1935)<\/h4>\n<br><div align=\"center\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SLAbpwxKUVE?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><br><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Above, I suggested you avoid the overdone duets from <em>Anything Goes <\/em>(some of which, like \u201cIt\u2019s De-Lovely,\u201d come from other shows \u2013 like, in this case, 1936\u2019s <em>Red, Hot, And Blue!<\/em>). Here\u2019s a fine alternative \u2013 a nifty ditty from <em>Jubilee<\/em>, a terrific piece about a royal family who hides among their subjects whilst fearing a coup. In this number, a Prince and a saucy chanteuse muse on what life would be like without one another. Loaded with \u201830s references, it\u2019s classic Cole Porter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4>14.\u00a0\u201cThat Moment Of Moments\u201d from <em>The Ziegfeld Follies Of 1936<\/em><\/h4>\n<br><div align=\"center\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ia-g7SPyNUw?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><br><p style=\"text-align: left;\">After the success of the 1934 edition of <em>The Ziegfeld Follies<\/em>, produced by his widow Billie Burke, the series returned with one of its finest productions. The score came courtesy of Vernon Duke and Ira Gershwin, and was introduced by the likes of Fanny Brice, Eve Arden, Bob Hope, and Josephine Baker. This is simply an elegant love song, originally for the show\u2019s two leading vocal talents \u2013 Gertrude Niesen and Rodney McLennan. If you want \u201830s loveliness, here\u2019s some.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4>15.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s Got To Be Love\u201d from <em>On Your Toes <\/em>(1936)<\/h4>\n<br><div align=\"center\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/28twyWATYwg?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><br><p style=\"text-align: left;\">One of the more visible non-<em>Anything Goes <\/em>scores of the decade, this entry by Rodgers and Hart has seen two major revivals \u2013 first in 1954 and then again in 1983. The premise concerns an American music teacher who falls for a Russian ballerina (whose company has agreed to perform his student\u2019s jazz ballet). Here\u2019s a fun duet for the teacher (originally Ray Bolger) and his steady American girlfriend, an aspiring songwriter who is said to have written the joyful tune.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4>16.\u00a0\u201cI Wish I Were In Love Again\u201d from <em>Babes In Arms <\/em>(1937)<\/h4>\n<br><div align=\"center\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hf2c9C9GdNw?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><br><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Perhaps among the more well-known entries on this list, conjuring up images of Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney, this number \u2013 also by the talented team of Rodgers and Hart \u2013 was included in the quintessential \u201chey, kids, let\u2019s put on a show\u201d musical, <em>Babes In Arms<\/em>, about two kids who are forced to work on a farm while their folks tour the vaudeville circuit. To avoid this fate, they decide to put on a show. The sheriff\u2019s daughter and her ex-boyfriend get this fun number.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Get the sheet music <a href=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/product\/5860\/I-Wish-I-Were-In-Love-Again\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ba9bc9;\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4>17.\u00a0\u201cFrom Alpha To Omega\u201d from <em>You Never Know <\/em>(1938)<\/h4>\n<br><div align=\"center\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RIQMRTHdDh0?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><br><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Another fine alternative to the overdone duets from <em>Anything Goes <\/em>(and the revivals that claimed interpolated songs), this rapturous Porter duet for a romancing maid and valet, each masquerading as their bosses (a Mademoiselle and Baron, respectively) may not be as well-known as \u201cYou\u2019re The Top.\u201d But it covers a lot of the same territory, as the pair lists the many things over which the other is better \u2013 \u201cfrom Juliet to Norma Shearer, you\u2019re what I like the most.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Get the sheet music <a href=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/product\/24747\/From-Alpha-To-Omega\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ba9bc9;\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4>18.\u00a0\u201cIt Never Was You\u201d from <em>Knickerbocker Holiday <\/em>(1938)<\/h4>\n<br><div align=\"center\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4ynnohTNTgI?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><br><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Among the most haunting numbers of the decade, this offering by Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson, from a musical allegory intending to compare a dictatorial 17<sup>th<\/sup> century American governor to the then-current U.S. President (F.D.R.), is the principal love duet for the brave protagonist and his lady love, the town councilman\u2019s daughter. The evocative lyrics tell of the pair searching, but never finding what they were inevitably seeking \u2013 each other. Swoon!<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4>19.\u00a0\u201cHe And She\u201d from <em>The Boys From Syracuse <\/em>(1938)<\/h4>\n<br><div align=\"center\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/taSRBzY61U0?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><br><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Cheeky goodness comes from this cheeky Rodgers and Hart musical adaptation of Shakespeare\u2019s <em>The Comedy Of Errors <\/em>(about two sets of identical twins separated at birth). Sung by Luce, a slave girl, and Dromio of Syracuse, the identical twin of her <em>real <\/em>husband, and the man with whom she\u2019s just enjoyed a night of passion, this riotous comedic number features the pair\u2019s musings on marriage, philandering, and what kids do to a relationship. Such wit!<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4>20.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s All Yours\u201d from <em>Stars In Your Eyes <\/em>(1939)<\/h4>\n<br><div align=\"center\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UhOspYOmYLI?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><br><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Again, with the Hollywood spoofs! This time the score comes from the oft-overlooked Arthur Schwartz and the equally underrated Dorothy Fields. The headliners were Ethel Merman and Jimmy Durante, playing a Hollywood diva and pitchman, respectively. There were several gems (especially for La Merm), but the audience\u2019s favorite was the pair\u2019s duet, filled with vaudeville jokes and one-upping ad libs \u2013 part of a dream sequence in which they\u2019re Russian royalty.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4>21.\u00a0\u201cAll The Things You Are\u201d from <em>Very Warm For May <\/em>(1939)<\/h4>\n<br><div align=\"center\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/276x6u2gkxo?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><br><p style=\"text-align: left;\">A great American standard by Jerome Kern (with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II), this number was originally performed by a quartet backed by the ensemble. But as the above vocal rendition indicates, it makes for an ideal duet. <em>Very Warm For May <\/em>was about summer stock (a gangster subplot was removed before the Broadway opening), and this classic was featured in a \u201cshow within a show\u201d sequence. If you want to stretch your vocal chops, here\u2019s a gem of true beauty.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Get the sheet music <a href=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/product\/11795\/All-The-Things-You-Are\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ba9bc9;\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4>22. \u201cBut In The Morning, No!\u201d from <em>Du Barry Was A Lady <\/em>(1939)<\/h4>\n<br><div align=\"center\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-1h57QMUPxA?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><br><p style=\"text-align: left;\">We\u2019ll close this list with another Cole Porter offering, coming from <em>Du Barry Was A Lady <\/em>(from which \u201cFriendship\u201d hails), about a washroom attendant who\u2019s in love with a singer and dreams that they\u2019re back in Louis XV\u2019s court \u2013 where he\u2019s the king and she\u2019s his eponymous mistress. But, as in real life, she won\u2019t sleep with him! This song is an attempted seduction, with some of the naughtiest lyrics Porter ever wrote. If you\u2019re seeking a good bawdy piece, look no further, kids\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Get the sheet music <a href=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/product\/25866\/But-In-The-Morning-No\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ba9bc9;\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For more information on the scores and composers of this era, visit the author\u2019s blog: <a href=\"http:\/\/jacksonupperco.com\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ba9bc9;\"><strong>jacksonupperco.com<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<br><h3 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"s1\">Looking for more material? 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