Originally designed as a response to the rapidly changing creative world of 2020 amidst the unprecedented COVID disruptions; The Summer Chores was created as a motivational tool for home use over the summer months for students and teachers alike, the intension being that the performer plays all the parts to each piece while learning and experimenting how to record themselves, learn how to make a click-track, how to multi-track, mix, video-edit and more….
The popular song Yes Sir !, That's My Baby was written by Walter Donaldson with lyrics by GusKahn. Written in 1925 It was first sung by Margaret Young and later by the Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orchestra with vocals by Carleton Coon. Eddie Cantor recorded the song in 1930 and it was a hit for Ricky Nelson in 1960 and later Frank Sinatra. The song has become a standard that has been recorded by over 100 artists in genres from jazz to rock to country. Bing Crosby recorded the song in 1956 for use on his radio show and it was subsequently included in the box set The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings. The music has also been used in numerous movies, particularly the 1965 feature A Thousand Clowns starring Jason Robards and Barry Gordon, The Great Gatsby in 1974 and Heartburn (1986) – performed by Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson.
