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Songwriters' Hall of Famer MILTON AGER(1893-1979) would qualify as one of America's musical treasures had he only penned one of his trove of songs - "Happy Days Are Here Again." Instead, he penned over 130, including "Ain't She Sweet"-which has been recorded by artists as diverse as Frank Sinatra, Lawrence Welk, and The Beatles; "Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp of Savannah)"-which scored successes for Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, and Ray Charles among others; the Judy Garland weepie "I'm Nobody's Baby"; and "I'm the Last of the Red Hot Mammas."

All of these songs-and 23 more-are included in Joyce Moody's Vampin' Lady show, which takes its title not just from Ager's keenly-focused ear for songs about seductive sirens, but more specifically from Ager's 1923 hit "Louisville Lou (That Vampin' Lady)." The Vampin' Lady CD features 24 songs from the show.
JOYCE MOODY appeared opposite Dick Van Dyke in the role of Gloria Thorpe in the national tour of DAMN YANKEES and in New York in the Irving Berlin tribute SAY IT WITH MUSIC.
For Wenhelm Productions' American Composer Series in New York, she appeared in RODGERS WITHOUT THE 'H' FACTOR (celebrating the music of Richard Rodgers without Hammerstein or Hart), SWEET MYSTERY: THE MUSIC OF VICTOR HERBERT, and in the one-woman show VAMPIN' LADY: THE MUSIC OF MILTON AGER
1 MEDLEY: I'm the Last of the Red Hot Mammas & Ain't She Sweet2 Mamma Goes Where Papa Goes3 MEDLEY: A Young Man's Fancy, She Don't Wanna, Lovin' Sam, Big B4 You Can't Pull the Wool5 I'm Doin' What I'm Doin' For Love6 Rain or Shine7 Could I? I Certainly Could8 MEDLEY: Glad Rag Doll, Who Cares?, I'm Nobody's Baby9 Crazy Words - Crazy Tune10 I Hate Myself11 Trust in Me12 MEDLEY - HERE'S TO THE VAMPS: Hard-To-Get Gertie, Louisville Lo13 Happy Days Are Here Again14 MEDLEY: Auf Wiedersehen, My Dear & Wish Me Good Luck, Kiss Me G