The Real Book – Volume I – Sixth Edition

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Product Code: HL00240221
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Publisher(s): Hal Leonard
Published: May 5, 2022
Updated: May 5, 2022
ISBN-13: 9-78063-4060380
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The Real Books are the best-selling jazz books of all time. Since the 1970s, musicians have trusted these volumes to get them through every gig, night after night. The problem is that the books were illegally produced and distributed, without any regard to copyright law, or royalties paid to the composers who created these musical masterpieces.

Hal Leonard is very proud to present the first legitimate and legal editions of these books ever produced. You won't even notice the difference, other than that all of the notorious errors have been fixed: the covers and typeface look the same, the song list is nearly identical, and the price for our edition is even cheaper than the original! Every conscientious musician will appreciate that these books are now produced accurately and ethically, benefiting the songwriters that we owe for some of the greatest tunes of all time! Includes 400 songs: All Blues • Au Privave • Autumn Leaves • Black Orpheus • Bluesette • Body and Soul • Bright Size Life • Con Alma • Dolphin Dance • Don't Get Around Much Anymore • Easy Living • Epistrophy • Falling in Love with Love • Footprints • Four on Six • Giant Steps • Have You Met Miss Jones? • How High the Moon • I'll Remember April • Impressions • Lullaby of Birdland • Misty • My Funny Valentine • Oleo • Red Clay • Satin Doll • Sidewinder • Stella by Starlight • Take Five • There Is No Greater Love • Wave • and hundreds more! Editions also available in B-flat, E-flat, and Bass Clef.

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See the Table of Contents (below) for a listing of all the songs and to instrumental solo arrangements, play-along tracks, and more information right here on LearningUkulele.com and Learning Ukulele with Curt.

Table of Contents

The Real Book – Volume I – Sixth Edition

List of Songs

  • African Flower (Petite Fleur Africaine)
  • Afro Blue
  • Afternoon In Paris
  • Água De Beber (Water To Drink)
  • Airegin
  • Alfie
  • Alice In Wonderland
  • All Blues
  • All By Myself
  • All Of Me
  • All Of You
  • All The Things You Are
  • Alright, Okay, You Win
  • Always
  • Ana Maria
  • Angel Eyes
  • Anthropology
  • Apple Honey
  • April In Paris
  • April Joy
  • Arise, Her Eyes
  • Armageddon
  • Au Privave
  • Autumn In New York
  • Autumn Leaves
  • Beautiful Love
  • Beauty And The Beast
  • Bessie's Blues
  • Bewitched
  • Big Nick
  • Black Coffee
  • Black Diamond
  • Black Narcissus
  • Black Nile
  • Black Orpheus
  • Black Orpheus
  • Blue Bossa
  • Blue Bossa
  • Blue In Green
  • Blue Monk
  • The Blue Room
  • Blue Train (Blue Trane)
  • Blues For Alice
  • Bluesette
  • Body And Soul
  • Boplicity (Be Bop Lives)
  • Bright Size Life
  • Broad Way Blues
  • Broadway
  • But Beautiful
  • Butterfly
  • Byrd Like
  • C'est Si Bon
  • Call Me
  • Call Me Irresponsible
  • Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
  • Captain Marvel
  • Central Park West
  • Ceora
  • Chega De Saudade (No More Blues)
  • Chelsea Bells
  • Chelsea Bridge
  • Cherokee (Indian Love Song)
  • Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White
  • A Child Is Born
  • Chippie
  • Chitlins Con Carne
  • Come Sunday
  • Como En Vietnam
  • Con Alma
  • Conception
  • Confirmation
  • Contemplation
  • Coral
  • Cotton Tail
  • Could It Be You
  • Countdown
  • Crescent
  • Crystal Silence
  • D Natural Blues
  • Daahoud
  • Dancing On The Ceiling
  • Darn That Dream
  • Day Waves
  • Days And Nights Waiting
  • Dear Old Stockholm
  • Dearly Beloved
  • Dedicated To You
  • Deluge
  • Desafinado
  • Desafinado
  • Desert Air
  • Detour Ahead
  • Dexterity
  • Dizzy Atmosphere
  • Django
  • Doin' The Pig
  • Dolores
  • Dolphin Dance
  • Domino Biscuit
  • Don't Blame Me
  • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
  • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
  • Donna Lee
  • Dream A Little Dream Of Me
  • Dreamsville
  • Easter Parade
  • Easy Living
  • Easy To Love (You'd Be So Easy To Love)
  • Ecclusiastics
  • Eighty One
  • El Gaucho
  • Epistrophy
  • Equinox
  • Equipoise
  • E.S.P.
  • Fall
  • Falling Grace
  • Falling In Love With Love
  • Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum
  • A Fine Romance
  • 500 Miles High
  • 502 Blues
  • Follow Your Heart
  • Footprints
  • For All We Know
  • For Heaven's Sake
  • (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
  • Forest Flower
  • Four
  • Four On Six
  • Freddie Freeloader
  • Freedom Jazz Dance
  • Full House
  • Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You
  • Gemini
  • Giant Steps
  • The Girl From Ipanema (Garôta De Ipanema)
  • Giant Steps
  • The Girl From Ipanema (Garôta De Ipanema)
  • Gloria's Step
  • God Bless' The Child
  • Golden Lady
  • Good Evening Mr. And Mrs. America
  • Grand Central
  • The Green Mountains
  • Groovin' High
  • Grow Your Own
  • Guilty
  • Gypsy In My Soul
  • Half Nelson
  • Have You Met Miss Jones?
  • Have You Met Miss Jones
  • Heaven
  • Heebie Jeebies
  • Hello, Young Lovers
  • Here's That Rainy Day
  • Hot Toddy
  • House Of Jade
  • How High The Moon
  • How Insensitive (Insensatez)
  • How My Heart Sings
  • Hullo Bolinas
  • I Can't Get Started
  • I Can't Give You Anything But Love
  • I Could Write A Book
  • I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
  • I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
  • I Love Paris
  • I Love You
  • I Mean You
  • I Remember Clifford
  • I Should Care
  • I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
  • I'll Never Smile Again
  • I'll Remember April
  • I'm All Smiles
  • I'm Beginning To See The Light
  • I'm Your Pal
  • Icarus
  • If You Never Come To Me (Inutil Paisagem)
  • Impressions
  • In A Mellow Tone
  • In A Sentimental Mood
  • In The Mood
  • In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
  • In Your Quiet Place
  • The Inch Worm
  • Indian Lady
  • Inner Urge
  • Interplay
  • The Intrepid Fox
  • Invitation
  • Iris
  • Is You Is, Or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby)
  • Isn't It Romantic?
  • Isotope
  • Israel
  • It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
  • It's Easy To Remember
  • Jelly Roll
  • Jordu
  • Journey To Recife
  • Joy Spring
  • Juju
  • Jump Monk
  • June In January
  • Just One More Chance
  • Kelo
  • Lady Bird
  • Lady Sings The Blues
  • Lament
  • Las Vegas Tango
  • Lazy Bird
  • Lazy River
  • Like Someone In Love
  • Limehouse Blues
  • Lines And Spaces
  • Litha
  • Little Boat (O Barquinho)
  • Little Waltz
  • Long Ago (And Far Away)
  • Lonnie's Lament
  • Look To The Sky
  • Love Is The Sweetest Thing
  • Lucky Southern
  • Lullaby Of Birdland
  • Lush Life
  • The Magician In You
  • Mahjong
  • Maiden Voyage
  • A Man And A Woman (Un Homme Et Une Femme)
  • Man In The Green Shirt
  • Meditation (Meditacao)
  • Memories Of Tomorrow
  • Michelle
  • Midnight Mood
  • Midwestern Nights Dream
  • Milano
  • Minority
  • Miss Ann
  • Missouri Uncompromised
  • Mr. P.C.
  • Misty
  • Miyako
  • Moment's Notice
  • Mood Indigo
  • Moonchild
  • The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
  • My Buddy
  • My Favorite Things
  • My Foolish Heart
  • My Funny Valentine
  • My Funny Valentine
  • My One And Only Love
  • My Romance
  • My Shining Hour
  • My Ship
  • My Way
  • Mysterious Traveller
  • Naima (Niema)
  • Nardis
  • Nefertiti
  • Never Will I Marry
  • Nica's Dream
  • Night Dreamer
  • The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
  • A Night In Tunisia
  • Night Train
  • Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
  • Nostalgia In Times Square
  • Nuages
  • (The Old Man From) The Old Country
  • Oleo
  • Oliloqui Valley
  • Once I Loved (Amor Em Paz) (Love In Peace)
  • Once In Love With Amy
  • One Finger Snap
  • One Note Samba (Samba De Uma Nota So)
  • Only Trust Your Heart
  • Orbits
  • Ornithology
  • Out Of Nowhere
  • Paper Doll
  • Passion Dance
  • Passion Flower
  • Peace
  • Peggy's Blue Skylight
  • Pent Up House
  • Penthouse Serenade
  • Peri's Scope
  • Pfrancing
  • Pinocchio
  • Pithecanthropus Erectus
  • Portsmouth Figurations
  • Prelude To A Kiss
  • Prince Of Darkness
  • P.S. I Love You
  • Pussy Cat Dues
  • Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars (Corcovado)
  • Quiet Now
  • Recorda Me
  • Red Clay
  • Reflections
  • Reincarnation Of A Lovebird
  • Ring Dem Bells
  • Road Song
  • 'Round Midnight
  • Ruby, My Dear
  • Poem For #15 (The Saga Of Harrison Crabfeathers)
  • Satin Doll
  • Scotch And Soda
  • Scrapple From The Apple
  • Sea Journey
  • Seven Come Eleven
  • Seven Steps To Heaven
  • Sidewinder
  • Silver Hollow
  • Sirabhorn
  • Skating In Central Park
  • So Nice (Summer Samba)
  • So What
  • Solar
  • Solitude
  • Some Day My Prince Will Come
  • Some Other Spring
  • Some Skunk Funk
  • Somebody Loves Me
  • Sometime Ago
  • Song For My Father
  • The Song Is You
  • Sophisticated Lady
  • The Sorcerer
  • Speak No Evil
  • The Sphinx
  • Standing On The Corner
  • The Star-Crossed Lovers
  • Stella By Starlight
  • Steps
  • Stolen Moments
  • Stompin' At The Savoy
  • Straight No Chaser
  • A String Of Pearls
  • Stuff
  • Sugar
  • A Sunday Kind Of Love
  • The Surrey With The Fringe On Top
  • Swedish Pastry
  • Sweet Georgia Bright
  • Sweet Henry
  • Take Five
  • Take The “A” Train
  • Tame Thy Pen
  • Tell Me A Bedtime Story
  • Thanks For The Memory
  • That's Amore (That's Love)
  • (There Is) No Greater Love
  • There Will Never Be Another You
  • There'll Be Some Changes Made
  • They Didn't Believe Me
  • Think On Me
  • Thou Swell
  • Three Flowers
  • Time Remembered
  • Tones For Joan's Bones
  • Topsy
  • Tour De Force
  • Triste
  • Tune Up
  • Turn Out The Stars
  • Twisted Blues
  • Unchain My Heart
  • Unity Village
  • Unquity Road
  • Up Jumped Spring
  • Upper Manhattan Medical Group (UMMG)
  • Valse Hot
  • Very Early
  • Virgo
  • Wait Till You See Her
  • Waltz For Debby
  • Wave
  • We'll Be Together Again
  • Well You Needn't (It's Over Now)
  • West Coast Blues
  • What Am I Here For?
  • What Was
  • When I Fall In Love
  • When Sunny Gets Blue
  • When You Wish Upon A Star
  • Whispering
  • Wild Flower
  • Windows
  • Witch Hunt
  • Wives And Lovers (Hey, Little Girl)
  • Woodchopper's Ball
  • Woodyn' You
  • The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise
  • Yes And No
  • Yesterday
  • Yesterdays
  • You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
  • You Are Too Beautiful
  • You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me
  • You Don't Know What Love Is
  • You Took Advantage Of Me
  • You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You
  • Young At Heart

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Someday My Prince Will Come

Updated: 31 May 2013

Some Day My Prince Will Come is a popular song from Walt Disney's 1937 animated movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. It was written by Larry Morey (lyrics) & Frank Churchill (music), and performed by Adriana Caselotti (Snow White's voice in the movie). It was also featured in the 1979 stage adaptation of the 1937 animated musical movie. In AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs, it was ranked as the 19th greatest film song of all time.

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Spanish Eyes

Updated: 25 Apr 2018

The earliest vocal version was recorded by Freddy Quinn in 1965 titled as Spanish Eyes; soon after its release, the single was pulled from the market when Polydor (Quinn's label) and Decca (Kaempfert's label) threatened to sue, claiming ownership of the song. A version by Sergio Franchi with lyrics by Charles Singleton was recorded in late 1965 titled "Moon Over Naples", but did not chart. It would become a hit single in 1966 for Al Martino when a new set of lyrics were written by composer Eddie Snyder, now titled "Spanish Eyes".

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