Tea For Two - Cha Cha Cha - High Definition Music Video!

A last hurrah for the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra,
"Tea For Two Cha Cha" hit the national chart
nearly two years after Tommy Dorsey's death.
Talented arranger Warren Covington lead the
band on this million-selling record that reached
the Billboard Top 10 and spent 20 weeks in the
Hot 100. Sam Cooke later referenced the record
in his "Everybody Likes To Cha Cha Cha".

Lyrics:

Picture me upon your knee
Just tea for two
And two for tea
Just me for you
And you for me alone

Nobody near us to see us or hear us
No friends or relations
On weekend vacations
We won't have it known
That we own a telephone, dear

Day will break and I'll wake
And start to bake a sugar cake
For you to take for all the boys to see

We will raise a family
A boy for you
And a girl for me
Can't you see how happy we would be

Picture you upon my knee
Just tea for two
And two for tea
Just me for you
And you for me alone

Nobody near us to see us or hear us
No friends or relations
On weekend vacations
We won't have it known
That we own a telephone, dear

Day will break, you'll wake
And start to bake a sugar cake
For you to take for all the boys to see

We will raise a family
A boy for you
And a girl for me
Can't you see how happy we would be...

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2nd Song:

Tommy Edwards (February 17, 1922 — October 22, 1969)
was a singer and songwriter. His biggest-selling record was
with the multi-million-selling song, "It's All in the Game."

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3rd Song:

Gordon MacRae (March 12, 1921 -- January 24, 1986)
was an American actor and singer, best known for his
appearances in the film versions of two Rodgers and
Hammerstein musicals, Oklahoma! (1955) and Carousel
(1956) and movies with Doris Day like Starlift.

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4th Song:

"Begin the Beguine" is a song written by Cole Porter
(1891--1964). Porter composed the song at the piano
in the bar of the Ritz Hotel in Paris.

A beguine is a spirited ballroom dance. Since "begin"
and "beguine" are occasionally pronounced the same,
it sometimes happens that the song's title is misspelled.

The slight differences in each of the "A" sections, along
with the song's long phrases and final elongated "C2"
section at the end, give it unique character and complexity.
The fact that the song's individual parts hold up melodically
and harmonically over such a long form also attests to Porter's
talent and ability as a songwriter.

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Tommy Dorsey's cha-cha-cha version, top ten in 1958, re-popularized in 2005 by adverts for McVitie's biscuits. Another notable recording was made by Art Tatum in 1939. Pianist Thelonious Monk knew the song well, reharmonizing the song and recording it with a bebop-style melody in 1952 with the name "Skippy" and returning to the original melody with a charming arrangement for his 1963 album Criss Cross. It was also used, with altered lyrics as the theme tune for BBC sitcom Next of Kin (1995-7). Anita O'Day's rendition of the song at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival was considered one of its highlights.
In October 1927, the conductor Nikolai Malko challenged Dmitri Shostakovich to do an arrangement of a piece in 45 minutes. His "Tea for Two" arrangement, Opus 16, was first performed on 25 November 1928. It was incorporated into Tahiti Trot from his ballet The Golden Age first performed in 1929.
The song is used as an intermission on the 1997 album Ixnay on the Hombre by California punk band The Offspring.
"Tea for Two" was the most played song on The Lawrence Welk Show.

After Shaw Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell danced "Begin the Beguine". Harry James, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Miller, Cole Porter and Tony Martin; Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald, Elvis Presley
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Tommy Dorsey Orchestra

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