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The Folks Who Live on the Hill (1937)

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Origin and Chart Information
Rank 471
Music Jerome Kern
Lyrics Oscar Hammerstein II

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Year Rank Title
1930 1 “Body and Soul”
1939 2 “All the Things You Are”
1935 3 “Summertime”
1944 4 “'Round Midnight”
1935 5 “I Can't Get Started (with You)”
1937 6 “My Funny Valentine”
1942 7 “Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be)”
1930 8 “What Is This Thing Called Love?”
1933 9 “Yesterdays”
1946 10 “Stella by Starlight”

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Musicians' Comments

I believe everyone who enjoys this song should consider listening to Dick Hyman’s solo piano version on “Music of 1937

Richard Kahn, Associate Professor of Music
Los Angeles Valley College
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Reading and Research
Additional information for "The Folks Who Live on the Hill" may be found in:

Thomas S. Hischak
The American Musical Film Song Encyclopedia
Greenwood Press
Hardcover: 536 pages


(1 paragraph including the following types of information: summary and performers.)

Robert Gottlieb, Robert Kimball
Reading Lyrics
Pantheon
Hardcover: 736 pages


(Includes the following types of information: song lyrics.)
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Oscar Hammerstein II and Jerome Kern

Year Rank Title
1939 2 “All the Things You Are”
1932 159 “The Song Is You”
1927 236 “Ol' Man River”
1927 339 “Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man”
1929 377 “Why Was I Born”
1927 431 “Why Do I Love You?”
1937 471 “The Folks Who Live on the Hill”
1925 607 “Who”
1946 657 “Nobody Else but Me”
1927 936 “Make Believe”

Dorothy Fields, Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern and Jimmy McHugh

Year Rank Title
1935 999 “I Won't Dance”

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