The Music is You, a Singable Picture Book

Posted by: Sing Books with Emily on: April 22, 2012

In: Art of Singing a Song | Case for Singable Books | Heartfelt Musings | Lyrics | Out of the Mouths of Babes | Power of Music | SBWE in Person | Sing Along Tracks | Sing Books with Emily Sing-Along Materials | Singable Book Title | Singable Picture Book Video | Song History | Written by ELEG
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Rediscovering a song by John Denver…so few words, such a pretty music, and so perfectly nutshells how I feel about (and hope to share with) Singing Books:

THE MUSIC IS YOU
Words and Music by John Denver

Music makes pictures and often tells stories
All of it magic and all of it true
And all of the pictures and all of the stories
All of the magic, the music is you

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I made a book so we can sing it together:

The Music is You
Music and Lyrics by John Denver
Book Assembled by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus

This book is for classroom or home use only.

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John Denver recorded his song, “The Music is You” for his 1974 album “Back Home Again.”

Wiki article about this album, here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_Home_Again_(John_Denver_album)

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A Video with the song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jurXaqV7z50

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Just for fun, here’s another video of John Denver (from one of his Tonight Show with Johnny Carson appearances in 1974) singing one of my favorite of his songs, I loved “Follow Me” when I was a kid. The sound of his voice and the simple honest sincerity of his performance, to me, is gorgeous: