Details
- Instrument:
- Choir
- Ensembles:
- 4-Part SATB Show Choir
- Composers:
- Barry Mann Cynthia Weil Jerry Leiber Mike Stoller
- Publishers:
- Music Arrangement Services Inc.
- Item types:
- Digital
- Instructionals:
- Contest, Festival
- Level:
- Late Intermediate
- Artist:
- George Benson
- Arrangers:
- Jeffrey Bowen
- Usages:
- School and Community
- Number of Pages:
- 11
SKU: A0.1842785
By George Benson. By Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Jerry Leiber, and Mike Stoller. Arranged by Jeffrey Bowen. This edition: pdf, streaming. Broadway, Contest, Festival, Musical/Show, R & B, Show Choir, Soul. 11 pages. Music Arrangement Services Inc. #1402325. Published by Music Arrangement Services Inc. (A0.1842785).
Featured in the Musical Production “Smokey Joe’s Café”. This song has also been recorded by The Drifters and George Benson.
This song is about struggling while living on Broadway in New York City.
The song and its lyrics refer to neon lights are bright, magic in the air, walking down the street, not enough to eat, glitter rubs off, girls are something else, getting the blues, making time, one thin dime, shining your shoes, won’t last too long, Greyhound bus, home, dead wrong, playing guitar, won’t quit, being a star.
This upbeat R&B / Soul arrangement is based on the performance in “Smokey Joe’s Café”. This arrangement features five solos at the beginning, bringing in more SATB singers on the second verse, then the full group on the third verse. This arrangement also includes an instrumental / dance break that features two drum solos. This arrangement is designed for high school or college show choir, concert choir or community choir.
The Concert Band Score accompaniment for this voicing is also available. Performance time is approximately 2:40.
For more arrangements by Jeffrey Bowen, please click the link for “Music Arrangement Services, Inc.” on this arrangement’s entry.
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- ArrangeMe:
- Music Arrangement Services Inc.
- Ensemble:
- 4-Part SATB Show Choir
- Publisher:
- Music Arrangement Services Inc.