Sweet Lorraine
"Sweet Lorraine" is a popular song by Cliff Burwell (music) and Mitchell Parish (lyrics) that was published in 1928 and has since become a jazz standard. It has been recorded by many artists, including Rudy Vallee in 1928, Teddy Wilson in 1935, and Nat King Cole in 1940.[1]
Notable recordings
- Rudy Vallée and Cliff Burwell, piano (Victor, June 1928, test recording)[2]
- Jimmie Noone's Apex Club Orchestra (Vocalion Records 1207, August 23, 1928)[3][4]
- Isham Jones (and his Orchestra, vocalist, Eddie Stone) (1932)
- Teddy Wilson (1935) - this charted briefly in 1935.[5]
- Muggsy Spanier, Sidney Bechet (1940)
- King Cole Trio (Decca, 1940)[6]
- Dick Todd - recorded August 6, 1940 for Bluebird Records (catalog No. 10840).[7]
- Frank Sinatra (1946)[8] – The Best Of The Columbia Years 1943–1952 (1995 & 2003)
- Coleman Hawkins's Swing Four (December, 1943)
- Art Tatum (1944)
- Bing Crosby - recorded September 6, 1945 with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra.[9]
- Chet Baker (1954)
- Nat King Cole - for his album After Midnight (1957). This version is used in the film Tin Men (1987).
- Louis Armstrong - included in the album Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson (1957)
- Bob Scobey's Frisco Jazz Band feat. Clancy Hayes – Beauty and the Beat (1957)
- Benny Carter – Bar Jazz (1958)
- Johnny Mathis - for his album Swing Softly (1958)
- Zoot Sims & Al Cohn – Either Way (1961)
- Kay Starr - for her album Swingin' with the Starr (1963).[10]
- Sammy Davis Jr. - for his album The Nat King Cole Songbook (1965)
- Marvin Gaye (1965)
- Tony Bennett - included in the album If I Ruled the World: Songs for the Jet Set (1965)
- Matt Monro - for his album This Is the Life! (1966).[11]
- Stephane Grappelli, Lisa Eckinger, Ike Isaacs and the Diz Disley Trio (1975)
- Joe Turner Effervescent (1976).[12]
- Harry Nilsson – Knnillssonn bonus track (1977)
- Oscar Peterson & Count Basie – Night Rider (1978)
- Jamie Cullum - for his album Heard It All Before (1999)
- June Christy – Cool Christy (2002)
- The Singers Unlimited – The Complete A Capella Sessions (2006)
References
- ↑ "Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (Sweet Lorraine)". www.jazzstandards.com. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ↑ "Matrix BVE-Test-152. Sweet Lorraine / Rudy Vallée". University of California, Santa Barbara Library. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
- ↑ "Jimmie Noone's Apex Club Orchestra, Sweet Lorraine (1928)". YouTube. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
- ↑ Jimmie Noone: Apex Blues. The Original Decca Recordings. Liner notes by Richard Hadlock. Decca GRD-633, MCA Records and GRP Records 1994. Personnel include Jimmie Noone (clarinet), Joe Poston (alto saxophone), Earl Hines (piano), Bud Scott (banjo and guitar) and Johnny Wells (drums).
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 458. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
- ↑ "Nat King Cole – The Early Years". University of Missouri–Kansas City. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
- ↑ "The Online Discographical Project". 78discography.com. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
- ↑ "Frank Sinatra – The Columbia Years — 1942 – 1946". www.jazzdiscography.com. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ↑ "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
- ↑ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
- ↑ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
- ↑ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
See also
- List of 1920s jazz standards
- Maureen Stapleton#Filmography (film Sweet Lorraine)
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