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The first jazz recording was made by Sidney Bechet in 1954 under the title "La Complainte de Mackie". Louis Armstrong's 1955 version established the song's popularity in the jazz world. [135] It is also known as "The Ballad of Mack the Knife". [135] "Nagasaki" [136] is a jazz song composed by Harry Warren with lyrics by Mort Dixon.
The first jazz recording was made by Sidney Bechet in 1954 under the title "La Complainte de Mackie". Louis Armstrong's 1955 version established the song's popularity in the jazz world. [88] It is also known as "The Ballad of Mack the Knife". [88] "Nagasaki" [89] is a jazz song composed by Harry Warren with lyrics by Mort Dixon.
Culture writer Martin Chilton defines the term "Great American Songbook" as follows: "Tunes of Broadway musical theatre, Hollywood movie musicals and Tin Pan Alley (the hub of songwriting that was the music publishers' row on New York's West 28th Street)". Chilton adds that these songs "became the core repertoire of jazz musicians" during the ...
Squeeze Me" is a 1925 jazz standard composed by Fats Waller. It was based on an old blues song called "The Boy in the Boat". The lyrics were credited to publisher Clarence Williams , although Andy Razaf has claimed to have actually written the lyrics.
Singin' the Blues (Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young, Con Conrad and J. R. Robinson song) Snake Rag; Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise; Somebody Loves Me; Someone to Watch Over Me (song) Squeeze Me; Stardust (1927 song) Sugar: That Sugar Baby O'Mine; Sweet Georgia Brown; Sweet Lorraine; Sweet Sue, Just You
The song has been used in a number of films set in the 1920s. Ginger Rogers dances to the music in the film Roxie Hart (1942). [7] In the movies Margie (1946) and It's a Wonderful Life (1946), the song is played during school dance scenes. [8] In the movie Tea for Two (1950), with Doris Day and Gordon MacRae, the song is a featured production ...
A popular jazz standard, the song has been recorded by many artists, including Cab Calloway (1934), Coleman Hawkins (1935) and Eddie Durham (1936). The Benny Goodman Quartet played the song in their famous 1938 Carnegie Hall concert. [2] The tune remains popular in the gypsy jazz repertoire, having been performed by Wawau Adler and others.
After initial success as a late 1920s novelty song, the tune became a traditional jazz standard while the refrain "I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream" has remained a part of popular culture even without the rest of the song. On January 1, 2023, the song went into the public domain. [2]