Once Upon a Summertime: The Best Female Jazz Vocals

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Misty
alto saxophone:
Marcel Hrasko (on 1958-07-07)
baritone saxophone:
William Boucaya (on 1958-07-07) and Jo Hrasko (on 1958-07-07)
drums (drum set):
Kenny Clarke (on 1958-07-07)
guitar:
Pierre Cullaz (on 1958-07-07)
piano:
Ronnell Bright (on 1958-07-07)
tenor saxophone:
Zoot Sims (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1958-07-07)
vibraphone:
Michel Hausser (on 1958-07-07)
orchestra:
Quincy Jones and His Orchestra
arranger:
Quincy Jones
recorded at:
Studio Hoche (Barclay) in Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1958-07-07)
cover recording of:
Misty (on 1958-07-07)
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964)
composer:
Erroll Garner
publisher:
Marke Music Publishing Co., Inc., My Dad’s Songs, Inc., Octave Music Publishing Corp., Pocketful of Dreams Music, Reganesque Music Company, The Songwriters Guild, Vernon Music Inc., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
is based on:
Misty (original instrumental work)
Sarah Vaughan33:01
2Someone to Watch Over Me
engineer:
Val Valentin
producer:
Norman Granz
lead vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (in 1959)
conductor:
Nelson Riddle (in 1959)
performer:
Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra (in 1959)
arranger:
Nelson Riddle
cover recording of:
Someone to Watch Over Me (Oh, Kay!) (in 1959)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1926)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1926)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28), Harms, Inc. (in 1926) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 until 2022-01-01)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Oh, Kay! (1926 musical)
Ella Fitzgerald54:32
3Mad About the Boy
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1961-12-04)
piano:
Jack Wilson (jazz pianist) (on 1961-12-04)
trombone:
Billy Byers (on 1961-12-04)
trumpet:
Joe Newman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1961-12-04)
vocals:
Dinah Washington
orchestra:
Quincy Jones and His Orchestra (on 1961-12-04)
arranger:
Quincy Jones (on 1961-12-04)
cover recording of:
Mad About the Boy (in 1961)
lyricist and composer:
Noël Coward
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Chappell Music Ltd.
part of:
Words and Music
Dinah Washington52:49
4Stormy Weather
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1952-07-27)
drums (drum set):
J.C. Heard (on 1952-07-27)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1952-07-27)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (on 1952-07-27)
tenor saxophone:
Paul Quinichette (on 1952-07-27)
trumpet:
Joe Newman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1952-07-27)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1952-07-27)
recording of:
Stormy Weather (on 1952-07-27)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1933)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1933)
publisher:
Arko Music Corp., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Fred Ahlert Mus. Corp., Mills Music, Inc., S.A. Music Co., Ted Koehler Music Co. and The Songwriters Guild
Billie Holiday3:40
5Don’t Explain
bass guitar and percussion:
Lisle Atkinson
drums (drum set):
Bobby Hamilton (percussionist, keyboards, vocals)
flute and guitar:
Rudy Stevenson
harmonica:
Al Schackman
piano:
Nina Simone
arranger:
Nina Simone
cover recording of:
Don’t Explain
writer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Billie Holiday
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated) and Universal Music Publishing (use ONLY if no country‐specific information is available)
Nina Simone34:20
6Dream of Life
recording of:
Dream of Life (Carmen McRae song)
writer:
Luther Henderson and Carmen McRae
Carmen McRae4:01
7Where Are You Running?
recording of:
Where Are You Running?
Teri Thornton2:52
8September Song
cover recording of:
Knickerbocker Holiday: September Song
lyricist:
Maxwell Anderson
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
publisher:
Hampshire House Publishing Corp., Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division), Chappell & Co. (in 1938), TRO-Hampshire House Publishing Corp. (in 1938) and Crawford Music Corp. (on 1938-09-24)
part of:
Knickerbocker Holiday (Kurt Weill musical)
Ella Fitzgerald3:40
9Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
baritone saxophone:
Charlie Fowlkes (baritone saxophonist) (on 1958-12-15)
double bass:
Richard Davis (American jazz bassist) (on 1958-12-15)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Payne (on 1958-12-15)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1958-12-15)
piano:
Ronnell Bright (on 1958-12-15)
reeds:
Marshall Royal (on 1958-12-15)
tenor saxophone:
Frank Foster (saxophonist) (from 1958-12-01 until 1958-12-15) and Billy Mitchell (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1958-12-15)
trombone:
Henry Coker (jazz trombonist) (on 1958-12-15), Benny Powell (jazz trombonist) (on 1958-12-15) and Al Grey (trombone) (on 1958-12-23)
trumpet:
Wendell Culley (jazz trumpeter) (on 1958-12-15), Eugene Young (on 1958-12-15) and Thad Jones (American jazz trumpeter) (on 1958-12-23)
woodwind:
Frank Wess (on 1958-12-15)
vocals:
Sarah Vaughan (on 1958-12-15)
cover recording of:
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (on 1958-12-15)
lyricist:
Otto Harbach
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
Chappell & Co Ltd., Chappell & Co., Chappell Music (UK), Chappell Music Ltd., PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998), PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Redwood Music, T.B. Harms Co., Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Roberta
Sarah Vaughan4:00
10Come Rain or Come Shine
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (on 1955-08-25)
double bass:
John Simmons (bassist) (on 1955-08-25)
drums (drum set):
Larry Bunker (on 1955-08-25)
guitar:
Barney Kessel (on 1955-08-25)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles (on 1955-08-25)
trumpet:
Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1955-08-25)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1955-08-25)
recording of:
Come Rain or Come Shine (on 1955-08-25)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1946)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1946)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), S.A. Music Co. and Warner/Chappell Music Scandinavia AB
Billie Holiday4:20
11Cry Me a River
producer:
Clyde Otis (American songwriter and record producer)
baritone saxophone:
Charles Davis (saxophone player)
double bass:
Milt Hinton
drums (drum set):
Panama Francis (US swing jazz drummer) (in 1959)
flute:
Jerome Richardson
guitar:
Kenny Burrell
piano:
Joe Zawinul (jazz and fusion keyboard player)
lead vocals:
Dinah Washington
vocals:
Dinah Washington
conductor:
Belford Hendricks (composer, pianist, conductor, arranger and record producer)
arranger:
Belford Hendricks (composer, pianist, conductor, arranger and record producer)
cover recording of:
Cry Me a River (from 1959-06 until 1959-08)
lyricist and composer:
Arthur Hamilton
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Co. Inc., Harmony Grace Publishing, Saunders Publications Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Daksel Music Corp. (in 1982) and Song and Dance Music Co. (in 1982)
sub-publisher:
Warner/Chappell Music Japan, Synch division (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division) and Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (holding company – do not use as release label)
Dinah Washington2:28
12They Can't Taker That Away From Me
cover recording of:
They Can’t Take That Away From Me (from “Shall We Dance”)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music (UK), Chappell Music Ltd., Ira Gershwin Music, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1937)
part of:
The 10th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1937 nominee)
included in:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Shall We Dance (1937 film soundtrack)
Peggy Lee2:59
13That Old Feeling
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass [bass]:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1958-01-19)
drums (drum set):
Alvin Stoller (on 1958-01-19)
guitar:
Herb Ellis (jazz guitarist) (on 1958-01-19)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (on 1958-01-19)
vocals:
Dorothy Dandridge (on 1958-01-19)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
PolyGram Records, Inc. (not for release label use! US division of PolyGram) (in 1999)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1958-01-19)
recording of:
That Old Feeling
lyricist:
Lew Brown
composer:
Sammy Fain
publisher:
Leo Feist, Inc. and Warner Bros. Music Corp.
part of:
The 10th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1937 nominee)
Dorothy Dandridge3:05
14Tenderly
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1958-04-03)
producer:
Norman Granz
alto saxophone:
Med Flory
baritone saxophone:
Bill Perkins (jazz saxophonist)
bass:
Buddy Clark (US jazz bassist)
drums (drum set):
Mel Lewis (American jazz drummer)
flute:
Herbie Mann
piano:
Jimmy Rowles
tenor saxophone:
Herbie Mann and Bill Perkins (jazz saxophonist)
trombone:
Pete Carpenter, Bob Fitzpatrick, Dick Nash and Dave Wells (US jazz trombonist, trumpeter & bass trumpeter)
trumpet:
Frank Beach (trombone, trumpet), Buddy Childers (American jazz trumpeter & composer), Dick Collins (trumpet) and Jack Sheldon
tuba:
John Kitzmiller
vocals:
Anita O’Day (on 1958-04-03)
arranger:
Marty Paich
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1958-04-03)
recording of:
Tenderly (on 1958-04-03)
lyricist:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter) (in 1946)
composer:
Walter Gross (American composer) (in 1946)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell Morris Music, Chappell/Morris Ltd., Edwin Morris Music and Range Road Music
Anita O’Day2:40
15Once Upon a Summertime
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (from 1958-09-12 until 1958-09-13)
engineer:
Tommy Nola
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (from 1958-09-12 until 1958-09-13)
drums (drum set):
Ed Thigpen (from 1958-09-12 until 1958-09-13)
guitar:
Mundell Lowe (from 1958-09-12 until 1958-09-13)
piano:
Blossom Dearie (from 1958-09-12 until 1958-09-13)
vocals:
Blossom Dearie (from 1958-09-12 until 1958-09-13)
recording of:
Once Upon a Summertime (La Valse des lilas) (from 1958-09-12 until 1958-09-13)
lyricist:
Eddy Marnay (French lyricist)
composer:
Eddie Barclay and Michel Legrand
translator:
Johnny Mercer
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) (ended), MCA Music Ltd. (ended), Leeds/BIEM, Patricia Editions Musical (SACEM-affiliated publisher), Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP) and Universal Music Publishing AB (Sweden)
translated version of:
La Valse des lilas
Blossom Dearie2:45
16I Didn't Know About You
recording of:
I Didn’t Know About You
lyricist:
Bob Russell (US songwriter/lyricist Sidney Keith “Bob” Russell) (in 1944)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1944)
is based on:
Sentimental Lady
Patti Page2:41