i've rarely ever heard somebody say, "this is yip harburg's song" or "ira gershwin's song."uld be wrong. the fact is two people write a song. so i'm going to talk about yip's lyrics and then lyrics in the song. now, the first thing we're looking at here is an expression really of yip's philosophy and background, which he brings to writing lyrics for the songs. and what it says here is that songs have always been man's anodyne against tyranny and terror. the artist is on the side of humanity from the time that he was board 100 -- was born 100 years ago in the dire depths of poverty that only the lower east side in manhattan could have when the russian jews, about two million of them, got up out of the russian's shadows and ghettos, and the courageous ones came over here and settled in that area of what we now know as the east village. and yip knew poverty deeply, and he quoted bernard shaw as saying that the chill of poverty never leaves your bones. and it was the basis of yip's understanding of life as struggle. amy: let's go back to how yip got his start. >> yip was, at a v

i got rid of him, but i searched gershwin and then the rest of the let me get you that you paid, aggravated from the beginning of some of the 8 or 9 was captivated by this style. music from the agents to be something i've always done wrong. how did you transition from being of when they're can send someone super tightening? there's 2 question twin is the one that's competition in positions. kenneth fine was that when i was 11 and that was on television and everything. so i got some attention from the concerts came in because i was, i was 11. so i can one to 10. these come from full time conflicts. that gets my attention this patient's going to manage. ready the, the, the, you know, the piano is such yeah, it's such a, i remember feeling like a slave of the piano. when i was a pianist i'm, of course i have a tendency to see where so it was even higher, i guess. but you just can stop playing and because if you play is playing one day 2 days, you can feel it. you can hear it. yeah. right. how do you feel about that? you really let go? or you always like and see about, you know, i, i think i'm

i got reason, but i searched gershwin and then the reps, the let me get you that you paid, aggravated from the beginning. some of the 8 or 9 was captivated by this style. music from the agents to be something i've always done wrong. how did you transition from being of when they're kenton, someone from the super tightening? there's 220 is the one this competition. in addition, the counter final was that when i was 11 and that was on television and everything . so i got some attention from the concerts came in because i was on the 11th. so i want to come from full time counseling 2nd. so my pensions is patients going to manage. ready the, the, the, you know, the piano is such yeah, it's such a, i remember feeling like a slave younger when i was a pianist. i'm of course, as attendance as you were. so it was even higher, i guess, but you just can stop playing. and because if you play is still playing one day 2 days, you can feel it, you can hear it. yeah. right. how do you feel about that? you really let go? or you always like and see about, you know, i, i think i'm quite good at letting

george gershwin. but already in 1925, george hershil worked as a philanthropist.s musical, a generous man sounded. in the ukrainian language, but it was titled as a russian folk song, well, it is attributed to him and here is the use of another such an important song for us, oh, the dream is coming, well, that's what they say, they don't say it without reason, because after all, i've already started to tell an important secret, that shchedrik was a hit in europe, in america , koliskova was a hit, oh, i'm sleepy, that is, actually , that's koliskova. which has this melody , which, well, which we recognize in soumer, i will remind, maybe, oh, sleep chimer, what you remind, i will combine, this oh, hodison, i hold back, because this is a lullaby that i sing to a child, those the notes themselves, only in a different order, you see, and the hersh. he had a great sense of the market once he saw that this song is so successful in america, why not use it, but look, he didn't make the sedrick, who made the sedrick the song, i mean, oh, i dream about gershwin, but what a s

so, thank you guys so much thank you, gershwin.it was great [ cheers and applause >> jimmy: anything else i've got to mention oh, i have to mention that we -- ricky gervais' new special is out on christmas day. >> steve: oh, yeah day. >> jimmy: on netflix and apparently, we just got a personal holiday message - >> steve: really >> jimmy: -- sent in to us by ricky gervais. he has an announcement that he wants to say on the show here. do we have that? >> hello, jimmy fallon sorry i can't come on your program, but i'm in the bath can you tell your hundreds of viewers that my new standup special, "armageddon," drops on netflix christmas day? thank you. [ cheers and applause >> steve: oh, my lord. >> jimmy: that's so nice of ricky. >> steve: yeah, beautiful. >> jimmy: yes, yes, so christmas day, of course, the special is on. guys, we have exactly one show left before we go on christmas break, which means it's time for that beloved "tonight show" tradition. it's time for 12 days of christmas sweaters ♪ 12 days of christmas sweaters ♪ ♪ o

he could have become our dzyuk ellington, george gershwin, yuri saulsky, michel legrand, paul maria,already stopped, he was already becoming, if he had not left this world at the age of 33, introducing him to belarusian music. who is he, where did he even come from in minsk? well, they once told me that somewhere in 1964 he came, supposedly from the city of gorky , to enroll in... and began to give him work in his orchestra, work as an arranger, in the control room, and we began recording. you know, the personality and talent of a leader always determine him team. in this case, uraisky had first-class arrangers. it was yura tsaryuk. without text, and raisky initiated our meeting with him, well, i must say that by the mid-sixties i was already a recognized author of song lyrics, i never call myself a poet, no, i was just the author of song lyrics, but my songs are set to music evgenia. glebov, dmitry smolsky, boris raisky, yuri semenyak, lev moller, were heard on television, on the radio, in concerts upon request, they were published, and what’s more, they published on large records o

i got rid of him, but i searched gershwin and then the rest of the let me get you that you paid, aggravated from the beginning. some of the 8 or 9 was captivated by this style. music from the agents to be something i've always done wrong. how did you transition from being of when they're kenton, someone who is super tightening? there's 220 is the one this competition. in addition, the counter final was that when i was 11 and that was it on television and everything. so i got some attention from the concerts came in because i was on the 11th. so i want to come from full time counseling 2nd. so my pensions is patients going to manage. ready the, [000:00:00;00] the, you know, the piano is such yeah, it's such a i remember feeling like a slave with the piano. when i was a pianist i'm of course i have a tendency to see where it so it was even higher, i guess. but you just can stop playing and because if you play is still playing one day 2 days, you can feel it. you can hear it. yeah. right. how do you feel about that? you really let go? or you always like and see about, you know, i, i think i'm

we have run out of time i'm not going to make you pick up that gershwin guitar you put in that live shote time, my friend you we playing tunes. >> there goes our ratings. thanks, griff. >> griff: a fox weather alert, a blizzard impacts holiday travel for millions of americans across the central u.s. a live report on what you need to know before you head to the airport. but, first, pro-palestinian protesters, did you see this? not spreading the christmas tree yesterday clashing with the nypd forcing them to reportedly move to a level 3 alert. what are the highest? more of the unbelievable scenes on the new york city streets coming up. ♪ hi, i'll have the avocado toast... minus the avocado. so, toast? yeah. everything is so expensive these days. hey, chevy gets it. that's why they're keeping prices down to earth. like on the most affordable ev in america. ♪ a super strong and capable chevy truck. ♪ and a high-tech chevy suv. ♪ why is chevy making affordable vehicles, connected by onstar? so together we can do more. ♪ >> joe: anti-israeli protesters turning violent wreaking havoc in new yor

you've got the kennedy center honors, grammy lifetime achievement, 12 other grammys, gershwin prize and: i thought they had the wrong number. >> stephen: did it really surprise you? i'm just curious. what does this recognition mean to you? where do you see the crossover of country and rock? >> willie: i don't see a lot of difference. to me, there's only so many notes and so many chords and so many ways to use them and i like rock 'n' roll. i like country. i like classical music, all kind of music. so i call it all rock 'n' roll. >> stephen: you celebrated your 90th birthday in april. and a lot of wonderful friends got together to celebrate. chris stapleton, sheryl crow, keith richards, the chicks, snoop dogg, kris kristofferson. was it natural or surreal to see all those great artists out there celebrating you? >> willie: well, it was great. it was a little surreal of course. but i loved every minute of it. >> stephen: on december 17, if you'd like to love every minute of it, cbs will have a special concert. willie nelson's 90th birthday celebration. are you excited for everybody to see

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i i adored the gershwin. i thought gershwin was really a grand composer. one of the top composers. i rated him like mozart , like bach, and like any mozart, like bach, and like any great modern composer, we started working immediately on the piano . and gene kelly was , the piano. and gene kelly was, uh , doing choreography with his uh, doing choreography with his partner, choreographer. her name was carol haney , and she was was carol haney, and she was a jack cole dancer, top dancer . jack cole dancer, top dancer. and she taught me how to dance with my straight, my feet straight , with my straight, my feet straight, and not like that . and straight, and not like that. and she taught me everything . and she taught me everything. and when i do the little introduction number with the chair, she was so sexy when she did that, she brought the chair. oh you know that the censorship came on the set. oh you know that the censorship came on the set . she said, oh you know that the censorship came on the set. she said, this is too sexy. you've got to tame it down.

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