Table of Contents
Preface xiii
1 Avenue C 1
2 Dreamy Melody 8
3 I'm Sitting on Top of the World 17
4 Why Was I Born? 23
5 The Girl Friend 28
6 Just One More Chance 37
7 A Deserted Farm 44
8 Broadway Rhythm 52
9 There's Something in the Air 58
10 No Regrets 62
11 It Ain't Right 67
12 I Got Rhythm 74
13 If It's the Last Thing I Do 79
14 Green Key Jump 88
15 Begin the Beguine 92
16 Non-Stop Flight 99
17 Indian Love Call 102
18 King for a Day 107
19 One Foot in the Groove 114
20 Nightmare 121
21 Over the Rainbow 131
22 Summit Ridge Drive 139
23 In the Mood 147
24 Concerto for Clarinet 156
25 This Time the Dream's on Me 162
26 Someone's Rocking My Dreamboat 170
27 I Ask the Stars 176
28 Dearly Beloved 183
29 Jumpin' on the Merry-Go-Round 187
30 Little Jazz 192
31 The Grabtown Grapple 200
32 The Glider 210
33 Bedford Drive 216
34 A Table in a Corner 223
35 It's the Same Old Dream 228
36 Changing My Tune 236
37 Innuendo 243
38 Mucho de Nada 248
39 The Shekomeko Shuffle 255
40 Blue Again 261
41 He's Gone Away 266
42 It Could Happen to You 274
43 Sunny Side Up 279
44 Stop and Go Mambo 284
45 Yesterdays 288
46 More Than You Know 295
47 Connecticut 302
48 I've Got Beginner's Luck 308
49 I Was Doing All Right 314
50 (Would You Like to Be the) Love of My Life 322
51 Imagination 328
52 Dancing in the Dark 333
53 Autumn Leaves 339
54 That Old Feeling 344
55 Hop Skip and Jump 350
56 Don't Take Your Love from Me 356
57 Long Ago and Far Away 363
Acknowledgments 371
Notes 377
Select Bibliography 407
Permissions 409
Index 411