"Lullaby of the Leaves" is a musical composition by composer Bernice Petkere and lyricist Joe Young. A Tin Pan Alley song first performed in 1932, the jazz standard is considered the biggest critical and commercial success of Petkere's composing career.[1][2]
The song was a hit for George Olsen and his Music in 1932.[3] By January 1933, more than 500,000 copies had been sold in the U.S.—ten times more than the usual hit song of the era.[4]
It has since been recorded numerous times in its lyrical version and as an instrumental, including hot jazz sextet version by Benny Goodman in 1951,[5] a haunting bop-accented rendition by Anita O'Day in 1952, a cool jazz version by Cal Tjader on vibraphone in 1952,[6] In 1958, Keely Smith, included on her album Politely!.[7], a rousing surf rock version by the Ventures in 1961, a lively piano version by Mary Lou Williams in the 1950s, and a widely heard version by Ella Fitzgerald on her 1964 album Hello, Dolly!.[8][9] Since 2002, jazz pianist Tamir Hendelman has been performing his unique arrangement of the song, especially as part of the Jeff Hamilton Trio.[10][11]
From 2019 to 2020, Italian ice dancers Jasmine Tessari and Francesco Fioretti skated to Beth Hart's rendition of the song in competitions.[12][13]
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^Pessen, Edward (Summer 1985). "The Great Songwriters of Tin Pan Alley's Golden Age: A Social, Occupational, and Aesthetic Inquiry". American Music. 3 (2): 180–197. doi:10.2307/3051635. JSTOR 3051635. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
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^Associated Press (9 January 1933). "25-Year-Old Housewife Is Latest Addition To Tin Pan Alley Colony". El Paso Times. El Paso, Texas. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
^Staff (1951). "Around Town". The New Yorker. Vol. 127. p. 123.
^Bang, Derrick (2014). Vince Guaraldi at the Piano. McFarland. p. 332. ISBN 9780786490745.
^"www.allmusic.com". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
^Porter, Lewis (October 1984). ""You Can't Get up There Timidly": Jazzwomen: Part II". Music Educators Journal. 71 (2): 42–51. doi:10.2307/3396356. JSTOR 3396356. S2CID 143894110. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
^Buchanan, William (16 August 1964). "Ella a Rare Success--Arrived on Talent Alone". Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
^Howard, Rebecca Cline (October 22, 2002). "Hamilton trio gets it together nicely". Deseret News. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
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