Description

Dan Coates's Decade by Decade series is jam-packed with the best pop music of the 20th century. Never before has there been an Easy Piano collection with so many chart-toppers by award-winning performers and songwriters. Descriptions of each piece are included to broaden understanding of pop music history and to put all of these megahits into perspective. Each song also includes lyrics and chord symbols. With so many years of great songs, the Decade by Decade series is sure to appeal to pianists of all levels and ages.

Titles: Al Di La * Aquarius * Batman Theme * Build Me Up Buttercup * Days of Wine and Roses * Do You Want to Know a Secret * Don't Rain on My Parade * Georgy Girl * Gimme Some Lovin' * Goldfinger * The Good Life * (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher * I Only Want to Be with You * If I Ruled the World * It Was a Very Good Year * It's My Party * Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini * James Bond Theme * Johnny Angel * Leaving on a Jet Plane * The Lion Sleeps Tonight * Make Someone Happy * Mr. Bojangles * Mrs. Robinson * My Kind of Town (Chicago Is) * Never My Love * People * The Pink Panther * Puff (The Magic Dragon) * Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head * Runaround Sue * Save the Last Dance for Me * Sealed with a Kiss * The Shadow of Your Smile * Somewhere, My Love (Lara's Theme from Doctor Zhivago) * Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) * What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? * When a Man Loves a Woman * The Windmills of Your Mind * You're My World.

Songs / Content

• (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and HigherRaynard Miner (composer); Carl Smith (composer); Gary Jackson (composer)
• Al Di La (English Version)Ervin Drake (lyricist); Mogol (lyricist); Carlo Donida (composer)
• Aquarius / Let the Sunshine InJames Rado (lyricist); Galt MacDermot (composer); Gerome Ragni (lyricist)
• Batman ThemeNeal Hefti (composer)
• Build Me Up ButtercupMichael D'Abo (composer); Tony McCauley (composer)
• The Days of Wine and RosesJohnny Mercer (lyricist); Henry Mancini (composer)
• Do You Want to Know a Secret?John Lennon (composer); Paul McCartney (composer)
• Don't Rain on My Parade (from "Funny Girl")Jule Styne (composer); Bob Merrill (lyricist)
• Georgy GirlTom Springfield (composer); Jim Dale (lyricist)
• Gimme Some Lovin'Steve Winwood (composer); Muff Winwood (composer); Spencer Davis (composer)
• Goldfinger (from "Goldfinger")Leslie Bricusse (lyricist); John Barry (composer); Anthony Newley (lyricist)
• I Only Want to Be with YouIvor Raymonde (composer); Mike Hawker (composer)
• If I Ruled the World (from "Pickwick")Leslie Bricusse (lyricist); Cyril Ornadel (composer)
• It Was a Very Good YearErvin Drake (composer)
• It's My PartyJohn Gluck, Jr. (composer); Herb Wiener (composer); Wally Gold (composer)
• Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot BikiniLee Pockriss (composer); Paul J. Vance (composer)
• James Bond ThemeMonty Norman (composer)
• Johnny AngelLee Pockriss (composer); Lyn Duddy (lyricist)
• Leaving on a Jet PlaneJohn Denver (contributor)
• Make Someone Happy (from "Do Re Mi")Jule Styne (composer); Betty Comden (lyricist); Adolph Green (lyricist)
• Mr. BojanglesJerry Jeff Walker (composer)
• Mrs. RobinsonPaul Simon (composer)
• My Kind of Town (Chicago Is)Sammy Cahn (lyricist); Jimmy Van Heusen (composer)
• Never My LoveDick Addrisi (composer); Don Addrisi (composer)
• People (from "Funny Girl")Jule Styne (composer); Bob Merrill (lyricist)
• Puff (The Magic Dragon)Peter Yarrow (composer); Leonard Lipton (composer)
• Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head (from "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid")Hal David (lyricist); Burt Bacharach (composer)
• Runaround SueErnie Maresca (composer); Dion Di Mucci (composer)
• Save the Last Dance for MeDoc Pomus (lyricist); Mort Shuman (composer)
• Sealed with a KissPeter Udell (lyricist); Gary Geld (composer)
• Somewhere My Love (Lara's Theme) (from "Dr. Zhivago") (Vocal Version)Paul Francis Webster (lyricist); Maurice Jarre (composer)
• The Ballad of Gilligan's IsleGeorge Wyle (composer); Sherwood Schwartz (composer)
• The Good LifeJack Reardon (lyricist); Sacha Distel (composer)
• The Lion Sleeps TonightGeorge David Weiss (composer); Luigi Creatore (composer); Hugo Peretti (composer)
• The Pink Panther (from "The Pink Panther")Henry Mancini (composer)
• The Shadow of Your Smile (from "The Sandpiper")Paul Francis Webster (lyricist); Johnny Mandel (composer)
• The Windmills of Your Mind (from "The Thomas Crowne Affair")Michel Legrand (composer); Alan Bergman (lyricist); Marilyn Bergman (lyricist)
• This Magic MomentDoc Pomus (composer); Mort Shuman (composer)
• Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)Pete Seeger (composer)
• What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?Michel Legrand (composer); Alan Bergman (lyricist); Marilyn Bergman (lyricist)
• When a Man Loves a WomanCalvin Lewis (composer); Andrew Wright (composer)
• You're My WorldCarl Sigman (lyricist); Umberto Bindi (composer); Gino Paoli (composer)