On a Little Street in Singapore
On a Little Street in Singapore is a pop song written by Peter DeRose and Billy Hill and released in 1938. The song first gained popularity in the late 1930s through interpretations by Glenn Miller , Paul Whiteman, and Harry James . Well-known recordings come from Frank Sinatra , Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond , Bert Kaempfert and Jimmy Dorsey . It's a simple love song in a minor key.
Manhattan Transfer covered the song in 1978. Writer James McCarraher wrote of her recording:
“On a Little Street in Singapore was not their biggest UK hit, that honor goes to Chanson d'Amour, but it is without doubt one of their most likeable and accesible recordings […].”
"On a Little Street in Singapore wasn't her biggest hit in Great Britain, that honor goes to Chanson d'Amour, but it is without a doubt one of her most likable and accessible recordings [...]."
Tom Lord lists a total of 29 cover versions of the song, u. a. also by Bob Zurke , Gene Krupa , John Kirby , Mel Tormé , Alvino Rey , Harold Land , Wild Bill Davis , Max Kaminsky , and in later years by Keith Ingham .
Individual evidence
- ↑ James Mccarraher: 101 Songs To Discover From The Seventies , Lulu.com, 2012, ISBN 978-1447862666 , p. 205
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed March 21, 2015)