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The Sleepy Lagoon murder was the name that Los Angeles newspapers used to describe the death of José Gallardo Díaz, who was discovered unconscious and dying near a reservoir (dubbed the Sleepy Lagoon) with two stab wounds and a broken finger in Commerce, California, United States, on the morning of August 2, 1942.
By the Sleepy Lagoon is a light-orchestral valse serenade by British composer Eric Coates, written in 1930. [1] In 1940 American songwriter Jack Lawrence added lyrics with Coates' approval; the resulting song, " Sleepy Lagoon ", became a popular-music standard of the 1940s.
Sleepy Lagoon may refer to: "Sleepy Lagoon" (song), a 1930 light orchestral music written by Eric Coates and adapted into a song by Jack Lawrence, used as a theme in Desert Island Discs radio series; The 1942 Sleepy Lagoon murder, which led to the Zoot Suit riots; Sleepy Lagoon, a 1943 American musical comedy film
Alice Greenfield McGrath (April 5, 1917 – November 27, 2009), also known as Alice Greenfield, was an American activist who gained fame in connection with the 1942 case of the Sleepy Lagoon Murder. She was the executive secretary of the Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee from 1942 to 1944.
Sleepy Lagoon is a 1943 American musical comedy film directed by Joseph Santley and featuring comedian Judy Canova and singer Dennis Day. The film was written by Prescott Chaplin, and Frank Gill, Jr. and George Carleton Brown wrote the screenplay.
Of the seven stand-alone waltzes, the best known, "By the Sleepy Lagoon" (1930), is described as a "valse-serenade", although over the years it has been rendered as a beguine, a slow waltz and a slow fox-trot. [50] In his orchestral scores Coates was particular about metronome markings and accents. When conducting his music, he tended to set ...
Zoot Suit tells the story of Henry Reyna and the 38th Street Gang, who were tried for the Sleepy Lagoon murder in Los Angeles, during World War II.After a run-in with a neighboring gang at the local lovers lane, Sleepy Lagoon, the 38th Street Gang gets into a fight at a party, where a young man is murdered.
By the Sleepy Lagoon, Valse Serenade [7] [4] also for voice and piano, used as theme for the BBC radio programme Desert Island Discs: Orchestral: 1930: Cinderella, Phantasy [9] [13] Orchestral: 1930: With a Song in My Heart [2] orchestral arrangement of the song from the Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart musical Spring Is Here: Orchestral: 1931