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The tune was composed for a radio broadcast in October 1930 and was originally titled "Dreamy Blues". It was "the first tune I ever wrote specially for microphone transmission", Ellington recalled. "The next day wads of mail came in raving about the new tune, so Irving Mills put a lyric to it." Renamed "Mood Indigo", it became a jazz standard.
1957. Genre. Jazz. Label. Bethlehem. Songwriter (s) Willard Robison. " Don't Smoke in Bed " is a jazz song originally composed and recorded by Willard Robison [ 1 ] and later associated with a recording by Nina Simone released on her 1958 debut album Little Girl Blue. [ 2 ]
When It's Sleepy Time Down South", also known as "Sleepy Time Down South", is a 1931 jazz song written by Clarence Muse, Leon René and Otis René. It was sung in the 1931 movie Safe in Hell by Nina Mae McKinney , and became the signature song of Louis Armstrong , who recorded it almost a hundred times during his career. [ 1 ]
"California King Bed" is a song by Barbadian singer Rihanna from her fifth studio album, Loud (2010). The song was written and produced by Andrew Harr and Jermaine Jackson, of the American production duo the Runners , with Priscilla Renea , Alex Delicata and Rihanna.
The music and lyrics were written in 1925 by Jimmy Campbell and Reg Connelly.They self-published the sheet music and it became their first big success, selling 2 million copies and providing the financial basis of their publishing firm, Campbell, Connelly & Co. [1] Campbell and Connelly published the sheet music and recorded the song under the pseudonym "Irving King".
Manteca (song) " Manteca " is one of the earliest foundational tunes of Afro-Cuban jazz. Co-written by Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo and Gil Fuller in 1947, it is among the most famous of Gillespie's recordings (along with the earlier " A Night in Tunisia ") and is "one of the most important records ever made in the United States", according to ...
The Amazing Nina Simone (1959) Little Girl Blue: Jazz as Played in an Exclusive Side Street Club is the debut studio album by Nina Simone. Recorded in late 1957, it was eventually released by Bethlehem Records in February 1959. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] Due to the length of time the album had taken to be released and the lack of any promotional single ...
1935. Composer (s) Richard Rodgers. Lyricist (s) Lorenz Hart. "My Romance" is a popular jazz song, with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart, written for Billy Rose 's musical, Jumbo (1935). Gloria Grafton and Donald Novis introduced the song in that musical. In the 1962 movie version of Jumbo, Doris Day performed the song.