Commissioned Work: Old Music New Life
These 5 songs have been specially selected from the Commissioned Works that the Festival of Music bring life to. These songs are usually only sung once by the Festival Choirs, and never again – until now! Here are some of the favourites since 2000, and as we are now 25 years into the 21st Century, let’s celebrate by giving ‘new life’ to some ‘old music’.
Dance Craze Crazy
From 2005 “Dance Crazy!”
Words and Music by G. Lehmann.
Music and dance go hand in hand. This song takes us back to the 1950s and 60s – the ‘hey day’ of rock ‘n’ roll when the rock band had electric guitars, bass guitars and drums. The beats were
simple and strong. Television and transistor radios spread this music around the world, quicker than ever before!
This is an era when young people had more freedom and money to spend on the latest records. They were dancing the Twist, the Stroll, the Monkey, Boney Maroney, the Swim, the Mashed
Potato, the Boogaloo, the Fish, the Stomp, etc.
The roots of rock ‘n’ roll were in the blues (this song has a blues structure). Musicians such as Chuck Berry and Little Richard were the pioneers, then along came Bill Haley and Elvis Presley, and then the Beatles.
How many of the dances in the chorus lyrics can YOU do?
Bring plenty of ‘rock ‘n’ roll energy as you sing Dance Craze Crazy!