I hear a rhapsody
I Hear a Rhapsody is a song written by George Fragos, Jack Wayne Baker Jr. and Dick Gasparre and published in 1941.
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In the year of its release, the song was represented several times in the US charts; Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra had a number one hit in the US with I Hear a Rhapsody . The Dorsey band's version was in the charts for ten weeks in 1941, two of them at # 1. Also Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra (with Bob Carroll , vocals; # 2), who had already recorded the song on October 14, 1940, as well as Dinah Shore (# 9), Al Donahue and His Orchestra (# 22) and in 1952 Frank Sinatra (# 24) were successfully represented with the song in the American charts. In 1941 the song was also recorded by Duke Ellington , Glenn Miller , Connee Boswell , in Europe Coco Colignon and the Kordt Sisters interpreted it . In 1952 the song was used in the feature film Clash by Night (directed by Fritz Lang ), in which it was interpreted by Tony Martin and whose soundtrack Gerald Wiggins , Benny Carter and Coleman Hawkins were involved. The discographer Tom Lord lists 345 cover versions of the composition, of which the recordings by Tal Farlow , George Shearing , John Coltrane , the Duke Ellington Orchestra , Bill Evans / Jim Hall ( Undercurrent ), Howard Alden , Alan Broadbent , David Friesen , Bennie Wallace and Nick Brignola should be highlighted. Music magazine Variety added I Hear a Rhapsody to their Hit Parade of a Half-Century list .