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Top 5 Week: Rat Pack Standards Theme (American Idol - Season 8)

Top 5 Week: Rat Pack Standards Theme (American Idol - Season 8)
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11:46 am
April 24, 2009


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Next week, the theme is Rat Pack Songs, or Big Band Week. According to Wikipedia, big band is a type of emsemble associated with playing jazz music. It  was popular during the Swing Era from the early 1930s until the late 1940s.  A big band consists of 12 to 25 musicians and contains saxophones, trumpets, trombones, singers, and a rhythm section.
 
Big Band was not a specific theme for each of the past seasons, but songs from this genre were interdispersed throughout the shows.  If I omitted any that you know of, please feel free to add them in the comment section. 

When this was a specific theme, songs chosen were:

Season 1: Minnie The Moocher (Tamyra); Route 66 (Justin), Hard Hearted Hannah (Nikki), The Glory of Love (Christina Christian), I Won’t Dance (RJ Helton), and Stuff Like That There (Kelly).

In Season 2, Clay knocked ‘Mack the Knife’ out of the ballpark as one of his three songs during the finale.

In Season 3, this theme was also the one selected for the top 5.  Songs chosen were Someone To Watch Over Me, Get Happy (Diana), Cheek to Cheek, What a Wonderful World (George Huff), Too Close for Comfort, Don’t Rain on My Parade (LaToya London), The Way You Look Tonight, Almost Like Being in Love (Jasmine Trias), Crazy Little Thing Called Love, What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? (Fantasia)

As an aside, In Season 5, there was no specific Big Band week, but there WAS a Queen week!  That would be too awesome to hope for t his year….

Given the vast amount of choices, what do you think Adam should sing for his two songs this week?  Should he do a ballad and then rock out?  Should he rock out and then do a ballad?  There is so much to choose from…. so much to anticipate…. so many ways he can wow us! Comment below.

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8:18 am
April 25, 2009


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Hands down, Adam must do "You Give Me Fever."   How perfect would that be?

12:59 am
April 26, 2009


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You might consider:  Singing in the Rain or Boogy Woogy Bugle Boy. No question whatever you sing it will rock our world.  See you Tuesday night

3:34 am
April 27, 2009


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1st  Fever  or At Last         2nd    Crazy little thing called love     is a must do
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