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You Oughta Be In Pictures

from No Strings by No Strings

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Lyric by Edward Heyman
Music by Dana Suesse (1934)

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You oughta be in pictures,
You’re wonderful to see,
You oughta be in pictures,
Oh what a hit you would be!
Your voice would thrill a nation,
Your face would be adored,
You’d make a great sensation
with wealth and fame your reward;
And if you should kiss the way you kiss,
When we’re alone,
You’d make ev’ry girl and man
A fan worshiping at your throne.
You oughta shine as brightly
As Jupiter and Mars;
You oughta be in pictures,
My star of stars.
And if you should sing like Bing,
You know, nonchalant
You'd be more than Barrymore.
What do you want?
You oughta dress like Gable
And ride in fancy cars
You oughta be in pictures, my star of stars
You oughta be in pictures...



One of the few women credited by Tin Pan Alley, Dana was called by the 1930's press "the girl Gershwin". A child prodigy, as a vaudeville piano player she would ask the audience for a theme and proceed to weave it into a full length piece. She graduated to classical concerts at Carnegie Hall. An accomplished, recognized songwriter, composer, lyricist, playwright in her day, Dana's name, for reasons I don't understand, is not a household word. She wrote numerous popular hits, collaborating with other well-known songwriters and lyricists, which became part of The Great American Songbook, along with concerti and other "serious" opuses (I hate the word "serious" here, as if popular music isn't serious, but I lack a better one).

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from No Strings, released August 22, 2014

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No Strings is a Mother/Son duo recording a wide variety of original songs, jazz standards, rock/pop/country/folk songs + spoken word presentations.

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