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词条 Skylark (song)
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  1. Charted versions

  2. References

  3. External links

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"Skylark" is an American popular song with lyrics by Johnny Mercer and music by Hoagy Carmichael, published in 1941.[1] Carmichael wrote the melody, based on a Bix Beiderbecke cornet improvisation, as "Bix Licks," for a project to turn the novel Young Man With a Horn into a Broadway musical. After that project failed, Carmichael brought in Johnny Mercer to write lyrics for the song.[2] Mercer said that he struggled for a year after he got the music from Carmichael before he could get the lyrics right.[3] Mercer recalled that Carmichael initially called him several times about the lyrics but had forgotten about the song by the time Mercer finally wrote them.[4] The yearning expressed in the lyrics was based on Mercer's longing for Judy Garland, with whom he had an affair.[5]

This song is considered a jazz standard.[6] Additionally, it is believed to have inspired a long-running Buick car of the same name that was produced from 1953 to 1998.[7]

Charted versions

YearPerformer(s)
1961Tony Bennett – Tony Sings for Two
1962Art Blakey with Freddie Hubbard – Caravan[8]
1956Hoagy Carmichael with Art Pepper – Hoagy Sings Carmichael[8]
2001Bill Charlap – Stardust
2016Kristin Chenoweth – The Art of Elegance
1987Rosemary Clooney – Rosemary Clooney Sings the Lyrics of Johnny Mercer
1966Sonny Criss "Skylark" This is Criss Prestige Records (21Oct1966)
1942Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra.[9] This also charted in 1942 reaching a peak position of No.14.[10]
1961Bobby Darin – Love Swings
2016Bob Dylan – Fallen Angels
1964Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book
1963Aretha Franklin – Laughing on the Outside
1949Erroll Garner
2003Steve Hass – Traveler
1942Earl Hines with Billy Eckstine[8]
2015Stevie Holland – Life Goes On
2009Mark Isham and Kate Ceberano – Bittersweet
1941Harry James with Helen Forrest.[8] This reached No. 11 on the Billboard charts in 1942.[11]
1997k.d. lang – Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
1981Susannah McCorkle – The Songs of Johnny Mercer
1958Carmen McRae – Birds of a Feather
1973Bette Midler – Bette Midler
1942Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with vocals by Ray Eberle in 1942,[8][1] rising to No. 7 on the charts.[12]
2004Marion Montgomery – Skylark
1941Anita O'Day with the Gene Krupa Orchestra recorded the song on November 25, 1941.[13]
1984Linda Ronstadt with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra – Lush Life. Ronstadt's version was nominated for a Grammy Award.
1942Dinah Shore recorded February 10, 1942 for Bluebird[14] This reached the No. 5 spot in the Billboard charts.[15]
1941Ginny Simms with the Edgar Fairchild Orchestra (18 December 1941).
1995Cassandra Wilson – New Moon Daughter[8]

References

1. ^"Johnny Mercer's Songs on CD", Ralph Mitchell, JohnnyMercer.com, June 2009, webpage: JM-ralph {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091029121453/http://www.johnnymercer.com/ralph.htm|date=2009-10-29}}
2. ^http://riverwalkjazz.stanford.edu/program/bix-hoagy-midwestern-romantics-jazz-age, retrieved 8/20/18
3. ^{{cite book| first= Max | last= Wilk | authorlink= | year= 1997| title= They're Playing Our Song| edition= | publisher= Da Capo| location= New York| id= }}
4. ^{{Pop Chronicles 40s|1|A}}
5. ^{{cite book| first= Philip | last= Furia | authorlink= Philip Furia| title= Skylark: The Life and Times of Johnny Mercer| year=2003 | edition=1st | publisher= St. Martin's Press| isbn= 978-0-312-28720-7 }}
6. ^{{cite book| first= Alec | last= Wilder | authorlink= | year= 1990| title= American Popular Song: The Great Innovators, 1900-1950.| publisher= Oxford University Press | location=Oxford, New York}}
7. ^{{citation |title=Fifties Flashback: The American Car |page=52 |author=Dennis Adler |isbn=0760319278 |year=2004 |quote=The flighty name for Buick's dream car came from a song of the same name recorded in 1942 by Johnny Mercer}}
8. ^{{cite book|title=The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire|last1=Gioia|first1=Ted|date=2012|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-993739-4|location=New York City|page=368}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Artists/Crosby/crosby1bDecca.html|title=A Bing Crosby Discography|website=A Bing Crosby Discography|accessdate=August 31, 2015}}
10. ^{{cite book|title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954|last1=Whitburn|first1=Joel|date=1986|publisher=Record Research Inc|isbn=0-89820-083-0|location=Wisconsin, USA|page=109}}
11. ^{{cite book|title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954|last1=Whitburn|first1=Joel|date=1986|publisher=Record Research|isbn=0-89820-083-0|location=Wisconsin|page=579}}
12. ^{{cite book|title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954|last1=Whitburn|first1=Joel|date=1986|publisher=Record Research|isbn=0-89820-083-0|location=Wisconsin|page=312}}
13. ^Malcolm Laycock presents the Golden Age of Swing detailed track info (90511).
14. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.78discography.com/BB11000.htm|title=The Online Discographical Project|website=78discography.com|accessdate=September 5, 2017}}
15. ^{{cite book|title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954|last1=Whitburn|first1=Joel|date=1986|publisher=Record Research|isbn=0-89820-083-0|location=Wisconsin|page=388}}

External links

  • "Johnny Mercer's Songs on CD", Ralph Mitchell, JohnnyMercer.com, June 2009, webpage: [https://web.archive.org/web/20091029121453/http://www.johnnymercer.com/ralph.htm JM-ralph]: List of singers who have recorded "Skylark"
  • "Skylark" at Jazz Standards website
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