John Wallowitch solo cabaret entertainer, Wallowitch performed throughout the world and was famous for his long-running hit revue, "The World of Wallowitch". He was the recipient of both the MAC and Bistro Awards for Composer of the Year. Wallowitch performed and recorded the song "Hillary Oh Hillary," for Hillary Clinton during her run for U.S. Senate. Henry and Bobbie Shaffner, veteran members of ASCAP, wrote the lyrics and set them to the tune of the old Groucho Marx song, "Lydia, the Tattooed Lady". Wallowitch and the Shaffners were inspired to write it after Clinton's six-hour-long visit to Wallowitch's New York studio, where
Variations on a Nursery Tune (Dohnányi) Variations on a Nursery Tune (Dohnányi) The Variations on a Nursery Tune, Op. 25, is a piece for piano and orchestra by Ernő Dohnányi. It is subtitled "For the enjoyment of humorous people and for the annoyance of others". Written in 1914, it captures the spirit of Romanticism, and manages to delight and enthrall in its sparkling piano writing and lush orchestral textures, and its wit in the treatment of the theme – the French nursery song "Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman", otherwise known as "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star". Like Dohnányi, Mozart also wrote variations on this nursery tune (K. 265/300e).