BACKPAGE TITLE 1945 Edith Piaf English lyrics, Louis Armstrong • Hold me close and hold me fast The magic spell you cast This is la vie en rose • When you kiss me, heaven sighs And though I close my eyes I see la vie en rose • When you press me to your heart I’m... Leaves That Are Green 1965 Paul Simon ( for 1966 album Sounds of Silence) The B-side to the hit song “Homeward Bound” I was twenty-one years when I wrote this song I’m twenty-two now, but I won’t be for long Time hurries on And the leaves that... Learnin’ the Blues 1955 by Dolores Vicki Silvers (first recorded by Joe Valino) The tables are empty The dance floor’s deserted You play the same love song It’s the tenth time you’ve heard it That’s the beginning Just one of the clues... Lush Life Billy Strayhorn c. 1933 First performed in 1948 (ranked #36 on jazzstandards.com) I used to visit all the very gay places, Those come-what-may places, Where one relaxes on the axis, Of the wheel of life, To get the feel of life, From jazz and cocktails.... Love For Sale 1930 Cole Porter from the musical The New Yorkers When the only sound on the empty street Is the heavy tread of the heavy feet That belong to a lonesome cop I open shop The moon so long has been gazing down On the warward ways of this wayward town My...