One of the songs from State Fair won the Oscar for Best Original Song: It Might As Well Be Spring which is a fine song, though It's A Grand Night For Singing is certainly a livelier one.
Here's a choral version:
Choir practice was cancelled last night because of a snowstorm. I can't say that I was too upset about that, because it allowed me to attend my nephew's birthday party which I had been going to miss. My sister made his cake according to my nephew's specifications; it's pictured below. I don't know who any of these characters are, or what's going on, but the younger crowd was appreciative. One of the songs we had been going to work on during practice is It's A Grand Night For Singing from Rogers and Hammerstein's 1945 movie musical State Fair. To be honest, while I like numerous R & H songs, the only one of their musicals which I'm fond of is The Sound of Music. Most of them- including State Fair- I don't particularly enjoy, although the only one I absolutely can't stand is Flower Drum Song. Just awful. State Fair is based on the 1933 non-musical film State Fair, which in turn is adapted from the 1932 novel - also State Fair- written by Phil Stong. The novel and the pre-Code 1933 film are less wholesome, shall we say, than the 1945 musical. But not even the presence of Dana Andrews can save this movie, in my opinion... although it doesn't hurt. Mmm... One of the songs from State Fair won the Oscar for Best Original Song: It Might As Well Be Spring which is a fine song, though It's A Grand Night For Singing is certainly a livelier one. Here's a choral version: And here's the original from the 1945 movie:
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