About a quarter to nine
About a Quarter to Nine is a pop song written by Al Dubin and Harry Warren and released in 1927.
background
The Dubin-Warren songwriting team wrote About a Quarter to Nine for the musical film Go Into Your Dance (directed by Archie L. Mayo ), with Al Jolson and Ruby Keeler in the lead roles. Al Jolson introduced the song in the film. About a Quarter of Nine and the satirical song She's a Latin from Manhattan were the most successful songs from the film.
First recordings and later cover versions
Musicians who successfully covered the song in the United States in 1935 included Johnny Green and his Orchestra (with Jimmy Farrell, vocals; Columbia 3029) and Ozzie Nelson (1935, Brunswick); J. Lawrence Cook , Wingy Manone , Claude Hopkins and, in London, Bert Ambrose presented further versions . The discographer Tom Lord lists a total of 21 (as of 2015) cover versions in the field of jazz , u. a. by Mavis Rivers / Nelson Riddle (1959), Red Norvo (1962, with Mavis Rivers and Ella Mae Morse ), Rod Levitt (RCA, 1966), Susannah McCorkle ( The Music of Harry Warren , 1976) and Dave McKenna (Concord, 1981 ). Pop stars like Sylvia Syms , Bobby Darin and Dean Martin also covered the song; In 1980 About a Quarter to Nine was used in the musical 42nd Street .
Notes and individual references
- ^ Marvin E. Paymer, Don E. Post: Sentimental Journey: Intimate Portraits of America's Great Popular Songs . 1999, p. 106 f.
- ^ Gene Blottner: Wild Bill Elliott: A Complete Filmography . 2007, p. 193.
- ^ John Arthur Garraty, Mark Christopher Carnes, American Council of Learned Societies: American national biography . 1999, Volume 6, Page 940.
- ↑ Tom Lord: Jazz discography (online)
- ↑ Gerald Bordman, Thomas S. Hischak ´ The Oxford Companion to American Theater . 2004, page 240