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Article: MASTER of the SONG: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra honors native David Shire with an entire evening devoted to his music.
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- The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY)
- Article date:
- January 21, 2007
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Byline: Mary Kunz Goldman
Jan. 21--Legendary Hollywood and Broadway composer David Shire was a teenager when his father, Buffalo bandleader Irving Shire, got him a gig he still recalls. It was in a "nameless saloon," he said, somewhere on Buffalo's East Side. Two other musicians joined him on the bandstand. "They were both around 60 years old," Shire says. "And I was 17. My dad got me the job for $20 for the evening and I thought I was in the big time." "I said, "But Dad, I only know 15 songs.' He said, "Don't worry. By the time you get through all the songs they'll all be drunk and no one will know the difference." Sure enough, Shire adds, that's ...