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"Harbor Lights", is a popular song by Northern Irish songwriter Jimmy Kennedy with music by Hugh Williams (the pseudonym of exiled Austrian composer Will Grosz). The song was originally recorded by Roy Fox & his Orchestra with vocal by Barry Gray in London on 29 January 1937.
The song is an airplay staple to this day, particularly on AC, oldies, and smooth jazz radio stations. "It's Over", "What Can I Say", and "Lido Shuffle" reached numbers 38, 42 and 11, respectively, on the pop chart. At the Grammy Awards of 1977, "Lowdown" won the Grammy for Best R&B Song.
"Harbour Lights" (song), a 1937 song by Hugh Williams (pseudonym for Will Grosz) with lyrics by Jimmy Kennedy; Harbor Lights (Bruce Hornsby album), 1993; Harbor Lights (Cristy Lane album), 1985 "Harbor Lights", a track from the 1976 Boz Scaggs' album Silk Degrees "Harbour Lights", a track from the 2012 A Silent Film album Sand & Snow
On December 17, 1941, RCA Victor recorded the song, with Sammy Kaye's Swing and Sway Band and The Glee Club. The 78 single was released in 1942, reaching no. 3 on the charts. By 1955, Sammy Kaye was also featured five times a week on several national radio networks through the RCA Thesaurus transcription service.
Unlike earlier albums, Harbor Lights allowed more space for Hornsby's and guest-players' "extended instrumental" solos to "flow naturally" out of the songs. [2] The tone was set by the opening title track, which after 50 seconds of expansive solo piano lurches into an up-tempo jazz number, ending with Metheny's guitar runs. The album closes in ...
"Harbor Lights" (Wilhelm Grosz, Jimmy Kennedy) – 3:22; Other music in the film "That Certain Party" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – Dean Martin "Who Me?"
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