Autumn in New York

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Autumn in New York is a composition that Vernon Duke wrote in 1934. The text is also from Duke.

Autumn in New York was originally a song for the Broadway revue Thumbs Up , which premiered on December 27, 1934 at the St James Theater on Broadway and ran there until May 1935. "Autumn In New York" was the big final number of the show, to which different composers contributed songs. The 32-bar ballad was sung there by J. Harold Murray (1891-1940), a Broadway star who has been well known since the 1920s. However, for a long time there was no one who wanted to record the song on vinyl - the complex melody structure typical of Vernon Duke and the text that contradicts the “typical hit pattern” were probably the reasons for this. It wasn't until 1944 that Harry James Autumn played in New Yorkseveral times for the radio. The first studio recording by Louanne Hogan was released in 1946 and by Jo Stafford in 1947 . Frank Sinatra's 1947 recording wasn't released until 1949, but then reached number 27 on the Billboard charts.

To date, over 400 different artists have recorded the song, which is now one of the best-known titles in the Great American Songbook . In 2000 there was even a whole Hollywood film of the same title (German under the title It began in September , director: Joan Chen ), in which Yvonne Washington interpreted the song.

The piece has also become the jazz standard . It was first interpreted by Charlie Parker , Stan Kenton and Bud Powell . Other relevant jazz versions come from, for example, Bob Brookmeyer , Billie Holiday , Sheila Jordan and Sarah Vaughan . Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald also made the title known in a duet. He also contributed significantly to the popularity of the Modern Jazz Quartet , which recorded it in 1953 and published it on his LP Django .

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