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1929 song composed by Fats Waller
"Honeysuckle Rose " is a 1929 song composed by
Thomas "Fats" Waller with lyrics by
Andy Razaf .
[1] It was introduced in the 1929
Off-Broadway
revue "Load of Coal" at
Connie's Inn as a
soft-shoe dance number.
[2] Waller's 1934 recording was inducted into the
Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.
[3]
During a visit to the West Side of
Asbury Park, New Jersey in 1928, Waller wrote the song with Razaf at 119 Atkins Avenue in a home that still stands today.
[4]
Renditions
Fletcher Henderson (1932)
[5]
Fats Waller (1934), (1937) and (1941)
[6]
Red Norvo (1935, originally issued on COL 3059-D)
Mildred Bailey (1935), Mildred Bailey and Her Alley Cats (Parlophone R 2201, England)
[7]
Count Basie (1937)
Ella Fitzgerald (1963) on
Ella and Basie!
[8]
Coleman Hawkins , with
Benny Carter ,
Django Reinhardt ,
Stéphane Grappelli and others (1937)
Earl Hines (1937)
Louis Armstrong (1938), Satch Plays Fats (1955, Columbia Records)
Fats Waller , with
Louis Armstrong and
Jack Teagarden (recorded live October 1938, and released on Striding in Dixieland [Folkways Records FW02816 / FJ S2816] in 1981)
Benny Goodman –
The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert (recorded live January 16, 1938, originally released in 1950) Featuring solos by
Benny Goodman ,
Harry James ,
Lester Young ,
Buck Clayton ,
Count Basie ,
Johnny Hodges and
Harry Carney .
Louis Jordan (1939)
The
King Cole Trio , March 14, 1941,
[9] April 11, 1946,
[10] July 2, 1947
[11]
Lena Horne – In musical film
Thousands Cheer (M-G-M, 1943)
[12]
Teddy Wilson (1944)
Sarah Vaughan - At Mister Kelly's (1957)
Eva Cassidy -
Live at Blues Alley (1996)
Jane Monheit -
Taking a Chance on Love (album) (2004)
[13]
Dave Hunt -
Whiskey & Demons (album) (2015)
See also
References
^
"Songwriters Hall of Fame – Andy Razaf Exhibit" . Retrieved June 26, 2011 .
^ Gioia, Ted (2012). The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire . New York, NY: Oxford University Press. p. 144.
ISBN
9780199937394 .
^
"Grammy Hall of Fame" . Archived from
the original on July 7, 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2011 .
^
"The Honeysuckle Rose House: A 90 Year Jazz Legacy in Westside AP" .
^
Columbia matrix W152324. Honeysuckle Rose / Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra , Discography of American Historical Recordings
^
"Honeysuckle Rose" sung by Fats Waller in a 1941 Minoco Production soundie (video)
^ Album Notes by Roy Hemming for Decca Jazz CD Mildred Bailey GRD-644, p. 5.
^
"www.allmusic.com" . allmusic.com . Retrieved February 1, 2024 .
^ Cool Cole, The King Cole Trio Story, Proper Records, 2001
^ King Cole Trio, Transcriptions, Blue Note, 2005.
^ Nat King Cole, Just Call Him King, le Chant du Monde, 2013.
^
Lena Horne singing "Honeysuckle Rose" in Thousands Cheer (M-G-M, 1943)
^
Jane Monheit singing "Honeysuckle Rose", from her album Taking a Chance on Love