Charles Strouse

But I remember writing a piece that I considered my party piece that I could play that they could show off to my aunt. I wrote this piece, and it was really, you know, I look back at it today, kind of saucy or something. It was very lighthearted. And they loved it. Everybody liked it. So it became my piece. And, uh...

I played that for her, which I very rarely... I didn't do that for anybody except, you know, a couple of relatives. And she said, ah. And she said, well, what else? And I said, well, I really... Oh, I said, well, when my brother, he had been in the Navy, and when he came home from his first tour of duty or his boot camp, whatever, I had written... I laugh because it was a funny moment in my life.

I played that for her, which I very rarely... I didn't do that for anybody except, you know, a couple of relatives. And she said, ah. And she said, well, what else? And I said, well, I really... Oh, I said, well, when my brother, he had been in the Navy, and when he came home from his first tour of duty or his boot camp, whatever, I had written... I laugh because it was a funny moment in my life.

I played that for her, which I very rarely... I didn't do that for anybody except, you know, a couple of relatives. And she said, ah. And she said, well, what else? And I said, well, I really... Oh, I said, well, when my brother, he had been in the Navy, and when he came home from his first tour of duty or his boot camp, whatever, I had written... I laugh because it was a funny moment in my life.

I said, I wrote this little song for him called Welcome Home, Able-Bodied Steven Strauss. And she said, may I hear that? Oh, I said, I could. Oh, she said, please. And so there this venerable woman, I played this silly song. She said, I see. She said, anything else? And I said... I, well, I said, I used, this makes me laugh. I said, I used to go out with a, uh, a girl. I really liked her.

I said, I wrote this little song for him called Welcome Home, Able-Bodied Steven Strauss. And she said, may I hear that? Oh, I said, I could. Oh, she said, please. And so there this venerable woman, I played this silly song. She said, I see. She said, anything else? And I said... I, well, I said, I used, this makes me laugh. I said, I used to go out with a, uh, a girl. I really liked her.

I said, I wrote this little song for him called Welcome Home, Able-Bodied Steven Strauss. And she said, may I hear that? Oh, I said, I could. Oh, she said, please. And so there this venerable woman, I played this silly song. She said, I see. She said, anything else? And I said... I, well, I said, I used, this makes me laugh. I said, I used to go out with a, uh, a girl. I really liked her.

Her name was Janet. And we lived on the Upper West Side of New York. And I wrote this song, but it was a joke, uh, called Moon Over 83rd Street. She said, play this for me. Here I am in Paris, you know, with an intimate of Stravinsky's and, uh, every American composer that you could think of having studied with this great woman. So I played Moon over 83rd Street. And she said, ah, good.

Her name was Janet. And we lived on the Upper West Side of New York. And I wrote this song, but it was a joke, uh, called Moon Over 83rd Street. She said, play this for me. Here I am in Paris, you know, with an intimate of Stravinsky's and, uh, every American composer that you could think of having studied with this great woman. So I played Moon over 83rd Street. And she said, ah, good.

Her name was Janet. And we lived on the Upper West Side of New York. And I wrote this song, but it was a joke, uh, called Moon Over 83rd Street. She said, play this for me. Here I am in Paris, you know, with an intimate of Stravinsky's and, uh, every American composer that you could think of having studied with this great woman. So I played Moon over 83rd Street. And she said, ah, good.

Now we go back to this whatever. So we went back to... Towards the end of my thing, she said to me something that nobody had ever said to me. She said, you have a great talent for light music.

Now we go back to this whatever. So we went back to... Towards the end of my thing, she said to me something that nobody had ever said to me. She said, you have a great talent for light music.

Now we go back to this whatever. So we went back to... Towards the end of my thing, she said to me something that nobody had ever said to me. She said, you have a great talent for light music.

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Wait a second. No, I can't sing that one. This is the funniest interview I've ever done. Moon over 83rd Street, with shrafts right below. Moon over 83rd Street, my heart's all aglow. You, Janet, in the lamplight, I hear something cold. I hear something dull. I'm yours, body and soul. I think that was the last one. It was meant partly as a jest. I mean, you know, but that was it.

Wait a second. No, I can't sing that one. This is the funniest interview I've ever done. Moon over 83rd Street, with shrafts right below. Moon over 83rd Street, my heart's all aglow. You, Janet, in the lamplight, I hear something cold. I hear something dull. I'm yours, body and soul. I think that was the last one. It was meant partly as a jest. I mean, you know, but that was it.

Wait a second. No, I can't sing that one. This is the funniest interview I've ever done. Moon over 83rd Street, with shrafts right below. Moon over 83rd Street, my heart's all aglow. You, Janet, in the lamplight, I hear something cold. I hear something dull. I'm yours, body and soul. I think that was the last one. It was meant partly as a jest. I mean, you know, but that was it.

There's a first performance for you.