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Charleston (ver. 1) by Cecil Mack - Piano Sheets and Free Sheet Music

  
About the Song
The Charleston was a jazz orchestration meant for the Charleston (dance) composed in 1923, with lyrics by Cecil Mack and music by James P. Johnson, who first introduced the stride piano method of playing. The song was featured in the American black Broadway musical comedy show "Runnin' Wild." The music of the dockworkers from South Carolina inspired Johnson to compose the music. The dance known as the Charleston came to characterize the times. It was this song that propelled the dance to international popularity and a place in musical history. Lyrics, though rarely sung (an exception is Chubby Checker's 1961 recording), were penned by Cecil Mack, himself one of the most accomplished songwriters of the early 1900s. The song's driving rhythm, basically the first bar of a 3 2 clave, came to have widespread use in jazz and is still referenced by name by musicians. In the classic 1946 Christmas.    Download this sheet!
About the Artist
Cecil Mack (November 6, 1883, Norfolk, VA – August 1, 1944, New York, NY) was an American composer, lyricist and music publisher. Born Richard C. McPherson in Norfolk, Virginia, Mack co-founded the Gothum-Attucks Music Publishing Company in 1905, likely the first black owned music publishing company in the city of New York. In 1907 he wrote the lyrics for the musical The Black Politician. In 1925 he co-wrote the book for the musical Mooching Along. Mack also formed a choir, the Southland Singers, that year. In 1931 he co-wrote the music for the musical Rhapsody in Black. Notable songs Mack wrote lyrics for include: * Good Morning, Carrie (1901) * The Little Gypsy Maid (1904 or before) * Zono, My Congo Queen (1904 or before) * Teasing (1904) * I'm Miss Hanna from Savannah (between 1908 and 1910) * That's Why They Call Me Shine (1910) * Charleston (1923, co-wrote music and lyrics with James P. Johnson) * Old Fashioned Love (1923, co-wrote music and lyrics with James P. Johnson for the show Runnin' Wild The Charleston was a jazz orchestration meant for the Charleston (dance) composed in 1923, with lyrics by Cecil Mack and music by James.
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