{"id":743,"date":"2021-05-10T04:46:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T04:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=743"},"modified":"2025-08-25T23:29:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T23:29:53","slug":"new-york-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/new-york-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"New York, New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by Kander and Ebb &#8211; aka &#8220;These Vagabond Shoes&#8221; Key of ?<\/p>\n<input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='69ea638a0e73c4018615581' value='69ea638a0e73c4018615581'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-69ea638a0e73c4018615581' value='Show More'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-69ea638a0e73c4018615581' value='Show Less'><button id='bg-showmore-action-69ea638a0e73c4018615581' class='bg-showmore-plg-button bg-orange-button  '   style=\" color:#4a4949;\">Show More<\/button><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-69ea638a0e73c4018615581' ><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">These Vagabond Shoes (or &#8220;New York, New York&#8221;) is the theme song from the Martin Scorsese film New York, New York (1977), composed by John Kander, with lyrics by Fred Ebb. It was written for and performed in the film by Liza Minnelli. It remains one of the best-known songs about New York City.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Although many people associate this song with Frank Sinatra, it was Liza Minnelli who debuted it in the 1977 film of the same name, which was directed by Martin Scorsese and starred Minnelli and Robert De Niro as musicians and lovers. It was written for the film by John Kander and Fred Ebb, who wrote many songs for her, including the Cabaret songs &#8220;Maybe This Time&#8221; and &#8220;Yes.&#8221;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Frank Sinatra began performing this in 1978 at concerts in New York&#8217;s Radio City Music Hall. His version was released on his 1980 triple album Trilogy: Past, Present and Future, which was highly acclaimed and brought the singer back in the public eye. &#8220;New York, New York&#8221; quickly became one of Sinatra&#8217;s signature songs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<pre> {t: New York, New York }  \r\n{key: D}  \r\n{artist:Frank Sinatra}  \r\nFrank Sinatra:\r\n[D]  [Em]  [D]  [Em]  \r\n[NC]  Start spreading the [D] news    \r\nI\u2019m leaving to[Em]day    \r\nI want to [D] be a part of it    \r\nNew York, New [Em] York [A]     \r\n{c: } \r\nThese vagabond [D] shoes    \r\nAre longing to [Em] stray [A]     \r\nRight through the [D] very heart of it    \r\nNew York, New [Am7] York [D7]     \r\n{c: } \r\nI want to [G] wake up    \r\nIn a [Gm] city that doesn\u2019t [D] sleep    \r\nAnd find I\u2019m [F#m] king of the [B7] hill    \r\n[B7] Top of the [Em] heap [A]     \r\n{c: } \r\nThese little town [D] blues    \r\nAre melting a[Em]way    \r\nI\u2019ll make a [D] brand new start of it    \r\nIn old New [Em] York [D7]     \r\n{c: } \r\nIf I can [G]  make it [Gm] there    \r\nI\u2019ll make it [D] \u2026 any[B7]where    \r\nIt\u2019s up to [Em] you    \r\n[A] New [Em] York [A] New [D] York    \r\n{c: } \r\n[D]  [Em]     \r\n[NC] I want to [G] wake up    \r\nIn a [Gm] city that never [D] sleeps    \r\nAnd find I\u2019m [F#m] A-number [B7] one    \r\n[F#m] Top of the [Em] list    \r\n[Bb] King of the hill    \r\n[A]  A-number one    \r\n{c: } \r\n(slower tempo) [N\/C] These little town [D] blues    \r\nAre melting a[Em]way    \r\nI\u2019ll make a [D] brand new start of it    \r\nIn old New [Em] York    \r\n{c: } \r\nIf I can [G] make it [Gm] there    \r\nI\u2019ll make it [F#m]  any[B7]where    \r\nCome on [Em] through    \r\n[A] New [Em] York [A] New [D] Yooooooooork    \r\n{c: pause, then a quick strum for the next two chords} \r\n[A] New [D] York\t\t\t\t<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Kander and Ebb &#8211; aka &#8220;These Vagabond Shoes&#8221; Key of ? {t: New York, New York } {key: D} {artist:Frank Sinatra} Frank Sinatra: [D] [Em] [D] [Em] [NC] Start spreading the [D] news I\u2019m leaving to[Em]day I want to [D] be a part of it New York, New [Em] &hellip; <span class=\"more-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/new-york-new-york\/\" class=\"more-link\">CLICK TO VIEW SONG<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New York, New York<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,117,68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-x-bill-chase","category-live-piano","category-love-songs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}