A Porter’s Love Song to a Chambermaid
"A Porter’s Love Song to a Chambermaid" is a jazz standard song with music by James P. Johnson[1] and lyrics by Andy Razaf [2] first published in 1930. It was composed for the musical "The Kitchen Mechanics Revue” “a critique of political economy you can dance to.” “[3] a “plotless but tightly themed musical celebrating male and female service workers as Harlem’s fountain of wealth, sanity, pleasure and art,”[4]
The song has been recorded many times over the years.
Discography
- Andy Razaf with Jimmy Johnson and His Orchestra, 3/25/31, Columbia, 14668-D[5]
- Fats Waller and his Rhythm, May 16, 1934[6]
References
- Jasen, David A., Tin Pan Alley: An Encyclopedia of the Golden Age of American Song, Routledge, New York, 2003, p.224
- Waller/Razaf, American Songbook Series, The Smithsonian Collection of Recordings, AD 048-21
- https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1065&context=musicfacpub
- https://books.google.com/books?id=iYrDiD6v5sYC&pg=PA53&lpg=PA53&dq=%22%22The+Kitchen+Mechanics+Revue%22+%22&source=bl&ots=m7z7p2MKH_&sig=ACfU3U0O9kjc_I8ZXRXA9pTfoRPQ349Huw&hl=en&ppis=_c&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi9-YnXo6zoAhX_FzQIHek9DEIQ6AEwBnoECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22%22The%20Kitchen%20Mechanics%20Revue%22%20%22&f=false
- Waller/Razaf, American Songbook Series, The Smithsonian Collection of Recordings, AD 048-21
- Fats Waller, Fats Waller and his Rhythm: Breakin’ the Ice, The Early Years, Part 1, 1934-35, RCA, 2 CD set, liner notes by Dan Morgenstern
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