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The Donny Hathaway version from the LP Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (Atlantic, 1972) has become one of the standout versions of the song. [citation needed] A version by jazz pianist Bill Evans was recorded in his last studio album We Will Meet Again (Warner Bros. Records, 1979). Jane Ira Bloom included the song in her 2013 album Sixteen Sunsets.
"My Mammy" is an American popular song with music by Walter Donaldson and lyrics by Joe Young and Sam M. Lewis. Though associated with Al Jolson, who performed the song very successfully, "My Mammy" was performed first in 1918 by William Frawley (later to become famous on I Love Lucy) as a vaudeville act. [1]
The music for "Blueberry Hill" was composed by Vincent Rose and the lyrics by Larry Stock and Al Lewis. [2] The song was turned down by another publisher until being bought and published in 1940 by Chappell & Company. [3] The song was recorded over ten times that year.
The family was founded by Pop and Mom Lewis (Roy Lewis Sr. and Pauline Lewis, née Holloway), who married in 1925. In 1951 they chose the name The Lewis Family when singing at a Woodmen of the World meeting. Later that year, they did their first recording sessions, released on Sullivan Records. [3] [4]
The title of the song was the inspiration behind Steven J. Andrews' debut novel, 'Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree'. The song is prominently featured in Charles Fuller's A Soldier's Play, winner of the 1982 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, at the beginning and end of each act. The song is also featured on the soundtrack at Disney's Hollywood Studios.
The song was a number one country music single for The Davis Sisters in 1953. It was the first hit for the duo of Skeeter Davis and Betty Jack Davis, and also their only one, as Betty Jack was killed in an automobile accident the week the record was released.
Mills Brothers, 1932 "Dinah" is a popular song published in 1925 and introduced by Ethel Waters at the Plantation Club on Broadway. It was integrated into the show Kid Boots. [1] The music was written by Harry Akst and the lyrics by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young.
The song features a wind ensemble, and the Everly Brothers imitate the sounds of country guitars by singing "Ching" repeatedly. This is not the traditional song "I Wish I Was In Bowling Green", also known as "Bowling Green", recorded by Cousin Emmy , the Weavers , the Kossoy Sisters and others.