"The Girl in the Little Green Hat" (1933) - on ukulele - Tim Hatcher

This nonsensical, uptempo number from 1933--a hit recording by Rudy Vallee that year--was re-introduced to modern audiences in the 2005 film MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS, performed by Will Young. The Golden Globe-nominated film starred Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins.

Songwriter Jack Scholl wrote songs for Warner Bros. from the mid-'30s to the mid-'40s, the best known being CASABLANCA (1942). His best-known songs include "Throw Another Log on the Fire", "My Little Buckaroo" and "It Had to Be You." Co-writer Max Rich's best known songs include "Smile, Darn Ya, Smile" and "One For All - All For One". As for the third contributor, Bradford Browne, I have yet to find any details about his career.

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[marycigarettes]

charisma...buckets of the stuff!

[timboytx]

@marycigarettes Something about connecting with a song--really inhabiting it--that lifts you to a new place I can only call joy. And if some of that comes across to the listener, sheer bliss! mary, your comments are always a huge boost. Thanks eternal to you, one of the most unique voices on the planet.

[marycigarettes]

@timboytx that's it my dear chap..going right inside the song...i've done that..i've spend months inhabiting one masterful song...we learn loads doing that......'life on mars' is the one i'm living inside right now'...it's a bugger of a thing,but huge fun getting it right...life is good ,isnt it?!

[timboytx]

@marycigarettes Getting inside and under the text of a song really internalizes it. The flip side, though, for me, is that once you're "spent" on a song, the magic can drift away. Too often I want to toss the song aside like a chicken bone when the meat's all gone. I love "Life on Mars" and can't wait to hear your take on it.

[UkesterBrown]

Tim I loved that movie and took the time to write down all the lyrics. I didn't get as far as you- good job with it. I actually thought this song was written for that movie though!

[timboytx]

@UkesterBrown Thanks, David. I hadn't heard of this song before MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS. It does not appear to be well known these days.

[manicottimama]

beautiful, bravissimo!

[marycigarettes]

@timboytx i agree...you can burn out on anything...and if you're smart,you WILL get bored and move on..but for me it's a learning curve in good songwriting..i don't go away and copy the chords or indulge in pastiche..it's just the way the masters use key changes...and how the phonetics of words become apparent..how some words are more musical to sing that others...phrasing..and how you rightly pointed out,the all important breath control....taste....and the essence of what youre saying.

[ZadiTX]

Charming!

[sminsoc]

don't forget to breathe!! Nice song Tim.

[UkeeDreamer]

What a joy, thanks ....Loon