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Jump For Joy (Peggy Lee Album)
''Jump for Joy'' is an album by jazz singer Peggy Lee that was released in 1958 and arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Track listing #"Jump for Joy" (Duke Ellington, Sid Kuller, Paul Francis Webster) - 2:07 #" Back in Your Own Backyard" ( Dave Dreyer, Al Jolson, Billy Rose) - 2:26 #"When My Sugar Walks Down the Street" (Gene Austin, Jimmy McHugh, Irving Mills) - 1:58 #"I Hear Music" ( Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) - 2:07 #" Just in Time" (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) - 2:50 #" Old Devil Moon" (Yip Harburg, Burton Lane) - 2:58 #"What a Little Moonlight Can Do" ( Harry M. Woods) - 2:41 #"Four or Five Times" ( Byron Gay, Marco H. Hellman) - 2:33 #" Music! Music! Music!" ( Bernie Baum, Stephen Weiss) - 2:30 #"Cheek to Cheek" (Irving Berlin) - 2:37 #"Glory of Love" ( Billy Hill) - 2:37 #" Ain't We Got Fun?" (Richard A. Whiting, Gus Kahn, Raymond B. Egan) - 2:12 Personnel *Peggy Lee Norma Deloris Egstrom (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002), known professionally as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peggy Lee
Norma Deloris Egstrom (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002), known professionally as Peggy Lee, was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer, and actress, over a career spanning seven decades. From her beginning as a vocalist on local radio to singing with Benny Goodman's big band, Lee created a sophisticated persona, writing music for films, acting, and recording conceptual record albums combining poetry and music. Called the "Queen of American pop music," Lee recorded over 1,100 masters and composed over 270 songs. Early life Lee was born Norma Deloris Egstrom in Jamestown, North Dakota, United States, on May 26, 1920, the seventh of the eight children of Selma Emele (née Anderson) Egstrom and Marvin Olaf Egstrom, a station agent for the Midland Continental Railroad. Her family were Lutherans. Her father was Swedish-American and her mother was Norwegian-American. After her mother died when Lee was four, her father married Minnie Schaumberg Wiese. Lee an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Hear Music
"I Hear Music" is a popular song composed by Burton Lane, with lyrics by Frank Loesser for the Paramount Pictures movie ''Dancing on a Dime'' (1940). In the film it was performed by Robert Paige, Peter Lind Hayes, Frank Jenks and Eddie Quillan. Notable recordings *Nat King Cole - for the album ''The Piano Style of Nat King Cole'' (1956) (non vocal) *Bing Crosby - ''Bing Crosby's Treasury - The Songs I Love (1968 version)'' *Blossom Dearie - ''Blossom Dearie'' (1957) *Ella Fitzgerald - ''Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson'' (1962), ''Ella and Oscar'' (1975) *Billie Holiday - ''Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933–1944'' *Gene Krupa - recorded September 17, 1940 with vocalist Anita O'Day *Peggy Lee - for her album ''Jump for Joy (Peggy Lee album), Jump for Joy'' (1959) *Bobby McFerrin - ''Spontaneous Inventions'' (1986) *Marian McPartland - ''Marian McPartland at the Hickory House, At the Hickory House'' (2009) *Carmen McRae - ''The Carmen McRae-Betty Carter Duets'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernie Baum
Bernie Baum (October 13, 1929 – August 28, 1993) was a songwriter who worked extensively with Elvis Presley. He grew up in New York City and later worked with Harvey Zimmerman (better known as Bill Giant) and Florence Kaye. The majority of their songs were used in Presley's musicals. He and his two collaborators also wrote a theme music package for the NBC Weekend radio service called "Monitor" in 1965. Their work was also credited in the American version of Osamu Tezuka's anime '' Kimba the White Lion'' (1965). He had a #1 Hit with his song "Music! Music! Music!", Teresa Brewer's B side recording which unexpectedly took off, selling over a million copies and becoming Teresa's signature song. with His other works included: * '' Roustabout'' * ''(You're the) Devil in Disguise'' * ''Viva Las Vegas'' (The title track was written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman.) * '' Fun in Acapulco'' * '' Girls! Girls! Girls!'' * ''It Happened at the World's Fair'' * '' Kissin' Cousins'' * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music! Music! Music!
"Music! Music! Music! (Put Another Nickel In)" is a popular song written by Stephen Weiss and Bernie Baum and published in 1950. Background The first recording of the song was by Etienne Paree with Eddie "Piano" Miller, released by Rainbow Records in 1949 in the United States, titled "Put Another Nickel In - Music, Music, Music (The Nickelodeon Song)". The biggest-selling version of the song was recorded by Teresa Brewer with the Dixieland All Stars on 20 December 1949, and released on December 26 by London Records as catalog number 604. New York morning radio host Gene Rayburn lobbied for Teresa Brewer to record it, he and Dee Finch played it regularly on WNEW, and it became a number 1 hit and a million-seller in 1950. It became Brewer's signature song and earned her the nickname "Miss Music". It was released as the B side to "Copenhagen" but eclipsed "Copenhagen" as a hit. It was also recorded by many artists on various labels and other hit versions in 1950 were by Carme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byron Gay
Byron Sturges Gay (August 28, 1886 – December 22, 1945) was an American songwriter. One of his best-known songs "Four or Five Times" (co–written with Marco H. Hellman) has been recorded by numerous artists including King Oliver, Sidney Bechet, Lionel Hampton, Bob Wills, Woody Herman, Benny Goodman, Peggy Lee and more. Byron also worked with the composer Richard A. Whiting, together they wrote such songs as "Horses" and "Fire", both popular dance and comedy songs. Personal life Gay was born on August 22, 1886, in Illinois to Cassius Mason Gay (1862–1917) and Julia Iona Fessenden Gay (1893–1947). He had two brothers and two sisters, one of whom he outlived by four months. Gay married Ethel May Stokes (June 19, 1893 – May 1, 1947) and had one daughter. He died at age 59 of congestive heart failure on December 22, 1945, in Tucson, Arizona and is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. Stage productions Gay wrote the music for ''The Uplifters' Minstrels' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry M
Harry may refer to: TV shows * ''Harry'' (American TV series), a 1987 American comedy series starring Alan Arkin * ''Harry'' (British TV series), a 1993 BBC drama that ran for two seasons * ''Harry'' (talk show), a 2016 American daytime talk show hosted by Harry Connick Jr. People and fictional characters *Harry (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name *Harry (surname), a list of people with the surname *Dirty Harry (musician) (born 1982), British rock singer who has also used the stage name Harry *Harry Potter (character), the main protagonist in a Harry Potter fictional series by J. K. Rowling Other uses *Harry (derogatory term), derogatory term used in Norway * ''Harry'' (album), a 1969 album by Harry Nilsson *The tunnel used in the Stalag Luft III escape , partof = ''Luftwaffe'' , location = Sagan, Lower Silesia, Nazi Germany (now Żagań, Poland) , image = , caption = Model of the set used to film the movie ''The Great Escape.'' I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What A Little Moonlight Can Do
"What a Little Moonlight Can Do" is a popular song written by Harry M. Woods in 1934. In 1934, Woods moved to London for three years where he worked for the British film studio Gaumont British, contributing material to several films, one of which was '' Road House'' (1934). The song was sung in the film by Violet Lorraine and included an introductory verse, not heard in the version later recorded by Billie Holiday in 1935. Notable recordings * Lew Stone and His Band (vocal by Al Bowlly) - recorded in London on August 3, 1934 (Dec F-5270). * Billie Holiday, accompanied by Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra, on July 2, 1935. This reached the various charts of the day in the USA. She recorded the song again in 1954 for the album '' Billie Holiday''. * Jack Jackson - this also was very popular in 1935. * Helen Ward and Benny Goodman - published 1953 by Columbia Records 78 rpm, jazz *Bing Crosby and Gary Crosby - recorded November 4, 1953 with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yip Harburg
Edgar Yipsel Harburg (born Isidore Hochberg; April 8, 1896 – March 5, 1981) was an American popular song lyricist and librettist who worked with many well-known composers. He wrote the lyrics to the standards "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" (with Jay Gorney), " April in Paris", and " It's Only a Paper Moon", as well as all of the songs for the film ''The Wizard of Oz'', including " Over the Rainbow". He was known for the social commentary of his lyrics, as well as his leftist leanings. He championed racial and gender equality and union politics. He also was an ardent critic of religion. Early life and career Harburg, the youngest of four surviving children (out of ten), was born Isidore Hochberg on the Lower East Side of New York City on April 8, 1896.Yip Harburg: Biography from Answers.com Retrieved January 2, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Devil Moon
"Old Devil Moon" is a popular song composed by Burton Lane, with lyrics by Yip Harburg for the 1947 musical ''Finian's Rainbow''. It was introduced by Ella Logan and Donald Richards in the Broadway show. The song takes its title from a phrase in "Fun to Be Fooled", a song that Harburg wrote with Harold Arlen and Ira Gershwin for the 1934 musical '' Life Begins at 8:40''. In the 1968 film version, the song was performed by Don Francks and Petula Clark. Notable recordings *Margaret Whiting - her single release reached the No. 11 spot in the ''Billboard'' charts in 1947. *Gene Krupa and His Orchestra (vocal by Carolyn Grey) - this also reached the ''Billboard'' charts briefly in 1947 in the No. 21 position. *Miles Davis – ''Blue Haze'' (1954) * Sarah Vaughan - a single release (1954). *Mickey Baker (1955) * Jack Pleis, His Piano, Orchestra and Chorus – ''Broadway Goes Hollywood'' (1955) *Bob Dorough - ''Devil May Care'' (1956) * Frank Sinatra - '' Songs for Swingin' Lovers' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jule Styne
Jule Styne (; born Julius Kerwin Stein; December 31, 1905 – September 20, 1994) was an English-American songwriter and composer best known for a series of Broadway musicals, including several famous frequently-revived shows that also became successful films: ''Gypsy,'' '' Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,'' and '' Funny Girl.'' Early life Styne was born to a Jewish family in London, England. His parents, Anna Kertman and Isadore Stein, were emigrants from Ukraine, the Russian Empire, and ran a small grocery. Even before his family left Britain, he did impressions on the stage of well-known singers, including Harry Lauder, who saw him perform and advised him to take up the piano. At the age of eight, he moved with his family to Chicago, where he began taking piano lessons. He proved to be a prodigy and performed with the Chicago, St. Louis, and Detroit Symphonies before he was ten years old. Career Before Styne attended Chicago Musical College, he had already attracted the attent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolph Green
Adolph Green (December 2, 1914 – October 23, 2002) was an American lyricist and playwright who, with long-time collaborator Betty Comden, penned the screenplays and songs for some of the most beloved film musicals, particularly as part of Arthur Freed's production unit at Metro Goldwyn Mayer, during the genre's heyday. Many people thought the pair were married, but in fact they were not a romantic couple at all. Nevertheless, they shared a unique comic genius and sophisticated wit that enabled them to forge a six-decade-long partnership that produced some of Hollywood and Broadway's greatest hits. Biography Green was born in the Bronx to Hungarian Jewish immigrants Helen (née Weiss) and Daniel Green. He was the youngest of three sons and had two older brothers, Louis (circa 1907-?) and William (circa 1910-?). After high school, he worked as a runner on Wall Street while he tried to make it as an actor. He met Comden through mutual friends in 1938 while she was studying d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Comden
Betty Comden (May 3, 1917 - November 23, 2006) was an American lyricist, playwright, and screenwriter who contributed to numerous Hollywood musicals and Broadway shows of the mid-20th century. Her writing partnership with Adolph Green spanned six decades: "the longest running creative partnership in theatre history." The musical-comedy duo of Comden and Green collaborated most notably with composers Jule Styne and Leonard Bernstein, as well enjoyed success with ''Singin' in the Rain'', as part of the famed " Freed unit" at MGM. Early life Betty Comden was born Basya Cohen in Brooklyn, New York in 1917, the younger child of Leo Cohen (originally Astershinsky), a lawyer, and Rebecca ( Sadvoransky) Cohen, an English teacher. Both were Russian immigrants and observant Jews. She had an older brother, Nathaniel ("Nat"), born . Basya "attended Erasmus Hall High School and studied drama at New York University, graduating in 1938," according to ''The New York Times''. In 1938, mutual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |