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I welcome you to June by singing “June Is Bustin’ Out All Over!”

Daniel Greene — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 02:05:19 +0000

One of my favorite songs for one of my favorite months: “June Is Bustin’ Out All Over” from the Broadway musical Carousel– music by Richard Rogers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein. Have a great June!

Singing “Try To Remember” from The Fantasticks in 1996

Daniel Greene — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 04:26:15 +0000

I put on a one–man cabaret concert in 1996. This is one of the songs I sang— “Try To Remember” from The Fantasticks, lyrics by Tom Jones & music by David Schmidt. This performance was held at A Better Worlde Galleria in the Mission Hills neighborhood of San Diego, California in 1996. My pianist was James Bianchi.

Singing Answering Machine Greetings

Daniel Greene — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:24:43 +0000

When I was twenty years old, I made up a couple of outgoing greetings for my answering machine based on an old TV show theme song and a showtune from Bye Bye Birdie. The TV show theme song was from I Love Lucy and the song from Bye Bye Birdie was “Talk to Me” which is originally sung from a telephone booth. Anyway, I created these outgoing greetings and I left them on my answering machine for a little while, and then I felt sort of silly about them and afraid of what people might think, so I took them off. But now here we are in the Age of YouTube, and it’s—gosh—almost twenty-five years later, and I figured, “Why not? Just for fun, share them with the world.” So, here are my silly outgoing greeting songs that I created in 1988. Hope you enjoy!

Talk to me. Don’t hang up. Please talk to me.
I don’t care what you say. Talk to me.
Leave your name and telephone—
Gratefully, when I come home,
I will listen very near.
Then I’ll call you, dear.
Talk to me. Leave a message. Talk to me!
And I’ll get back to you— talk to me.

This is Daniel, and I’m not home.
If I were, I’d pick up the phone.
Just leave your name and a message—
I’ll call you before you can rhyme “message.”
Keep it simple and not too long.
If you’d like, you can sing a song!
Just leave your name and number,
And then, you have yourself a wonderful day!
Ba-ba-ba Ba-ba-ba-Ba-ba-bah Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-bah!

Original music for “Talk to Me” written by Charles Strouse with lyrics by Lee Adams; new lyrics by Daniel Greene.
Original music for I Love Lucy theme song written by Eliot Daniel; new lyrics by Daniel Greene.

Me Singing "Lucky To Be Me"

Daniel Greene — Fri, 08 May 2009 15:44:59 +0000

Sums up how I feel about meeting my life partner, Andy, almost five years before the day I recorded this. From the Broadway musical On The Town, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Betty Comden & Adolph Green.

I posted this almost a year ago on our family blog via Flickr (no closed-captions), and at the time, I was critical of my own performance. Now, I just enjoy it. I hope you do, too.

Cockeyed Optimist

Daniel Greene — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 05:15:48 +0000

Here I am singing one of my favorite songs– a song I live by!

Singing Experiences

Daniel Greene — Fri, 23 Apr 2004 19:00:46 +0000

Started taking weekly singing lessons from mezzo soprano Dianna Ruggiero from July 2003, and I’ve been delighted with the results.
Sang as a member and soloist with the Shir Hadash Choir at Congregation Dor Hadash 1999–2000, 2003.
Sang for nine holiday seasons with Janet Hammer’s Full Measure Carolers from 1993–2003.
Recorded vocals for Voices of American History Volume II: American Revolution—The Journey Toward Independence, Creative Partners, 2002.
Sang at Piano Zinc in Paris, November 1, 1997.
Performed a solo cabaret concert at A Better Worlde Galleria, June 9, 1996.

Sang in choruses of San Diego Comic Opera’s productions of Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado, 1993, 1994.
Sang with the Gay Men’s Chorus of San Diego, 1993.
Sang in choruses of SGI-USA (an international Buddhist world peace organization), 1978–1990.

Sang in several choruses at the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA), including Choral Ensemble, Concert Choir, and Mixed Chorus, 1978–1985 (Gail McKinney and Norm Boaz directing).
Performed several numbers as a soloist in An Evening with Jones & Schmidt at SCPA, 1985.
Performed in choruses of several musicals at SCPA, including The Music Man, Pippin, Bye-Bye, Birdie!, and Oklahoma!, 1978–1985.
Lisped enthusiastically through “Gary Indiana” as Winthrop Paroo in The Music Man at San Diego State University, 1981.
Brought the house down singing “Suppertime” as Snoopy in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown! at San Diego Junior Theatre, 1980.
Recorded vocals for a children’s educational/recreational album, We All Live Together, Youngheart Records, 1979.
Sang “I Believe in Angels” in a children’s chorus with the rock group ABBA at the San Diego Sports Arena, 1979.
Created the role of Rocky in an original musical based on Morrie Turner’s comic strip Wee Pals at SCPA, 1978.
Made my musical theater debut as Jerome in The King and I, at Camp Saskatchewan, 1975.