Deep night

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Deep Night is a pop song written by Charles E. Henderson (music) and Rudy Vallée (lyrics) and released in 1929.

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With songs like My Time Is Your Time and I'm Just a Vagabond Lover , Rudy Vallée became known beyond Manhattan's cafes in the late 1920s. With romantic songs like Deep Night he was soon the "musical sex symbol of the late 20s for many young girls, the forerunner of entertainers like Frank Sinatra , Elvis Presley and The Beatles ". " Deep night, stars in the sky above ", says Vallées lyrics to the music of the songwriter and vocal coach Charles Henderson, " deep in the arms of love ". Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees recorded the song for Victor Records on February 6, 1928 (# 21868). In addition to Vallée, Ruth Etting was also successful with her version of the song (Columbia 1801-D) in the American charts. Vallée introduced the song in a Vitaphone music film and played the song again on August 11, 1937 (Bluebird 7140). Music magazine Variety included the song in their Hit Parade of an Half Century list .

Further recordings and later cover versions

The musicians who covered the song from late 1923 included Bob Haring (Brunswick), The Goofus Five / Smith Ballew (OKeh), the California Ramblers (Harmony) and, in Paris, Sam Wooding . The discographer Tom Lord lists a total of 73 (as of 2016) cover versions in the field of jazz , u. a. from 1939 by Tommy Dorsey , Ziggy Elman , Woody Herman , Sam Donahue , Hal McIntyre , Tex Beneke , Harry James , Duke Ellington , Art Van Damme , Bud Powell , Bobby Hackett , Art Tatum , Sonny Clark ( Cool Struttin ' , 1958 ), George Shearing , Dave McKenna , Booker Ervin , Joe Venuti , Bob Wilber, and Betty Carter . Hugo Napton interpreted the song in the feature film Love Streams (1984, directed by John Cassavetes ).

Notes and individual references

  1. ^ A b Don Tyler: Hit Songs, 1900-1955: American Popular Music of the Pre-Rock Era . Jefferson, North Carolina & London, McFarland, 2007, p. 162
  2. ↑ Frank Cullen et al. a. Vaudeville Old & New: An Encyclopedia of Variety Performances in America, Volume 1. New York, London 2006, p. 1144.
  3. ↑ a b Tom Lord: Jazz discography (online)
  4. ↑ Tom Charity, Chris Charlesworth: John Cassavetes: Lifeworks . London, 2001