"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]
| "Lullaby of the Leaves" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Songwriter(s) | Bernice Petkere, Joe Young |
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.