Name: Blue Skies (arr. John Fries) by Willie Nelson Lead Sheet / Fake Book Digital Sheet Music
Brand: John Fries
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Blue Skies (arr. John Fries)
by Willie Nelson Lead Sheet / Fake Book - Digital Sheet Music

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Product Details

Title Blue Skies (arr. John Fries)

Artist Willie Nelson

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Composer Irving Berlin

Arranger John Fries

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 1

Arrangement Lead Sheet / Fake Book

Publisher John Fries

Level 3

Product ID 515891

Genre Jazz Broadway Musical/Show Standards 20th Century

Instruments C Instruments

Product Description

Please contact me by email at jfries@ptd.net to make a special request or to find out all that I have to offer and to express your comments or concerns. You can also type John Fries in the searchbar to see all I have to offer. The song was composed in 1926 as a last-minute addition to the Rodgers and Hart musical Betsy. Although the show ran for only 39 performances, "Blue Skies" was an instant success, with audiences on opening night demanding 24 encores of the piece from star Belle Baker. During the final repetition, Ms. Baker forgot her lyrics, prompting Berlin to sing them from his seat in the front row. The song was featured prominently in the film Star Trek: Nemesis, as sung by Commander Data during the wedding at the start of the film. It is sung again at the very end of the film by his "brother," the android B-4, during the final scene set in the 24th century,

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