Vote For Gracie

Vote For Gracie!

• Heads up Sarah Palin!



• Check this out Hillary Clinton!



• Want to run for president?

Well the first thing that you need is a good campaign song. Take a lesson from a woman who has been there - done that....Gracie Allen!


Gracie Allen ran for president in 1940. She lost to a guy named Franklin Roosevelt. Well, things happen for a reason. But, no doubt about it, Gracie had the best campaign song.


Gracie Allen and George Burns had a weekly comedy radio show. One of their sponsors was "Hinds Honey and Almond Hand Lotion". Gracies's song promoted her as the best candidate because she had the softest hands. Everyone would want to shake her nice soft hands because she used Hinds Honey and Almond Hand Lotion. Check out her platform, it includes soft hands for everyone.


Don’t Forget the Lyrics!

Vote for Gracie… Vote for Gracie!…

She’s the best little skipper in the land…

Vote for Gracie… Vote for Gracie…

Won’t you please give this little girl a hand? (That’s me)

Even big politicians don’t know what to do…

Gracie doesn’t know either… But neither to you.

So vote for Gracie…To win the presidential racie…

A hundred million strong, That’s right you can’t go wrong …

Vote for Gracie, keep voting all day long.

Vote for Gracie!… Vote for Gracie!…

'Cause her hands are the softest in the land…

Vote for Gracie!… Vote for Gracie!….

'Cause she stands for a lotion that is grand…

Why don’t you be like Gracie? Be fair to yourself…

Keep Hinds Honey and Almond right there on the shelf…

No more chapped hands…Let’s get together now and clap hands…

And for a thrill that’s new… I’ll tell you what to do…

Vote for Gracie and she’ll shake hands with you.

Vote for Gracie!… Vote for Gracie!…

If the country’s goin Gracie so can you…

Vote for Gracie!…Vote for Gracie!…

Uncle Sam let me paddle your canoe…

I’m just like Joan of Arc, I hear destiny call…

It’s a call to the ball park to throw out the ball…

Vote for Gracie!…To win the presidential racie…

A hundred million strong…That’s right you can’t go wrong…

Vote for Gracie! (Isn’t this fun?) Keep voting all day long!

Scott Joplin - Maple Leaf Rag

Music became an industry when Scott Joplin composed and published the Maple Leaf Rag. This piece of sheet music sold over 1 million copies and gave birth to music as an industry. From piano rolls and sheet music to modern day ipod downloads, music has been an industry from the early 1900's. Music reflects the culture and history of our nation. The sheet music business was the primary source of musical sales in the early 1900's. It is a treasure chest of information about history and historical events. The purpose of this blog site is to highlight the historical sheet music the reflected the events of the first half of the 20th century....the birth of aviation, World War I and World War II. and disasters such as the sinking of the Titantic, and the very first female to run for President, did you know it was Gracie Allen. It's all in the music.

Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag" was the spark that ignited the music industry. During the time of Scott Joplin music was recorded on piano rolls. These piano rolls still exist and they allow us to hear the music as it was played by the composer's own hands. If you ever have the opportunity to visit St. Louis, you can go to the Scott Joplin House on Delmar Ave. Here they have several piano rolls made by Scott Joplin, the rolls are inserted into the player the piano, you pump the pedals to make the rolls turn, the music starts playing and the keys are moving up & down and actually recreating the music as it was played by Scott Joplin himself. If you can't make it to St. Louis, you can go to YouTube. There is a posting there of a Scott Joplin piano roll playing the Maple Leaf Rag. This was posted in 2006 and it has over 1,057,443 hits. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMAtL7n_-rc