Monday, March 28, 2022

ccviii. VARIOUS ARTISTS: Get Happy

ccviii. VARIOUS ARTISTS

Get Happy (1930)

Eight versions

1. Benny Goodman (1936)
2. Art Tatum (1939)
3. Judy Garland (1950)
4. Frank Sinatra (1954)
5. Bud Powell (1959)
6. Dick Hyman (1990)
7. Jay Leonhart (2001)
8. Brad Mehldau (2004)


Harold Arlen's very first song (lyrics: Ted Koehler); in the style of a tent revival meeting ...




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