(I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over
(I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over is a pop song written by Allie Wrubel (music) and Herb Magidson (lyrics) and released in 1938.
background
One year after their hit number Gone with the Wind , the songwriting team Magidson / Wrubel wrote the songs Music, Maestro, Please and (I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over . The latter became popular mainly through the inclusion of Dick Robertson (Decca 2378) in the United States.
First recordings and later cover versions
The musicians who covered the song from late 1938 onwards included the swing orchestras of Jan Savitt , Larry Clinton , Van Alexander , Jimmy Dorsey (Decca, with Bob Eberly, vocals), Glenn Miller (vocals Ray Eberle ), and Bert in London Ambrose . In the post-war period he was also covered by Ike Quebec , Jimmy Scott and Ruth Price .
The discographer Tom Lord lists a total of 215 (as of 2016) cover versions in the field of jazz , including recordings by Gene Ammons , George Benson , Kenny Burrell , Lou Donaldson , Art Farmer / Benny Golson , Al Jarreau , Keith Jarrett , Carmen McRae , Helen Merrill , Sarah Vaughan, and Nancy Wilson / Cannonball Adderley are of note. R&B and soul vocalists like Jesse Belvin , Etta James , Marvin Gaye , Clyde McPhatter , Stevie Wonder and Timi Yuro also covered the song.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Information at Jazzstandards.com
- ↑ Michael Whorf: American Popular Song Lyricists: Oral Histories, 1920s-1960s . 2012
- ^ Colin Larkin The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz . 1999, p. 930
- ↑ a b Tom Lord: Jazz Discography (online)