Title of a song performed by Johnny Mercer and the Nat King Cole Trio, released by Capitol Records in 1947. Lyrics and music by Danny Barker
and Vernon Lee.
A quote from the song “Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man” from Showboat.
The musical premiered on Broadway in 1927; music by Jerome Kern,
lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein.
The sculpture includes parts salvaged from a road salting machine.
Joel has always loved the relationship between the occasionally befuddled wizard and his wise pet.
Title of a song by the early New Orleans jazz composer, band leader,
and violinist Armand Piron. Published in 1915, “I Wish That I Could
Shimmy Like My Sister Kate” became Piron’s biggest hit.
The title of a James Thurber short story “The Catbird Seat,” first published
in The New Yorker in November 1942.The phrase means being on top of
or in control of a situation.
