Old Man Time. Originally by Jimmy Durante and this version is Joe Pesci. I don't know where I first heard it ( maybe here ) but want to learn it. Anyone got the lead sheet or chord chart?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGmwFSOxZhI&feature=k

Here's the copy Bill

Col

Never heard it before, but would be great for my NH gigs. The melody is predictable, just need the words.

Thanks Bill

Bernie

We posted at the same time Col. Thanks, got it now.
Bernie

I guess a lot of us working on this at the same time ...
here a link to the full lyrics:
http://artists.letssingit.com/jimmy-durante-lyrics-old-man-time-q12v51d

... and since I am adding this to my song list - THANK YOU, Bill - I thought I would give it a shot ... recorded on the Pa900 ...

Man, that is a great tune, Bill...thanks for sharing your find.

Ian

Hi Tony sounded like you enjoyed that one LOL

Have a listen again, you had some distortion towards the end, over excitement I guess, be very careful adrenalin is addictive

Col

Thanks, Col ... yeah I noticed it, but it was just a quick take ... it needs a lot more work ...
I am using the 'RECORD' function on the PA900 primarily as a 'learning/practice' tool ... anything I record to keep, I record with my ZOOM H4n, then process through Audacity for editing, fx, etc. ...
But thank you for the comment, and yes, I did enjoy the tune ...

The Pesci version is quite different from the Jimmy Durante version ... but I would expect that ...
I would love to have heard Louis Prima and Keely Smith do this tune ...

nice job Tony. ..great song to medley with the shiek of araby & bona sera... just a bit slower for a Pebody dance.

Tony

Just what I was thinking. Great Shuffle to do with a Louis Prima Tune. Good demo and done so fast !

Thanks for the help guys and glad you enjoyed it. Col, Lead sheet is great.
I thought it perfect because so many of us play to older crowds.

Here's what Frank meant when he introduced the only genius in our business, "Mr Ray Charles." ENJOY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhzOh6ydho4

Nice version. He was a genius. I wonder if he wrote the band arrangement

The tune sounds like a cross between Mack the Knife and Give Me Sunshine with new lyrics tacked on. Nice job there, Tony.

Bill he seemed to be humble and worked with any and everyone. Maybe it was a collaboration with Quincy?

hey boo ... thanks for nothin' ... I REALLY needed that comparison to the version I posted ...

124 ... thank you ... I was figuring out the chords before the chart was posted, and I was thinking "Danke Shoen" ...
I also do a 'Bobby Darin' kind of arrangement to "My Darling Clementine" with modulation changes on each chorus like "Mack the Knife" and this tune ...

Bill ... as I said in the above post, when listening to it a couple of times, and then listening to Jimmy Durante's version, I thought "Danke Shoen" chord changes, so it came to me pretty quickly ... although in what I guess would be called the bridge I did have a different progression, so the wiki chart helped me with that ...

Hey, guys ... how about some of you posting YOUR version of this song ... if you are going to play it on gigs, how about giving us a listen? ...

Tony maybe you remember or at least like these too, eh?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ78KgRNsMw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvySp82Qo0c

boo ... 'Smack Dab In The Middle', oh yes ... can't say I ever heard of "Two Ton Tessie' ...

Tony, When I Got A Woman came out, my first band all went Ray Charles crazy. We learned everything that he did, from Drown In My Own Tears to The Mess Around. To me he and Frank did the biggest variety of tunes and I never became bored with anything that either one of them did. Now it's Steve Tyrell, for me. It's got a lot to do with the musicians that they surround themselves with. All of them are AAA, A#1, Top Of The Heap, King Of The Hill musicians that all other musicians would like to be a good as. In other words, they were and are "Musicians" "MUSICIANS!!!"