The longer I write these blog posts more I learn. There are so many musical treasures around that it’s practically impossible to know every song. Even after playing the piano professionally for more than 30 years I have only scratched the surface of the number of songs that actually exist. Even if we eliminate rap, rock ‘n roll, folk music and original songs, the American Popular Songbook boasts of so many wonderful standards. Such is the case with today’s selection, There’s a Small Hotel. This song composed in 1936 by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart was initially dropped from the musical Billy Rose’s Jumbo and then used in another show called On Your Toes. About 20 years later this treasure appeared again in the 1957 film version of Pal Joey featuring the vocal talents of Frank Sinatra.
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