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Irving Harold Mills (born Isadore Minsky; January 18, 1894 Odessa, Ukraine – April 21, 1985) was a music publisher, musician, lyricist, and jazz promoter. He often used the pseudonyms Goody Goodwin and Joe Primrose .
The music was composed and arranged by Ellington in August 1931 during intermissions at the Lincoln Tavern in Chicago; [3] the lyrics were contributed by Irving Mills. According to Ellington, the song's title was the credo of trumpeter Bubber Miley, [4] who was dying of tuberculosis at the time; [5] Miley died the year the song was released. [6]
"St. James Infirmary" on tenor sax "St. James Infirmary" is an American blues and jazz standard that emerged, like many others, from folk traditions. Louis Armstrong brought the song to lasting fame through his 1928 recording, on which Don Redman is named as composer; later releases credit "Joe Primrose", a pseudonym used by musician manager, music promoter and publisher Irving Mills. [1]
The Mills Brothers recorded an a cappella version of the song. More than 350 versions have been recorded. [3] Duke Ellington – New York, May 14, 1937 [1] Valaida Snow – Valaida Snow (vocal and trumpet) and her Orchestra, 1939, Sonora; Art Tatum – Los Angeles, April–July 1940 [1] Dizzy Gillespie – October 25, 1951 [1]
"Lovesick Blues" is a Tin Pan Alley song, composed by Cliff Friend, with lyrics by Irving Mills. It first appeared in the 1922 musical "Oh, Ernest", and was recorded that year by Elsie Clark and Jack Shea.
"In My) Solitude" is a 1934 composition by Duke Ellington, with lyrics by Eddie DeLange and Irving Mills. It is considered a jazz standard [2] and has been recorded numerous times by artists such as Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald.
Writer George T. Simon, while working on a compilation of music for The Big Band Songbook, contacted composer Will Hudson regarding "Moonglow", and Hudson explained how the tune came about. "It happened very simply. Back in the early '30s, I had a band at the Graystone Ballroom in Detroit, and I needed a theme song. So I wrote 'Moonglow'."
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