Links to web sites are current as of the date listed in each reference.

May/June 2009
"Repertoire Selection for the Ten Percent"
by Carl D. Swanson, EdD

Sept/Oct 2009
"Humor, Fun, and Novelty in Song"
by Carl D. Swanson, EdD

A list of links to hear or see songs mentioned in "Repertoire for the Ten Percent":

* Hear Alfredo Kraus sing “Nina” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9ucyZKEBu0&feature=related, last accessed September 1, 2008.

* Hear T. Walker sing “Se Florindo è fedele” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOq9q9MeuEw, last accessed September 1, 2008.

* Hear Ninon Vallin sing “L’Heure exquise” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKmmJLVtiMs, last accessed September 1, 2008.

* Hear Jessye Norman sing “Widmung” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHq4FKsLFsQ&feature=related, last accessed August 31, 2008.

* Hear Fritz Wunderlich sing “Zärtliche Liebe” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZFJp89IZk0, last accessed September 1, 2008.

* Hear Andrew Ashwin sing “Du bist die Ruh” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPfIp0Lkek0, last accessed September 1, 2008.

* Hear Elisabeth Schwarzkopf sing “Nähe des Geliebten” at http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=6866999&style=classical&cart=759071653, last accessed August 12, 2008.

* Hear Mandy Patinkin sing “You’ve Got to be Carefully Taught” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHKzn8aHyXg&feature=related, last accessed August 12, 2008.

* Watch Marni Nixon singing for Natalie Wood and Jim Bryant singing for Richard Beymer in “Somewhere” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BQMgCy-n6U, last accessed August 12, 2008.

* Hear Kristin Chenoweth sing “Taylor the Latte Boy” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXS0nEOx_20, last accessed on August 12, 2008.

* Hear George Hearn perform “I Am What I Am” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLBl-OzZTS0, last accessed August 12, 2008.

* Hear Stephen DeBruyne sing “You Walk with Me” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXM4qKVxeHw&feature=related, last accessed August 12, 2008.

* Hear Mandy Patinkin sing “Father to Son” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePnnB1ev-Yw, last accessed August 12, 2008.

* Hear Ryan Rigazzi sing “I’d Rather be Sailing” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEsY_ScHQ5E, last accessed August 13, 2008.

* Hear Stearns Matthews sing “Love Who You Love” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN4rJDAezJk, last accessed August 13, 2008.

* See video clips at http://www.avenueq.com/videoclips.html, last accessed August 12, 2008.

* Hear John Tartaglia sing “My Girlfriend (Who Lives in Canada)” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEm3xRjdN8A, last accessed August 12, 2008.

* Hear Norman Lasiter sing “Everything Possible” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdQ1ivqcdmw, last accessed August 13, 2008.

* Listen to Christopher Herbert perform “Home of the Brave” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olkMPaqd5d4, last accessed August 12, 2008.

A list of links to hear or see songs mentioned in "Humor, Fun, and Novelty in Song":

[1] Listen to “Ham and Eggs” at http://www.songsforteaching.com/sheetmusicleadsheets/hamandeggs.htm, last accessed January 16, 2009.

[2] Listen to “Mairzy Doats” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15Cbk6SJUTM, last accessed January 16, 2009.

[3] Listen to “I Like Bananas (Because They Have No Bones)” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3ZYP_xWSbI, last accessed January 17, 2009.

[4] Listen to “Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor on the Bedpost Overnight?” at http://www.nutsie.com/song/Does%20your%20Chewing%20Gum%20Lose%20Its%20Flavour%20On%20the%20Bedpost%20Overnight/4887588?artist_id=1001828&album_id=4887579, last accessed January 17, 2009.

[5] Listen to “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b-Z0SSyUcw, last accessed January 19, 2009.

[6] Listen to “The Housewife’s Lament” at http://www.amazon.com/The-Housewifes-Lament/dp/B00106O16M, last accessed February 16, 2009.

[8] Listen to “Bill Groggin’s Goat” at http://trad.appspot.com/file/SRW141, last accessed February 16, 2009.

[10] Listen to “I Gave My Love a Cherry (The Riddle Song)” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDkVFv4R--8&feature=related, last accessed February 16, 2009.

[11] Listen to “Promiscuity” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dy7wOmQfzo, last accessed February 16, 2009.

[12] Listen to “Smick, Smack, Smuck” at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/smhtml/audiodir.html#7810848, last accessed February 16, 2009.

[13] Listen to “Foolish Questions” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeLAiwe2ySU, last accessed February 16, 2009.

[14] Listen to “Mrs. Murphy’s Chowder” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzkMdIwL-hM, last accessed February 16, 2009.

[15]Listen to “O weh, mein Canarin ist tot” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDU3D4dCG2I, last accessed January 17, 2009.

[16] Listen to “The Coffee Cantata” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy18q8VqQy4&feature=related, last accessed January 17, 2009.

[17] Listen to “Ballad of the Fat Turkeys” at http://janet-balcom-whitlock-ballade-des-gros-d-mp3-download.kohit.net/_/235073, last accessed February 16, 2009.

[19] Listen to “Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI4B7_rrwPA&feature=related, last accessed February 16, 2009.

[20] Listen to “Vergebliches Ständchen” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnJZ7WOIjng, last accessed February 16, 2009.

[21] Listen to “The Kiss” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dpp3EqMtgtQ, last accessed February 16, 2009.

[22] Listen to “Tchaikovsky (and Other Russians)” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh-wOvuOHPE, last accessed February 17, 2009.

[23] Listen to “The Lieder Singer” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGpdGTeTVcU, last accessed February 18, 2009.

[24] Listen to “Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-gRtTqXSb0, last accessed January 19, 2009.

[26] Listen to “Down in the Depths (on the Ninetieth Floor)” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jURXH4BIvf4, last assessed January 16, 2009.

[27] Listen to “My Heart Belongs to Daddy” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Teq_FPun9K4, last accessed January 16, 2009.

[28] Listen to “Well, Did You Evah?” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKhi4BfDNZE, last accessed January 16, 2009.

[29] Listen to “Mrs. Worthington” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDAJxazhZvM&feature=related, last accessed January 19, 2009.

[30] Listen to “Don’t Let’s be Beastly to the Germans” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wveW9Tw2JKE, last accessed January 19, 2009.

[31] Listen to “Mad Dogs and Englishmen” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdEnxNog56E, last accessed January 19, 2009.

[32] Listen to “Send the Marines” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHhZF66C1Dc&feature=related&fmt=18, last accessed January 17, 2009.

[33] Listen to “That’s Mathematics” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTmciSkKFiI, last accessed January 16, 2009.

[34] Listen to “The Elements” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I1MGsSDS8c, last accessed January 16, 2009.

[35] Listen to “Vatican Rag” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f72CTDe4-0, last accessed January 16, 2009.

[36] Listen to “The Song of Black Max” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7t9XF25ZdU, last accessed January 25, 2009.

[37] Listen to “Lime Jello Marshmallow Cottage Cheese Surprise” at http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3754345213340721897, last accessed January 25, 2009.

[38] Listen to “George” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agfIUmG-jtQ&feature=related, last accessed January 25, 2009.

[39] Listen to “I Hate Music” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91DZSrjvBQw, last accessed February 18, 2009.

[40] Listen to "Prayer of the Monkey" at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwzK3jI7Bao, last accessed October 23, 2009.

[41] Listen to "Prayer of the Cock" at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaBFw1RjXNg, last accessed October 23, 2009.

[42] Listen to "Prayer of the Goat" at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1xd1N8bnhI, last accessed October 23, 2009.

[43] Listen to all seven Rumsfeld songs at http://cdbaby.com/cd/wallkong, last accessed January 16, 2009.