Parodies, puns and assorted doodles inspired by favored tunes

Shadow of Your Smile

Shadow of Your Smile 1965 Music by Johnny Mandel Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster The shadow of your smile When you have gone Will color all my dreams And light the dawn Look into my eyes, my love, and see All the lovely things, you are, to me Our wistful little star It...

Seven Days

Seven Days Sting 1993 “Seven days” was all she wrote A kind of ultimatum note She gave to me, she gave to me When I thought the field had cleared It seems another suit appeared To challenge me, woe is me Shop Products Favorite Recordings Sting Seven...

Samba Triste

Samba Triste Written by Baden Powell and Billy Blanco and was first recorded and released by Rosana Toledo in 1960. “We’d all play like Stan Getz if we could” – John Coltrane Shop Products Favorite Recordings Stan Getz/Charlie...

Salt Peanuts

Salt Peanuts 1941 Written by Dizzy Gillespie/ Kenny Clarke Wikipedia: “Salt Peanuts” is a bebop tune reportedly composed by Dizzy Gillespie in 1942, credited “with the collaboration of” drummer Kenny Clarke. It is also cited as Charlie...