For the unrelated Curtis Fuller album, see Blues-ette.
"Bluesette"
1964 7" vinyl single cover
Single by Toots Thielemans
from the EP The Main From The Mountain
B-side
"The Mountain Whistler"
Released
1963
Recorded
1962
Label
ABC-Paramount Records
Songwriter(s)
Toots Thielemans
Bluesette is a jazz standard, composed by Toots Thielemans. First recorded by Toots Thielemans in 1962, with lyrics added by Norman Gimbel, the song became an international hit.[1] It has since been covered by over one hundred artists.[2]
Thielemans received Grammy Award nominations for Best Instrumental Theme in 1964 and Best Jazz Instrumental Solo in 1992 for the song.[3][4]
In 2000, Bluesette was inducted in the Radio 2 Hall of Fame.[5]
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^Matt Micucci. "A short history of "Bluesette"". Jazziz.com. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
^"Home: Grammy Awards: Grammy Awards 1964".
^"35th Annual GRAMMY Awards". grammy.com.
^"Toots Thielemans – Belgische mondharmonicaspeler" (in Dutch). historiek.ne. 29 April 2022.
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