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- Play_a_Simple_Melody abstract "\"Play a Simple Melody\" is a song from the 1914 musical, Watch Your Step, words and music by Irving Berlin. The show was the first stage musical that Berlin wrote. It ran for 175 performances at the New Amsterdam Theater in New York City. The one song from it that is well-remembered today is \"Play a Simple Melody,\" one of the few true examples of counterpoint in American popular music — a melody running against a second melody, both with independent lyrics. Two other of Berlin's so-called \"double\" songs are \"You're Just in Love,\" and \"An Old-Fashioned Wedding\".In the printed music, first the \"simple melody\" plays alone. Then comes the contrasting melody. Finally, the two play together.The lyrics of \"Play a Simple Melody\" also track the counterpoint duet in that one singer yearns for the music which mother sang (the style of a bygone generation), but the other singer disdains such classic fare as lacking interest and rhythm. When \"Play a Simple Melody\" was published, ragtime was in its heyday, led by its most consummate composer, Scott Joplin. In a famous 1916 recording of the song, while Elsie Baker (using her stage name \"Edna Brown\") wants what she considers simplicity, Billy Murray explicitly asks for \"rag\". Also recorded by Walter Van Brunt & Mary Carson in 1915.\"Play a Simple Melody\" was then featured in the 1954 movie There's No Business Like Show Business, a movie starring Ethel Merman, Dan Dailey, Donald O'Connor, Johnnie Ray, Mitzi Gaynor, and Marilyn Monroe showcasing Irving Berlin songs from the whole of his career. In the movie, Merman and Dailey sang the song in a vaudeville sequence.A duet by Bing and Gary Crosby (listed on the label as \"Gary Crosby and Friend\") was a hit recording in 1950. It was released by Decca Records as catalog number 27112 with the flip side \"Sam's Song.\"Horst Jankowski revived the song for a 1966 run on Billboard's \"Easy Listening\" chart.In 1977 the song was the basis of a sketch on the Morecambe & Wise show, featuring a guest appearance by Elton John.".
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- Play_a_Simple_Melody comment "\"Play a Simple Melody\" is a song from the 1914 musical, Watch Your Step, words and music by Irving Berlin. The show was the first stage musical that Berlin wrote. It ran for 175 performances at the New Amsterdam Theater in New York City. The one song from it that is well-remembered today is \"Play a Simple Melody,\" one of the few true examples of counterpoint in American popular music — a melody running against a second melody, both with independent lyrics.".
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