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1. Juli 2024 · Arlen songs were taken up by Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, and Ella Fitzgerald, as well as by crossover artists from the world of opera, including Eileen Farrell and Sylvia McNair. Some have made all-Arlen albums (see Table 11.1 ). Many have commented on how both gratifying and challenging his music is to perform. Table 11.1. Open in new tab.
20. Juni 2024 · He wrote in wide range of styles, from ballads like “Over the Rainbow,” to comic “list” numbers like “Lydia the Tattooed Lady,” to jazz- and blues-infused songs like “Blues in the Night,” to intense torch songs like “The Man That Got Away.”
29. Juni 2024 · There he played piano and wrote songs for Harlem’s famed Cotton Club, where Ethel Waters premiered his “Stormy Weather” in 1933. Her recording of the song reached the very top of the charts that year and was so popular that the Cotton Club did their first road tour in a production called The Stormy Weather Review.
23. Juni 2024 · On 23 March 1934, Hall opened at Harlem's Cotton Club in The Cotton Club Parade 24th Edition. It was the largest grossing show ever staged there. The show ran for six months at the Cotton Club. In the show, Hall introduced the songs "Ill Wind" and "Primitive Prima Donna", which Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler wrote especially for her.
Vor 2 Tagen · "Over the Rainbow" is a ballad by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Yip Harburg. It was written for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz , in which it was sung by actress Judy Garland [2] in her starring role as Dorothy Gale . [1]
2. Juli 2024 · They resonate throughout African American history from that time to the civil rights movement, from the cotton fields to the concert stage, and influenced everything from gospel music to blues and rap. They have offered solace in times of suffering, served as clandestine signals on the Underground Railroad, and been a source of ...
Vor 4 Tagen · The Cotton Club might be Harlem’s most famous surviving jazz venue, but during the Harlem Renaissance that started after World War I and ended sometime during the Great Depression, it was...
