Look up artist Bretton, Elise
Name: Bretton, Elise
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Title: Status Quo
Author: Rome, Harold
Composer: Rome, Harold
Genre: Theater/Novelty
Subject: Liberty/Freedom/Progress/History
On album: P-035(a) (Pins and Needles)
Track ID: 30720
Artist: Streisand, Barbara
Artist: Bretton, Elise
Artist: Rome, Harold
Artist: Freeman, Stan
Artist: Hanlon, Allan
Artist: Romoff, Dick
Artist: Rogers, Al
First line: Are you ready to hear your lesson for today? Yes teacher (2x), are you ready..
Language: English
Style: Pop
Length: 4:23
Title: Four Little Angels Of Peace
Author: Rome, Harold
Composer: Rome, Harold
Genre: Theater/Novelty/Sarcasm
Subject: England/Boer/War/Peace/Disarmement/Japan/Italy/Hitler/China/
Additional song notes: Eithiopia/Nazi/Austria/No mention of USSR
On album: P-035(a) (Pins and Needles)
Track ID: 30723
Artist: Streisand, Barbara
Artist: Bretton, Elise
Artist: Rome, Harold
Artist: Freeman, Stan
Artist: Hanlon, Allan
Artist: Romoff, Dick
Artist: Rogers, Al
Artist: Carroll, Jack
Artist: Sokoloff, Alan
First line: Four little angels of peace are we, loving our neighbors so peacefully,
Language: English
Style: Pop/Waltz
Length: 3:29
Title: Sunday In The Park
Author: Rome, Harold
Composer: Rome, Harold
Genre: Theater/Novelty
Subject: Work/Recreation/Park/Rest/Holiday/Sunday
Origin: Alloy 22
Music: Alloy 22
Additional song notes: Pins and Needles
On album: P-035(a) (Pins and Needles)
Track ID: 30724
Artist: Carroll, Jack
Artist: Bretton, Elise
Artist: Rome, Harold
Artist: Freeman, Stan
Artist: Hanlon, Allan
Artist: Romoff, Dick
Artist: Rogers, Al
First line: All week song I work in the shop, I work and work and never stop,
Language: English
Style: Pop
Length: 3:29
Title: What Good Is Love
Author: Rome, Harold
Composer: Rome, Harold
Genre: Theater/Novelty
Subject: Love/Materialism/Romantics/Poverty/Class Consciousness
On album: P-035(a) (Pins and Needles)
Track ID: 30725
Artist: Streisand, Barbara
Artist: Bretton, Elise
Artist: Rome, Harold
Artist: Freeman, Stan
Artist: Hanlon, Allan
Artist: Romoff, Dick
Artist: Rogers, Al
First line: Everywhere I go I hear sweet songs about the moon, songs about the stars above
Language: English
Style: Pop
Length: 3:32
Title: Mene Mene Tekel
Author: Rome, Harold
Composer: Rome, Harold
Genre: Theater/Novelty/Biblical
Subject: Daniel/Balshazer/Judgement/Revelry/Babylon/Bible/Handwriting
Song Comment: Based on Book of Daniel
On album: P-035(a) (Pins and Needles)
Track ID: 30726
Artist: Bretton, Elise
Artist: Rome, Harold
Artist: Freeman, Stan
Artist: Hanlon, Allan
Artist: Romoff, Dick
Artist: Rogers, Al
First line: The king of Babylon, Balshazer, he sat feasten' on his golden piazza,
Language: English
Style: Pop/Jazz
Length: 3:49
Title: Nobody Makes A Pass At Me
Author: Rome, Harold
Composer: Rome, Harold
Genre: Theater/Novelty/Lament
Subject: Love/Sex/Rejection/Consumer/Grooming/Products
Origin: Alloy 24
Music: Alloy 24
On album: P-035(a) (Pins and Needles)
Track ID: 30716
Artist: Streisand, Barbara
Artist: Bretton, Elise
Artist: Rome, Harold
Artist: Freeman, Stan
Artist: Hanlon, Allan
Artist: Romoff, Dick
Artist: Rogers, Al
First line: I want men that I can please, that I can squeeze, that I can tease, two or...
Language: English
Style: Pop
Length: 4:13
Title: I've Got The Nerve To Be In Love
Author: Rome, Harold
Composer: Rome, Harold
Genre: Theater/Love/Novelty
Subject: Love/Class Consciousness/Equality
On album: P-035(a) (Pins and Needles)
Track ID: 30717
Artist: Jun, Rose Marie
Artist: Bretton, Elise
Artist: Rome, Harold
Artist: Freeman, Stan
Artist: Hanlon, Allan
Artist: Romoff, Dick
Artist: Rogers, Al
Artist: Carroll, Jack
First line: Some folks say that love is a luxury, but I'm afraid I don't agree,
Language: English
Style: Pop/Duet
Length: 4:36
Title: Not Cricket To Picket
Author: Rome, Harold
Composer: Rome, Harold
Genre: Theater/Novelty/Sarcastic
Subject: Picketing/Strike/Labor/Manners
On album: P-035(a) (Pins and Needles)
Track ID: 30718
Artist: Streisand, Barbara
Artist: Bretton, Elise
Artist: Rome, Harold
Artist: Freeman, Stan
Artist: Hanlon, Allan
Artist: Romoff, Dick
Artist: Rogers, Al
First line: It's not cricket to picket, not cricket, oh no, it's just not coming forth..
Language: English
Style: Pop
Length: 2:30
Title: Back To Work
Author: Rome, Harold
Composer: Rome, Harold
Genre: Theater/Novelty
Subject: News/Celebration/Work/Return/Negotiations/Labor
On album: P-035(a) (Pins and Needles)
Track ID: 30719
Artist: Carroll, Jack
Artist: Bretton, Elise
Artist: Rome, Harold
Artist: Freeman, Stan
Artist: Hanlon, Allan
Artist: Romoff, Dick
Artist: Rogers, Al
First line: Hey, here comes Joe, now runnin' down the street, hey Joe, he must have news
Language: English
Style: Pop/Jazz
Length: 2:11
Title: When I Grow Up
Author: Rome, Harold
Composer: Rome, Harold
Genre: Theater/Novelty/Humorous
Subject: G-Man/Occupation/Hoover
On album: P-035(a) (Pins and Needles)
Track ID: 30721
Artist: Bretton, Elise
Artist: Rome, Harold
Artist: Freeman, Stan
Artist: Hanlon, Allan
Artist: Romoff, Dick
Artist: Rogers, Al
First line: When I grow up, I don't wanna' be a fireman, oh, that's just kid's stuff,
Language: English
Style: Pop
Length: 2:46
Title: Chain Store Daisy
Author: Rome, Harold
Composer: Rome, Harold
Genre: Theater/Novelty/Lament
Subject: /Salesgirl/Occupation/Macy's/Corsets/Bras/Education/College
On album: P-035(a) (Pins and Needles)
Track ID: 30722
Artist: Jun, Rose Marie
Artist: Bretton, Elise
Artist: Rome, Harold
Artist: Freeman, Stan
Artist: Hanlon, Allan
Artist: Romoff, Dick
Artist: Rogers, Al
First line: When I was young I studied hard and thirsted after knowledge,
Language: English
Style: Pop
Length: 3:48
Title: Sing Me A Song With Social Significance
Author: Rome, Harold
Composer: Rome, Harold
Genre: Theater/Ideological
Subject: Socially Conscious/Issues/Politics/Realism/Romance
Origin: Alb P-035(a)/Alloy 21
Music: Alloy 21
Additional song notes: From Pins and Needles
On album: P-035(a) (Pins and Needles)
Track ID: 30712
Artist: Jun, Rose Marie
Artist: Bretton, Elise
Artist: Rome, Harold
Artist: Freeman, Stan
Artist: Hanlon, Allan
Artist: Romoff, Dick
Artist: Rogers, Al
First line: I'm tired of moon songs, of star in the June songs, they simply make me mad,
Language: English
Style: Pop
Length: 2:47
Title: Doing The Reactionary
Author: Rome, Harold
Composer: Rome, Harold
Genre: Theater/Novelty/Sarcasm
Subject: Dance/Right Wing/Reactionary/Class Consciousness
On album: P-035(a) (Pins and Needles)
Track ID: 30713
Artist: Streisand, Barbara
Artist: Bretton, Elise
Artist: Rome, Harold
Artist: Freeman, Stan
Artist: Hanlon, Allan
Artist: Romoff, Dick
Artist: Rogers, Al
First line: It's darker than the dark bottom, rumbles more than the rumba, if you think..
Language: English
Style: Pop
Length: 1:57
Title: One Big Union For Two
Author: Rome, Harold
Composer: Rome, Harold
Genre: Theater/Novelty/Love
Subject: Love/Courting/Marriage/Negotiation
Song Comment: Union terminology used in song text
On album: P-035(a) (Pins and Needles)
Track ID: 30714
Artist: Jun, Rose Marie
Artist: Bretton, Elise
Artist: Rome, Harold
Artist: Freeman, Stan
Artist: Hanlon, Allan
Artist: Romoff, Dick
Artist: Rogers, Al
Artist: Carroll, Jack
First line: I've decided the only way I can woo you, is to take a hint from the A F of L..
Language: English
Style: Pop/Duet
Length: 2:53
Title: It's Better With A Union Man
Author: Rome, Harold
Composer: Rome, Harold
Genre: Theater/Novelty
Subject: Union/Seamstress/Seduction/Preference
Origin: Alloy 20
Music: Alloy 20
Additional song notes: Prom "Pins and Needles"
On album: P-035(a) (Pins and Needles)
Track ID: 30715
Artist: Bretton, Elise
Artist: Rome, Harold
Artist: Freeman, Stan
Artist: Hanlon, Allan
Artist: Romoff, Dick
Artist: Rogers, Al
First line: O, list to the story we sing you, of everything that came to pass, of Bertha..
Language: English
Style: Waltz
Length: 3:03
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