JFK's birthday is 5/29 and Camelot was strongly identified with the Kennedy administration - after the assassination, in particular. The story of idealism brought down by human weakness is probably even more appropriate in light of the revelations about the behind the scenes activity at the Kennedy White House

Camelot

Camelot (OC 1960)

Richard Burton

The Lusty Month of May

Camelot (OC 1960)

Julie Andrews

If Ever I Would Leave You

Robert Goulet

The St. Louis Black Repertory Company presents the musical revue Eubie, based on the music of Eubie Blake. Eubie running Thursdays through Sundays until June 20. Performances are in the Grandel Square Theatre, 3610 Grandel Square. Call 534-3810 for tickets and showtimes

Charleston Rag/Shuffle Along

Eubie (OC 1978)

Company

Charleston Rag is a finger-busting solo piano piece; Shuffle Along is the title song from the first successful musical written, directed, and acted by black people. It opened 5/23/1921 and ran 504 performances.

In Honeysuckle Time

Lonnie McNeil, Company

I'm Just Wild About Harry

Lynnie Godfrey, Janet Powell, Girl Chorus

From Shuffle Along.

If You've Never Been Vamped by a Brownskin, You've Never Been Vamped at All

Eubie (OC 1978)

Marion Ramsey, Company

My Handy Man Ain't Handy No More

Wild About Eubie (LP 1977)

Joan Morris, Bill Bolcom

From Blackbirds of 1930, the second of four Blackbirds revues by impresario Lew Leslie. This edition starred Ethel Waters and the team of Buck and Bubbles.

I'm Craving for That Kind of Love

Eubie (OC 1978)

Lynnie Godfrey

From Shuffle Along

Today is Mel Blanc's birthday; we celebrate it with music from the cartoons for which he supplied so many voices.

Porky in Wackyland/Dough for the Do Do

The Carl Stallings Project (CD 1990)

Studio Orchestra/Carl Stallings

Music and silly sounds (some obviously from Blanc) from two WB classics.

Powerhouse

Reckless Nights and Turkish Twilights (CD 1992)

Raymond Scott Quintette

Scott was an endlessly inventive composer and musician. His early recordings with the Raymond Scott Quintette (made between 1937-39) were licensed by Warner Brothers, where they ended up in Stallings' scores along with other material, original and borrowed.

Powerhouse and Other Cuts from the Early '50s

The Carl Stallings Project (CD 1990)

Studio Orchestra/Carl Stallings

Montage of cues from 8 Warner Brothers cartoons, 1951-52; includes quotes from Raymond Scott's "Powerhouse"