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Composer(s)
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Johnny Mercer and Jerome Kern
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Arranger
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Kerry Marsh
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Voicing (with percentage of divisi measures)
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SSATB (S2 10%)
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Measures
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162
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Level
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4
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Accompaniment
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Fully-notated piano and bass parts, drums
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Original/Reference Artist
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Kristin Korb
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Performance Time
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3:56
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Meter/Tempo
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4/4 @ 120 first half (and ending), middle section double time
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Solos
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S/A lyric: 44 bars, Any voice improv: 40 bars
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Style Notes
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Swing (fast and medium), jazz harmony
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Arrangement Features
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Adapted from Kristin Korb arrangement, mostly original changes, metric modulation to double time, soloistic lyric phrasing in ensemble, returns to original tempo, then ends with brief Afro-Cuban groove
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Suggested programming role(s)
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Solid opener or second tune in set
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Range Extremes
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Sop 1: A5 briefly
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Lyric Summary
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The song celebrates old-fashioned things: moonlight, rain on a windowpane, April's songs. Passing trends don't matter; holding hands and sighing do. The singer is old-fashioned and wants their loved one to be too, asking them to stay that way together.
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Demo Credits
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Soprano and Alto Vocals: Julia Dollison
Tenor and Bass Vocals, Piano and Bass programming: Kerry Marsh
Drums: Matthew Chalmers
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Commission Credit
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Folsom High School Jazz Choir, Curtis Gaesser, dir.
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Release Year
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2023
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