Lyr Req: Music Box Dancer

Subject: Lyr Req: 'Music Box Dancer'
From: Rabbi-Sol
Date: 25 Sep 07 - 08:25 PM

I hear that somone recently wrote lyrics to this previously, all instrumental song. If somone has them please post them here.

                                                       SOL

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Music Box Dancer'
From: Mrrzy
Date: 25 Sep 07 - 08:53 PM

I know a beautiful French song, with lyrics, about music box dancers, very lovely, I'll try to find those if anyone is interested, although it isn't the answer to the Rabbi's lyr req...

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Music Box Dancer'
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 25 Sep 07 - 09:12 PM

This is that tinny little tune that was so popular back in the late 1970s or so?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Music Box Dancer'
From: Joe Offer
Date: 25 Sep 07 - 09:48 PM

SRS, just for you, here's a link.
love,
-Joe-


I hate myself for liking this song. I must have no class whatsoever.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Music Box Dancer'
From: GEST
Date: 25 Sep 07 - 09:57 PM

Lyric by Norman Pollack, 1981; tune by Frank Mills archived at GEST Songs of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Music Box Dancer'
From: Rabbi-Sol
Date: 25 Sep 07 - 10:53 PM

Did this song originate in Newfoundland ?

                                           SOL

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Music Box Dancer'
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 26 Sep 07 - 10:21 AM

Personally, I favor Classical Gas wheb it comes to instrumental songs. :)

SRS

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Music Box Dancer'
From: Dave'sWife
Date: 26 Sep 07 - 01:52 PM

What an odd coinicidence - I was recently putting toegther a CD for my young nephew (age 3 years) and included this song as well as Frank Mills' one other "hit" Peter Piper, which is very similar. When I saw the title of this thread, I assumed it a=was a mudcat joke - you know - Lyric Req for an instrumental song?

Anyway - if anyone should care, you can get both Music Box Dancer and Peter Piper on iTunes. however, be sure to play the samples because Mills did a few rerecordings for later "Greatest Hits" rereleases and they are full onf synth crap background.

Yes, these are those tinny sounding piano hits from the mid 70s if anyone was wondering. Not nearly as good as Floyd Cramer's Last Date, but along the same lines I guess. I must confess, I have Floyd Cramer's Greatest Hits in my CD Collection!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Music Box Dancer' [SOL]
From: GEST
Date: 26 Sep 07 - 02:30 PM

SOL ~

No, the music to Music Box Dancer did not originate in Newfoundland and Labrador, but in Quebec, where Frank Mills was born and raised. Both he and the song have gained international fame, so I archived it simply because people were asking about it and couldn't find it. Now they can. :)
Here is the Frank Mills official biography:
http://www.frankmills.com/bio.html

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Music Box Dancer'
From: Rabbi-Sol
Date: 26 Sep 07 - 04:44 PM

I think that there are more than one set of lyrics for this song. Yesterday I received a midi-karaoke of this song done by Bunty Pritchard Jones of the UK. Her lyrics are entirely different from the ones posted here. I can not send this file on mudcat but I will gladly send it by e-mail to anyone who sends me a PM.

I will be off the board from now until 9 PM Saturday night in celebration of the Succos (Tabernacles) holiday. So to anyone who wants this file, you will have to wait until Saturday night for me to send it.

                                                   SOL

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Music Box Dancer
From: Rabbi-Sol
Date: 30 Sep 07 - 11:17 PM

After sending Gest the midi-karaoke file, it was determined that the lyrics in the file were identical to the ones on her page. We can now conclude that there is only one set of lyrics for this song, those that were written by Norman Pollack in 1981.

                                                 SOL

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Music Box Dancer
From: GUEST,gac
Date: 01 Oct 07 - 04:43 PM

try ,Little music box dancer and let everyone know that this is one of the best songs since the 70's, it is both inspirational and has a very good tempo to the music, I hope the words are what you would expect... GC, ps I used to snow ski to this tune!!!!