Lyr Req: Music Music Music ('Put another nickel in

05 Mar 99 - 10:09 AM (#61430)
Subject: Put another nickle in...
From: Kevin

Can anyone help me with the lyrics to an old song that begins...

Put another nickle in, in the nicklodeon. All I want is lovin' you and music, music, music.

Thanks,

Kevin

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05 Mar 99 - 10:31 AM (#61436)
Subject: RE: Put another nickle in...
From: katlaughing

I remember hearing this on some variety show, as a kid in the sixties; then, I think it was the "Hudson Bros." who sang it (my last name was Hudson, too).

Sorry, I can't be of more help.

kat

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05 Mar 99 - 10:37 AM (#61437)
Subject: RE: Put another nickle in...
From: Will Bakker

It was by Theresa Brewer. You can find the lyrics in Lyrics world www.summer.com.br Look under m

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05 Mar 99 - 11:00 AM (#61441)
Subject: RE: Put another nickle in...
From: Bill in Alabama

It's Teresa Brewer's MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC. You can listen to it at www.rockinwoman.com/1more.html

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05 Mar 99 - 11:41 AM (#61450)
Subject: RE: Put another nickle in...
From: Kevin

Thank you all!

Kevin

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05 Mar 99 - 12:25 PM (#61456)
Subject: RE: Put another nickle in...
From: Will Bakker

When I was a child (long long ago) we sang the words:

Weet je wat de mode is
Zwemmen in de paardenpis
Duiken in de koeienstront en
Music, music, music!

I will not give the translation, you can give it a try.

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01 Feb 07 - 05:44 AM (#1954341)
Subject: RE: Put another nickle in...
From: GUEST,Rob

I've been searching online without success for the old lyrics of "Music, Music, Music." Countless sites have short versions associated with Teresa Brewer or Ray Charles. Those seem to be modern abbreciations - only partial - with more verses and elaborations omitted. As a child, ca. 1950s or so, I heard a longer version sung by my (late) father. It could have come from my grandfather, who was an early 20th century vaudeville performer. I'm haunted by it now, but can't find full printed lyrics anywhere to expand and correct my memory.

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01 Feb 07 - 06:03 AM (#1954349)
Subject: RE: Put another nickle in...
From: Alec

I do remember The New Seekers singing, what I seem to recall,was a fuller version of this on British T.V. sometime in the early 'Seventies.Might be worth looking at their back catalogue.

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01 Feb 07 - 06:40 AM (#1954366)
Subject: RE: Put another nickle in...
From: Scrump

There was also a version by The Sensations in 1961, which made the US R&B charts. It was available (in the UK at least) on a compilation CD which I have somewhere.

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01 Feb 07 - 09:57 AM (#1954548)
Subject: RE: Put another nickle in...
From: mack/misophist

One might also note that the term 'nickelodeon' was antique by the 60's, not in popular usage at all, I believe. The word first appeared in 1938. This makes me suspect the 50's and 60's versions were revivals.

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01 Feb 07 - 10:39 AM (#1954609)
Subject: RE: Put another nickle in...
From: GUEST,leeneia

Who recognizes that theme for the words "Closer, my dear come closer.." Is it from Liszt, a Brahms Hungarian dance or what?

It's obvious that the composers were having a lot of fun when they wrote it. I'm not surprised that it was a hit.

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01 Feb 07 - 10:49 AM (#1954623)
Subject: RE: Put another nickle in...
From: Cool Beans

It's Liszt's (2nd, I think) Hungarian Rhapsody.

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01 Feb 07 - 11:00 AM (#1954628)
Subject: Lyr Add: MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC (PUT ANOTHER NICKEL IN)
From: bobad

Another version:

MUSIC ! MUSIC ! MUSIC ! (PUT ANOTHER NICKEL IN)
(Stephan Weiss / Bernie Baum)

Teresa Brewer & The Dixieland All Stars - 1950
The Ames Brothers - 1950
Carmen Cavallaro & His Orch.(vocals: The Cavaliers) - 1950
Freddy Martin & His Orch.(vocals: Merv Griffin) - 1950
Micket Katz & His Orch. - 1950
Hugo Winterhalter, His Orch. & Chorus - 1950
The Sensations - 1961


Put another nickel in
In the nickelodeon
All I want is lovin' you
And music! music! music!

I'd do anything for you
Anything you'd want me to
All I want is kissin' you
And music! music! music!

Closer, my dear, come closer
The nicest part of any melody
Is when you're dancing close to me

So, put another nickel in
In the nickelodeon
All I want is lovin' you
And music! music! music!

[Dixieland Piano Break]

Put another nickel in
In the nickelodeon
All I want is lovin' you
And music! music! music!

I'd do anything for you
Anything you'd want me to
All I want is kissin' you
And music! music! music!

Closer, my dear, come closer
The nicest part of any melody
Is when you're dancing close to me

So, put another nickel in
In the nickelodeon
All I want is lovin' you
And music! music! music!

SPOKEN:
"C'mon, everybody! Put some nickels in! And keep that old
nickelodeon playing!"

Dum-dee-dum dee-dah-dee-dum
Dum-dee-dum dee-dah-dee-dum
Dum-dee-dum dee-dah-dee-dum
And music! music! music!

Dum-dee-dum dee-dah-dee-dum
Dum-dee-dum dee-dah-dee-dum
Dum-dee-dum dee-dah-dee-dum
And music! music! music!

(Dixieland piano to end)

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01 Feb 07 - 10:06 PM (#1955191)
Subject: RE: Put another nickle in...
From: Genie

Bobad, the only 'correction' I'd make to the lyrics you posted is that (at least in Tessie Brewer's version and in the sheet music I've seen) the first verse says "havin' you," not "lovin' you."

And, yes, the tune is derived from a much older musical piece. That it's a Hungarian Rhapsody by Lizst sounds right to me. Of course, I also have read that his Hungarian rhapsodies were themselves derived from older folk tunes.

I also get the feeling, based on how popular this song is with the centenarians, nonogenarians, and other elders I've been doing music with for a long time, that the 1950 versions were covers of an older popular hit.

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01 Feb 07 - 10:14 PM (#1955197)
Subject: RE: Put another nickel in...
From: Michael from Manitoba

More than any other piece of music, Theresa Brewer's 1950 hit takes me back to when I was young. Close my eyes and I'm there. Amazing how music can recreate with such precision a time and a place and all the emotions of living in that period.

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01 Feb 07 - 10:18 PM (#1955199)
Subject: RE: Put another nickle in...
From: John on the Sunset Coast

I was 9 or 10 when that song was popular. I bought a used 78 (I'm not sure if 45s were in use yet) not on the American Coral Label, but on the London label which I suppose was her British affiliate or some such.

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02 Feb 07 - 05:29 AM (#1955377)
Subject: RE: Put another nickle in...
From: bubblyrat

Meneer Bakker !! Sorry,maar ik kan het niet verstaan ! Wat,bij vorbeeld, is "Stront " ?? Ik kan dat woord in mijn boek "code Nederlands" niet vinden !! Wat bedoelt het? "Shite",of zoeiets ??
Of heb ik een fuit gemaakt ?? ----- Roger Van Molens.

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02 Feb 07 - 08:58 AM (#1955532)
Subject: RE: Put another nickle in...
From: GUEST

Circa 1950, my grade school principal (of all people) used to sing

Send another nickel in
Into dear old Washington,
All we want from you is all your
Money, money, money.

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02 Feb 07 - 03:23 PM (#1955928)
Subject: RE: ADD: Put another nickel in - Music! Music! Music!
From: GUEST,Dani

When I was little (how long ago?) there was an ice-cream parlor called The Nickelodeon at Bay Village on Long Beach Island, NJ.

Seems to me that they HAD a nickelodeon!

Dani

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02 Feb 07 - 03:28 PM (#1955931)
Subject: RE: ADD: Put another nickel in - Music! Music! Music!
From: Bernard

It was my favourite song when I was about five - and I still have the old 78 upstairs somewhere...

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15 Feb 07 - 02:41 PM (#1968871)
Subject: RE: ADD: Put another nickel in - Music! Music! Music!
From: GUEST,alan

my uncle told me that his uncle george wedderburn wrote the music to put another nickle in he toured with fred karno in 1920/s

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15 Feb 07 - 09:00 PM (#1969218)
Subject: RE: ADD: Put another nickel in - Music! Music! Music!
From: Adrianel

The version I remember hearing (about 1960) was by Eartha Kitt. Very memorable.

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18 Feb 07 - 03:06 PM (#1971804)
Subject: RE: ADD: Put another nickel in - Music! Music! Music!
From: GUEST,Troy

This is the version I here from the Choir Director at my school:

Put another nickle in
in the nickelodeon.
All I want is loving you
and the music, music, music!

I'd do anything for you,
anything you want me to.
All I want is loving you
and the music, music, music!

Closer, my dear, come closer.
The sweetest part of any melody,
is when your dancing here with me!

So put another nickle in,
in the nickelodeon.
All I want is loving you
and the music, music, music.

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09 Apr 07 - 08:09 PM (#2020894)
Subject: RE: ADD: Put another nickel in - Music! Music! Music!
From: GUEST,Katharine

For dance, I am doing this song and I love it a lot!!!!

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10 Apr 07 - 06:20 AM (#2021202)
Subject: RE: ADD: Put another nickel in - Music! Music! Music!
From: s&r

Mention of Teresa Brewer set my memory twitchin' - was there a clip of Teresa Brewer singing "Copenhagen" as an interlude between transmissions of programmes on UK TV in the early fifties. Has anyone got the lyrics/music?

Stu

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09 Jul 07 - 04:22 PM (#2098036)
Subject: RE: ADD: Put another nickel in - Music! Music! Music!
From: GUEST,Jerry

I remember this song from my 2nd grade music class while growing up in the 70's.

http://www.ziplo.com/music.htm

enjoy :-)

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11 Jul 07 - 09:49 AM (#2099754)
Subject: RE: ADD: Put another nickel in - Music! Music! Music!
From: GUEST,Jim Crawford

I am 60 and I remember it from when I was 4 or 5 - so really early 1950's. Seemed to relate in my memory to "Daisy Daisy Dive me your answer do" and the "The red red robin"

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11 Jul 07 - 10:56 AM (#2099811)
Subject: RE: ADD: Put another nickel in - Music! Music! Music!
From: GUEST,OLD TIMER- GROUCHO

The 1950S version was a revival of a bawdy bar-room ballad much favoured by drunken honkey- tonkers in the late 1800S and is traceable back to the notorious Debauched days of Klondike excesses up and down the Yukon river. The lyrics have been interpreted by various folklorists and surrealists as being highly suggestive sexual symbolisim as was common practice for many lyricists of the day IE the use of innocuous words to convey a statement or message of esoteric nature. Other examples are -I took out me fiddle to play me love a tune-----she stopped for to rosin my bow---ball of yarn etc etc and all the napoleonic songs in which he was never referred to by name but as--- the green linnet----boney etc--- . Any one ever hear of that spin?

[edited for readibility---joeclone]

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11 Jul 07 - 07:43 PM (#2100344)
Subject: RE: ADD: Put another nickel in - Music! Music! Music!
From: Skivee

Off-topic: Intertrans helpfully renders Will Bakker's version
as:
Know yours what the style is
Swim within the horse leg
Plunge within the koeienstront
and Musical , musical , musical!

I hope that clears everything up.

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