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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. [2]
Sleepy Lagoon [22] words by Jack Lawrence: Vocal: 1940: Today is Ours [23] words by Frank Eyton: Vocal: 1942: Star of God: words by Frederic Weatherly: Vocal: 1943: A Song of Summer [23] words by Lady Joan Vernay; for voice and piano or orchestra Vocal: 1954: The Scent of Lilac [22] words by Winifred May Vocal: 1956: The Dam Busters: words by ...
Another work written at the Baker Street flat that enhanced the composer's fame was By the Sleepy Lagoon (1930), an orchestral piece that made little initial impression, but with an added lyric became a hit song in the US in 1940, [n 3] and in its original instrumental version became familiar in Britain as the title music of the BBC radio ...
Dawning of Love was featured in Ray Hartley's first album titled after the first track The Trembling of a Leaf (Johnny Green / Jack Lawrence) that also included Lawrence's songs Sleepy Lagoon and With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair. Whispers in the Wind was included in Ray Hartley's second album 'For Lovers'.
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
Music portal; Songs written or first produced in the year 1930. 1925; 1926; 1927; ... But Not for Me (song) By the Sleepy Lagoon; C. Carinhoso (song) Cheerful Little ...
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Desert Island Discs is a radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4.It was first broadcast on the BBC Forces Programme on 29 January 1942. [1]Each week a guest, called a "castaway" during the programme, is asked to choose eight audio recordings (usually, but not always, music), a book and a luxury item that they would take if they were to be cast away on a desert island, whilst discussing their ...