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Song
"
Lullaby of the Leaves
" is a
musical composition
by
composer
Bernice Petkere
and
lyricist
Joe Young
. A
Tin Pan Alley
song first performed in 1932, the
jazz standard
is considered the biggest critical and commercial success of Petkere's composing career.
[1]
[2]
The song was a
hit
for
George Olsen and his Music
in 1932.
[3]
By January 1933, more than 500,000 copies had been sold in the U.S.?ten times more than the usual hit song of the era.
[4]
It has since been recorded numerous times in its lyrical version and as an
instrumental
, including hot jazz sextet version by
Benny Goodman
in 1951,
[5]
a haunting bop-accented rendition by
Anita O'Day
in 1952, a cool jazz version by
Cal Tjader
on
vibraphone
in 1952,
[6]
a rousing
surf rock
version by
the Ventures
in 1961, a lively piano version by
Mary Lou Williams
in the 1950s, and a widely heard version by
Ella Fitzgerald
on her 1964 album
Hello, Dolly!
.
[7]
[8]
Since 2002, jazz pianist
Tamir Hendelman
has been performing his unique arrangement of the song, especially as part of the
Jeff Hamilton
Trio.
[9]
[10]
From 2019 to 2020, Italian
ice dancers
Jasmine Tessari
and
Francesco Fioretti
skated to
Beth Hart
's rendition of the song in competitions.
[11]
[12]
References
[
edit
]
- ^
Burlingame, Sandra.
"Lullaby of the Leaves (1932)"
.
jazzstandards.com
.
- ^
Pessen, Edward (Summer 1985).
"The Great Songwriters of Tin Pan Alley's Golden Age: A Social, Occupational, and Aesthetic Inquiry"
.
American Music
.
3
(2): 180?197.
doi
:
10.2307/3051635
.
JSTOR
3051635
. Retrieved
25 March
2022
.
- ^
Whitburn, Joel (1986).
Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954
. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p.
343
.
ISBN
0-89820-083-0
.
- ^
Associated Press (9 January 1933).
"25-Year-Old Housewife Is Latest Addition To Tin Pan Alley Colony"
.
El Paso Times
. El Paso, Texas
. Retrieved
25 March
2022
.
- ^
Staff (1951). "Around Town".
The New Yorker
. Vol. 127. p. 123.
- ^
Bang, Derrick (2014).
Vince Guaraldi at the Piano
. McFarland. p. 332.
ISBN
9780786490745
.
- ^
Porter, Lewis (October 1984).
"
"You Can't Get up There Timidly": Jazzwomen: Part II"
.
Music Educators Journal
.
71
(2): 42?51.
doi
:
10.2307/3396356
.
JSTOR
3396356
.
S2CID
143894110
. Retrieved
25 March
2022
.
- ^
Buchanan, William (16 August 1964).
"Ella a Rare Success--Arrived on Talent Alone"
.
Boston Globe
. Boston, Massachusetts
. Retrieved
25 March
2022
.
- ^
Howard, Rebecca Cline (October 22, 2002).
"Hamilton trio gets it together nicely"
.
Deseret News
. Retrieved
December 30,
2023
.
- ^
https://music.apple.com/ca/song/lullaby-of-the-leaves/1600960554
- ^
"Jasmine TESSARI / Francesco FIORETTI"
.
ISUResults.com
. International Skating Union. 27 February 2020
. Retrieved
25 March
2022
.
- ^
"Photo-stories from Graz (Part Three): the ice dancing event"
.
Inside Skating
. Cluj-Napoca, Romania. 16 February 2020
. Retrieved
25 March
2022
.