All of Me

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All of Me is a pop song with the composition by Gerald Marks (1900-1997) and the text by Seymour Simons (1896-1949), which was composed in 1931 for a small revue at the Fisher Theater in Detroit and which became an evergreen .

The song

All of Me is a song in the song form ABAC with 32 bars, for which an interpretation in a moderately fast tempo is provided. The melody consists mainly of the chord tones of the harmonies on which the song is based.

Impact history

The vaudeville artist Belle Baker (1893–1957) sang the song on the Detroit Show. She had recently lost her husband; this was an occasion for the press to report nationwide, so that the song was often played on the radio in its recording. In December 1931, the Paul Whiteman Orchestra recorded with the singer Mildred Bailey . In January 1932, this version was at the top of the charts for three weeks. Shortly afterwards, Louis Armstrong's interpretation also came in first.

Other versions that were successful in the American charts were recorded by:

The song was also picked up in the 1932 film Careless Lady . In Germany, Eric Borchard and his band recorded the title in 1932 for the short-lived Berlin label Triton , where he sang the chorus himself.

The song became the jazz standard during World War II ; Benny Carter recorded the piece in 1942 in an impressive arrangement with a beautiful clarinet solo. Versions by Sidney Bechet (1953), Earl Bostic , Savannah Churchill , Duke Ellington , Ella Fitzgerald , Erroll Garner (1949), Lee Konitz (1961), Billie Holiday , Harry James , King Pleasure (1960), Gene Krupa , Red Norvo , Oscar Peterson , Sonny Stitt (1962), Lester Young with Teddy Wilson (1956), Sarah Vaughan (1954) and Caterina Valente and the Duke Ellington Orchestra ( The Great Paris Concert , 1963). Other cover versions existed of Chaka Khan (with Freddie Hubbard , Joe Henderson , Chick Corea , 1982), Dean Martin , Willie Nelson , Michael Bublé , Harri Stojka , Biréli Lagrène , Helga Sven (in the film Family Heat ), Touching Moods and a punk -Rock version of NOFX . There are versions in German by Karel Gott and Georgette Dee .

The tracks "Background Music" by Warne Marsh and "Lo Flame" by Bill Dobbins are based on the chord progressions of the song .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ This chart listing is not mentioned in Joel Whitburn: Record Research. Volume 1: Top Pop Records 1940–1955. Record Research, Menomonee Falls WI 1973.
  2. ↑ Notwithstanding this, Joel Whitburn noted: Record Research. Volume 1: Top Pop Records 1940–1955. Record Research, Menomonee Falls WI 1973, p. 10, a place 26; Columbia catalog number 39788; Entry into the chart on July 18, 1952
  3. ↑ listen on youtube.com

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